Bowser Gives Super Mario Bros 2 A Major Challenge After Jack Black’s $1.3 Billion Movie-Stealing Performance

Jack Black’s Bowser was the star of the show in The Super Mario Bros Movie, and this will present Super Mario Bros 2 with some challenges. The 2023 film was a box office smash, grossing nearly $1.4 billion globally. Of course, this came down to several factors, with Illumination cracking the code for how to create a great video game movie adaptation despite past failed attempts. This makes a sequel inevitable, but if The Super Mario Bros Movie 2 focuses on a new villain (or even if it doesn’t), it will be hard to follow up Black’s performance in the original film.