A limited-time screening of the Japanese version of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” will hit select theaters across the United States and Canada.
The special screenings, some of which will not include English subtitles, are scheduled for 10 theaters in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Honolulu, Vancouver and Toronto beginning on April 28, the same day the movie premieres in Japan.
The select theaters include:
- AMC Del Amo 18 in Los Angeles
- AMC Orange 30 in Los Angeles
- AMC Burbank 16 in Los Angeles
- AMC Empire 25 in New York
- AMC Mercado 20 in San Francisco
- AMC Metreon 16 in San Francisco
- Consolidated Theaters Ward in Honolulu
- Cinemark Lincoln Square Cinemas in Seattle
- Yonge-Dundas Cineplex Cinemas in Toronto
- SilverCity Riverport Cinemas in Vancouver
Nintendo’s chief designer Shigeru Miyamoto told Japanese outlet Nintendo Dream Web that the Japanese script for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is slightly different because it was localized for Japanese audiences.
The Japanese version of the movie features the voice talents of Mamoru Miyano (Mario), Tasuku Hatanaka (Luigi), Arisa Shida (Princess Peach), Kenta Miyake (Bowser) and Tomokazu Seki (Toad).
The animated film, starring Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Anya Taylor-Joy, Seth Rogen and Keegan-Michael Key, has so far grossed over $871 million worldwide.
The Nintendo-Illumination-Universal collaboration also notably bested Disney‘s “Frozen II” by scoring the biggest animated opening of all time.
