The Super Mario Galaxy Movie put up some impressive figures at the box office this weekend, and one beneficiary of that success in the movie theater chain AMC. The company reported today that the April 1-5 five-day period was the best Easter weekend in the company's 106-year history in terms of revenue for combined ticket sales and food and beverage.

More than 6 million people went to an AMC theater in the US or ODEON Cinema location internationally between April 1-5, and that was the highest global attendance for a Wednesday through Sunday period so far in 2026 at AMC locations.

Merchandise was also a huge hit for AMC this past weekend, with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's merch now ranking No. 2 all time for sales and grosses, only behind merch for the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie in October 2023.

Actor Anya Taylor-Joy did not actually barf the first time she voiced Princess Peach for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. She recently clarified her earlier comments, saying she did in fact vomit when doing voice over for the first time, but not for Princess Peach.

She told Entertainment Tonight, "I never said it was Princess Peach. I said it was the first time I ever did voice acting."

The confusion came from an interview with Seth Meyers prior to the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Taylor-Joy recalled a story of a time when she threw up while doing voice acting, but in that interview, she never said it was when she voiced Peach. Despite that, the YouTube video from Meyers was titled, "Anya Taylor-Joy Threw Up the First Time She Voiced Princess Peach in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie."

It has come to light that the upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie is filming at some of the same locations that Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy shot at in New Zealand. The island country is known for its gorgeous natural beauty, and the live-action Zelda movie is going to tap into that, with scenes filmed near Queenstown, New Zealand.

Specifically, some of the recent filming has taken place in actual Paradise, which is where many iconic scenes from Jackson's movies were filmed, including depictions of Lothlorien, Isengard, and Amon Hen.

No doubt some of the Zelda movie is being filmed on sound stages, like Jackson's movies were as well, but local Reece Reilly said the Zelda film is "being shot predominantly on location."

With a new spin-off animated series coming out this month, Maul is back in the Star Wars spotlight. Since his first appearance in 1999's Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, the former Dark Lord of the Sith has become one of the series' most popular characters and has appeared in several video games over the years. Even though Maul has never starred in his own game, his current voice actor believes there is a chance to tell an "incredible" story if given the chance.

In an interview with Discussing Film, actor Sam Witwer shared that he would love to see a Maul video game happen someday. "I've become convinced we could do an incredible story, yeah," Witwer said. "If you asked me, maybe two years ago, I don't know. Yeah, probably, I would have said yes anyway. But now I'm like, 'I know what we can do with him,' for sure."

Witwer is very familiar with both Star Wars and video games. His voice and likeness were used for Darth Vader's secret apprentice, Galen Marek, in 2008's The Force Unleashed and its 2010 sequel. Since then, Witwer has often voiced Maul in TV shows and games, including major roles in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Rebels, and Solo: A Star Wars Story. In Solo, Maul's original actor Ray Park returned to play him in live-action scenes.