This image released by Nintendo and Universal Studios shows Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, left, and Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy, in Nintendo's "The Super Mario Bros. Movie." (Nintendo and Universal Studios via AP)
From the big screens to the hard courts, here's what's going on in entertainment on Monday, April 10, 2023.
Weekend Box Office
After the blazing start for The Super Mario Bros. Movie on its opening day previews, it was expected that the movie would "smash" the weekend box office.
The Chris Pratt-led animated flick shattered predictions with a $204.6 million opening in the U.S. alone, and the global box office total was $377 million. Nintendo, Illumination, and Universal Studios have already recouped the $100 million budget it took to bring the project to life, hitting some impressive milestones compared to the field of films to hit theaters this year.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie currently holds the highest-grossing debut of the year, surpassing Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. It also holds the record for biggest five-day opening of all time, according to Variety.
Rounding out the top three in this weekend's box office was John Wick: Chapter 4 with $14.6 million and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves with $14.5 million.
NBA Playoffs
The 2023 regular NBA season wrapped up as the last teams battled for playoff positioning on Sunday. Seeds for post-season playoff games are nearly set as the seventh through 10th seeds in the Western and Eastern conferences gear up for the play-in tournament, which will tip off on April 11 and run through April 14.
The seventh and eighth seeds in each conference will face off for the seventh playoff spot, while the loser will have another chance to play for the eighth spot against the winner of the ninth and 10th matchup.
Back in 1957, the late Queen Elizabeth II gifted a pair of swans to Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. Now there are around 50 swans from the original royal pair and each year they are rounded up and given an annual medical check-up to make sure they're all healthy.
Design and lifestyle company Apartment Therapy has brought back its annual Small/Cool NYC exhibit to showcase some of the biggest interior design trends. Maxwell Ryan, founder of Apartment Therapy, joined Cheddar News to show some of the designs the company has come up with as well as some unique choices for living spaces of any size.
It's the last day to vote for the annual CEW Beauty Awards. Ju Rhyu, co-founder and CEO of Hero Cosmetics, a finalist in the Launch of the Year category, joined Cheddar News to discuss the company's Mighty Surface Patch which has become a sensation.
California restaurants that offer boozy brunches have introduced an extra charge diners to indulge to the point of getting ill will be charged a $50 fee to cover the cleanup.
Jada Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smith have lived “completely separate lives” since 2016, she revealed in an interview with Hoda Kotb. The prominent Hollywood couple married in 1997 and have addressed separations and marital troubles, but never this specifically.
