If anybody could well and truly break the curse of video game adaptations, it's the Super Mario Brothers! Their first animated feature broke records when it opened in 2023, becoming the second highest-grossing film of the year. The Super Mario Bros. Movie packed in tons of references to the long-running game series as Nintendo's plucky plumbers were transported to the Mushroom Kingdom, where they helped Princess Peach take on the King of the Koopas, Bowser.