Calling it "a box office Koopa d'etat", 'Variety' reports that the 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' continues to super smash its opening projections, drawing $55 million from 4,343 theatres in North America on Friday.

Released on Wednesday (U.S. Time), the film has already earned $137 million in domestic ticket sales. "If every dollar were a coin, that would amount to 1.37 million 1-Up mushrooms. That's a lot of extra lives," 'Variety' noted.