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Illumination
Logo of Illumination
Founded January 17, 2007[1] [2]
First Super Mario film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Latest Super Mario film The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)
Current president Chris Meledandri

Illumination (formerly Illumination Entertainment, and stylized in all capital letters as ILLUMINATION) is an American animation company that is owned by Universal Pictures, itself a division of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast, and produced two Super Mario-based animated films, in collaboration with Nintendo, while animation's been provided from their in-house French-based studio Illumination Studios Paris (formerly Illumination Mac Guff after buying off Mac Guff in 2011). Founded in Santa Monica, California by Chris Meledandri, Illumination is famously known for creating the Despicable Me franchise, based on a concept from animator Sergio Pablos,[3] with the Minions from that franchise being the company's mascots; as well as the Secret Life of Pets and Sing franchises.

Aside the Mario films and their franchises, the company managed to produce a total of 16 films, including other particular movies such as two adaptations of Dr. Seuss' children's books, "The Lorax" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", their original film Migration , and their first and only live-action film Hop . In addition, the studio has also produced short films known as "mini-movies" alongside each of its feature films on Digital and/or DVD and Blu-ray through Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, though no mini-movies were produced for The Super Mario Bros. Movie and/or The Super Mario Galaxy Movie upon release.

History

Logo of Illumination
Original logo used from 2010 to 2017, still used for trailers, TV spots and posters

In January 17, 2007, Chris Meledandri left 20th Century Fox, having been executive producer of Ice Age and other animated projects for Fox, to open an animation unit at Universal Pictures to focus on making live-action and animated films under a five-year agreement, allowing the studio to have creative control while Universal distributes them exclusively.[1] On March 6, 2008, the new animation unit was now called "Illumination Entertainment" as Meledandri focuses on creating two to three animated movies each year,[4] starting with their first animated film Despicable Me in July 9, 2010, their first live-action film Hop on April 1, 2011,[5] and their animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax on March 2, 2012.[6]

Following the failed release of Hop, despite having a small box-office success, the company decided to focus on the animation projects after Despicable Me was successful enough to produce a sequel and a franchise later on in the coming years.[7]

In December 12, 2011, Universal and Illumination bought off French-based Paris studio Mac Guff, which helped with the animation on Despicable Me, as their newly established in-house studio known as Illumination Mac Guff, allowing the animation studio of Mac Guff to split between Illumination and their own studio in Ligue.[8] Furthermore, the in-house studio (later renamed as Illumination Studios Paris after the release of Sing 2 on December 22, 2021) would go on to produce the animation for all of its films starting from The Lorax except for Hop, which featured CGI by defunct VFX studio Rhythm & Hues.

On March 14, 2017, the company shortened its name to "Illumination" before the release of Despicable Me 3 , dropping "Entertainment" out of the studio's name and first showcased in the second trailer of the film.[9] However, the old studio's name is still being used in promos, TV spots, and trailers in other future films.

During a financial briefing on January 2018, Nintendo announced that Illumination would be producing an animated Super Mario–franchise film, making this the studio's first film based on an existing intellectual property not to be an adaptation of a Dr. Seuss book.[10] [11]

Several days after the deal was made, Shigeru Miyamoto explained why Illumination was chosen for the project over other animation companies, saying he had been interested in producing an animated film for quite some time, contrary to popular belief, making a movie and making a game are completely different procedures, and wanted someone with experience in the film industry to co-produce the film, and after talking with numerous directors and producers, he was introduced to Illumination through Universal Parks & Resorts, with whom Nintendo was making a theme park. Miyamoto also stated that when he began talks with Meledandri, the latter read numerous interviews about him and felt that they had a similar approach in creation, describing him as having experience in the field of animation beyond Illumination, as well as being "extremely cost-conscious and time-conscious in his quest to make successful movies." He mentioned that Nintendo and Illumination had mutually agreed to call the deal off if neither company could come up with an interesting premise, but he also noted that the screenplay had been hashed out a number of times and discussions were in progression, hoping to provide more information once the schedule had been ironed out.[12]

On November 6, 2018, Meledandri said that he was glad the 1993 live-action film Super Mario Bros. was not well-received, citing the primary reason being that the producers did not involve Nintendo, whereas Illumination was "embracing" Miyamoto and keeping him "front and center" in the film's creation, that their Super Mario film was in "priority development" and developing the film is "an ambitious task," citing the challenge of adding depth to Super Mario that would simultaneously compromise generations of fans and feel organic to its iconography as well as supporting a three-act structure.[13]

When producing the films with the company, Miyamoto states that the fast pacing to make each film around 90 minutes long is to keep children and families entertained despite the mixed reception from fans alike.[14]

Super Mario filmography

Unlike most animated studios, Illumination mostly depends on its core group of writers and directors to make their own films. The core team for the films includes directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, creators and developers of Teen Titans Go! , writer Matthew Fogel, co-writer of Minions: The Rise of Gru , and co-directors Pierre Leduc and Fabien Polack.[15] However, for the Super Mario films the studio produced, they each have a team of Nintendo developers to help simplify the story under as "Nintendo Team" while keeping its core group intact upon production and providing notable connections to the franchise.

Film Release date Director(s) Producer(s) Writer(s) Executive Producer(s) Editor(s) Composer(s) Nintendo Team
The Super Mario Bros. Movie USA April 5, 2023[16]
Japan April 28, 2023[17]
Aaron Horvath
Michael Jelenic
Co-Directors:
Pierre Leduc
Fabien Polack 		Chris Meledandri
Shigeru Miyamoto 		Matthew Fogel Brett Hoffman
Bill Ryan
Yusuke Beppu 		Eric Osmond Brian Tyler
Original Nintendo Themes by:
Koji Kondo 		Shigehisa Nakaue, Takumi Kawagoe, Mitsuhiro Takano, Norio Asakura, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Sota Kagino, Takahiro Watanabe, Mahito Yokota, Masaho Nomura, Hironari Makiuchi, Shu Fujii, Makoto Ueda
Creative Executives:
Shinya Takahashi, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie USA April 1, 2026[18]
Japan April 24, 2026[19]
Brian Tyler Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka, Koji Kondo, Kenta Motokura, Shigehisa Nakaue, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Futoshi Shirai, Sota Kagino, Yasuhiko Matsuzaki, Mahito Yokota, Hironari Makiuchi, Masaho Nomura, Norio Asakura, Shu Fujii

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

A poster for The Super Mario Bros. Movie featuring the originally targeted release date
Teaser poster of the film featuring its original release date

During New York Comic-Con on October 6, 2022, the animated Super Mario film's title was revealed to be The Super Mario Bros. Movie in a teaser trailer released through a Nintendo Direct, where Meledandri confirmed that animation would be completed the following week by their in-house studio, Illumination Studios Paris, which had started the lighting and compositing stage of the film.[20] In a Nintendo Direct trailer broadcast on November 29, 2022, Miyamoto announced that the film is almost wrapped up in production.[21] From the final Nintendo Direct for the film on March 9, 2023, close to MAR10 Day and the release of the film, Meledandri later announced that Nintendo and Illumination had wrapped post-production of the film, stating that they had "pushed the technical and artistic capabilities of [Illumination] to new heights", with directors Horvath and Jelenic highlighting the Rainbow Road scene as an example of this by the studio's improved lighting and rendering software.[22]

On March 24, 2023, Illumination released a promotional video featuring many of its original characters from their released films (except Hop and The Lorax ) attending the theaters to see The Super Mario Bros. Movie.[23]

Upon release, The Super Mario Bros. Movie was a commercial success, going on to set numerous box office records for animated films within several countries,[24] surpassing the lifetime global gross of the live-action Super Mario Bros. film and becoming Illumination's highest-grossing opening, surpassing Despicable Me 2 ,[25] and highest-grossing film, surpassing Minions which previously held the record.[26]

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)

International poster for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie featuring the targeted release date.
Teaser title reveal poster of the film featuring its release month

When asked about a sequel before the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Meledandri stated in a Variety cover story, "Our focus right now is entirely on bringing the film out to the audience, and at this time, we're not prepared to talk about what's coming in the future."[27]

A follow-up from Nintendo and Illumination was officially announced by Miyamoto on March 10, 2024 (on MAR10 Day) after the following success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, with the goal of "broadening Mario's world further" while having a "bright and fun story."[28] Meledandri also announced that Illumination Studios Paris was handling the animation again and had been developing storyboards and set designs.[29]

One planned follow-up idea was to focus on Yoshi in Brooklyn after his reveal from the post-credits scene in the first film.[30] However, the follow-up film was later announced to be titled The Super Mario Galaxy Movie during the Nintendo Direct on September 12, 2025; labeled as the "main event" of the Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary celebration and inspired by the Super Mario Galaxy games, with the planned Yoshi idea still intact in a brief montage sequence for the film.[31] A Nintendo Direct showcasing the first trailer on November 12, 2025 revealed by Meledandri that the studio was weeks away from completing animation.[32] Meledandri later confirmed in second Nintendo Direct trailer broadcast on January 25, 2026 that animation has been completed and the film has now moved to post-production.[18]

The film became another major commercial success upon release, exceeding the first film's opening day box office[33] and becoming the highest-grossing English-language film of 2026.[34]

Reception

Illumination's films are made on relatively smaller budgets compared to those of competing animation companies, usually rounding to 70ドル million (around 65ドル-85 million), as a result of a financial model that involves cost-effective decisions such as keeping animation technology expenses to a minimum, shortening development time, and prioritizing hiring voice actors with less star power.[35] However, when producing The Super Mario Galaxy Movie , the budget for the film was over 110ドル million,[36] higher than their previous films and The Super Mario Bros. Movie , which had a budget of 100ドル million.[37] Nevertheless, Illumination has proven to be financially successful in spite of usually mixed critical reception, and given the Super Mario animated franchise over 2ドル billion in total by box office from two of their films released in theaters.[38] [39]

Box office

Film Budget Box office
Domestic International Total
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 100ドル million[37] 574,934,330ドル[40] 785,716,594ドル[41] 1,360,650,924ドル
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 110ドル million[36] 428,617,985ドル[42] 572,037,000ドル[43] 1,000,654,985ドル
Total 210ドル million 1,003,552,315ドル 1,357,753,594ドル 2,361,305,909ドル

Critical reception

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Tomatometer Popcornmeter
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 59% (292 reviews)[44] 95% (+10,000 reviews) 46 (53 reviews)[45] A
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 42% (219 reviews)[46] 88% (+10,000 reviews) 37 (45 reviews)[47] A-

Opening logos

In all of Illumination's films, the opening logos showcase a gag, often related to the respective film, involving the Minions (voiced by director Pierre Coffin speaking in "Minionese"), including Kevin, Stuart, and Bob (the main trio of the first two Minions spin-off films); who say the company's name from The Secret Life of Pets onward, despite that film not having an opening gag.

While the original trailers and TV spots of The Super Mario Bros. Movie did not have the Minions in the Illumination logo before release, a truncated version of an opening logo from one of their films, Despicable Me 4 , was used for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 's official trailer; the original opening featured Stuart firing a weapon loaded with light pins on a wall to form the company logo and Kevin turning the lights on.[32] For the final trailer, however, the Minions do not appear in the Illumination logo.[48]

Image/film Description
Stuart from the Despicable Me series riding on a kart in the Illumination logo for The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 		The Illumination logo shown at the start of The Super Mario Bros. Movie depicts a Minion (Stuart) in a kart themed after Gru attempting to perform a Rocket Start. The logo lights up like a starting light from Mario Kart 8 , flashing "ILLU-MINA-TION" in red before it turns green, pairing this with the countdown sound effects from the same game. The logo goes from green to white when Stuart's Rocket Start fails. Stuart then hits the kart with his fist in frustration before it suddenly blasts off as he shouts the company's name off-screen.
Minions from the Despicable Me series testing the hammer from Donkey Kong in the Illumination logo for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 		The Illumination logo shown at the start of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie depicts two Minions (Jerry and Stuart) looking at a hammer from Donkey Kong, with the logo behind them. Jerry grabs the hammer and another Minion (Ted) walks next to them with a keyboard and plays "Hammer BGM" from the NES version of Donkey Kong, causing the hammer to move to the music and Jerry to destroy the Illumination logo in the process. Stuart tries to warn Ted to stop but the hammer then stops moving when Jerry inadvertently smashes Ted into the ground and destroys the keyboard in the process, who faintly says the company's name before passing out.

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Notes

  • Prior to Illumination's acquisition of the rights to adapt Super Mario, Donkey Kong had been mentioned in two Illumination films, though its parent company, Universal Pictures, once sued Nintendo over Donkey Kong for infringing the copyright to King Kong in 1982.
    • In its adaption of The Lorax , during Ted's second visit with the Once-ler, the Once-ler says, "Why aren't you like other kids? Breakdancing and wearing Bell Bottoms and playing the Donkey Kongs?"
    • During the final battle with Balthazaar Bratt in Despicable Me 3 , Bratt says, "It's on like Donkey Kong!" after being challenged to a dance battle by Gru.
  • There is also a reference to the Super Mario games in The Secret Life of Pets , where a turtle belonging to the "Flushed Pets" is capable of curling inside its shell and bouncing back and forth, hitting anyone in its path, much like a Koopa Troopa, even making the Koopa Shell sound from the Super Mario games.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Characters Main characters Donkey Kong • Luigi • Mario • Princess Peach • Toad
Antagonists Bowser • Kamek • Koopa General
Supporting characters BrKLnCouple • Cranky Kong • Driver • Francis • Giuseppe • Kong army • Lumalee • Mario and Luigi's family (Aunt Marie · Mario and Luigi's father · Mario and Luigi's grandfather · Mario and Luigi's mother · Mario and Luigi's niece · Uncle Arthur · Uncle Tony) • Penguin King • Spike • Toad General
Other characters Baby Luigi • Baby Mario • Baby Peach • Chanterelle • Chunky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Funky Kong • Kiddy Kong • King Bob-omb • King Boo • Luigi's bully • Pauline • Pit • Super Mario Bros. Plumbing customer • Swanky Kong • Toadette • Yoshi
Forms Cape Mario • Cat Mario • Fire Mario • Ice Mario • Invincible Mario • Mini Mario • Super Mario • Tanooki Mario
Species Bat • Biddybud • Blooper (Blooper Baby) • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill (Bomber Bill) • Bramball • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep (Spiny Cheep Cheep) • Goomba (Goomba Tower) • Hammer Bro • Human • Jellybeam • Kong • Koopa (Dry Bones · Koopa Paratroopa · Koopa Troopa · Spiny · Sledge Bro) • Luma • Maw-Ray • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Shy Guy • Snifit • Toad • Yoshi
Locations Bob-omb Battlefield • Bowser's Castle • Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights) • Brooklyn Bridge • Castle Burger • Crazy Cap • Dark Lands • Jungle Kingdom • Fire Flower Fields • Great Ring of Kong • High Cliffs • Kart workshop • Mushroom Forest • Mushroom Kingdom (Toad Town · Mushroom Heights) • Peach's Castle • Punch-Out Pizzeria • Rainbow Road • Desert Area • Snow Kingdom • Super Mario Bros. Plumbing • Training Course • Warp Zone • Waterfall Area • Yoshi's Island
Items and objects ! Block • Anchor • Axe • Barrel • Bill Blaster • Bike (Bullet Bike · Mach Bike) • Blue mushroom • Blue Shell • Boomerang Flower • Bowser Statue • Box • Brick Block • Cannon • Cape Feather • Clear Pipe • Coin • Coin Block • Crate • Donut Block • Dragon Coin • Fire Bar • Fire Flower • Flying Question Block • Fruit (Banana · Carrot · Coconut · Grape · Melon · Pineapple · Turnip · Watermelon) • Girder • Goal Pole • Hammer • Ice block • Ice Flower • Kart (Pipe Frame · Standard Kart · Tiny Titan) • Koopa Clown Car • Ladder • Lakitu's Cloud • Lift • Magical Potion • Mushroom Platform • Music Box • Mysterious pipe • P Switch • P-Wing • POW Block • Power Balloon • Question Block • Rocket Barrel • Rotating Block • Shy Guy balloon • Spike Trap • Snowball • Super Bell • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Tanooki Suit • Trampoline • Warp Pipe • Wooden cutout • Yoshi's Egg
Music Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Super Mario Bros. Opus" • "Press Start" • "King of the Koopas" • "Plumbin' Ain't Easy" • "It's a Dog Eat Plumber World" • "Saving Brooklyn" • "The Warp Pipe" • "Strange New World" • "The Darklands" • "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom" • "2 Player Game" • "The Mushroom Council" • "The Plumber and the Peach" • "Platforming Princess" • "World 1-1" • "The Adventure Begins" • "Peaches" • "Lost and Crowned" • "Imprisoned" • "Courting the Kongs" • "Drivin' Me Bananas" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "Karts!" • "Practice Makes Perfect" • "Buckle Up" • "Rainbow Road Rage" • "Blue Shelled" • "An Indecent Proposal" • "The Belly of the Beast" • "Fighting Tooth and Veil" • "Tactical Tanooki" • "Mario Brothers Rap" • "Grapple in the Big Apple" • "Superstars" • The Super Mario Brothers" • "Bonus Level" • "Level Complete"
Licensed music "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" • "No Sleep till Brooklyn" • "L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Habanera)" • "Holding Out for a Hero" • "Take On Me" • "Thunderstruck" • "Mr. Blue Sky"
Other music "Attack! Fury Bowser" • "DK Rap" • "Wedding March"
Promotional content A Hero Like No Other • Bimbo • Happy Meal • Icee • Lush • Mario's Big Adventure • Monopoly: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Edition • Nintendo The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Q&A with the Cast! (Ep. 1 · Ep. 2 · Ep. 3 · Ep. 4 · Ep. 5 · Ep. 6 · Ep. 7) • SMBPlumbing.com • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Maths – Times Tables Worksheets • Super Mario Bros.: Vocabulary-Building Crossword • Super Mario Theater • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Bowser's Battle • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Create Your Own Scene • The Super Mario Bros. Movie Learning Activity Booklet • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Mario Maths Codebreaker • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Mario Maths – Donkey Kong Doubling 1 and 2-Digit Numbers • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Mario Maths – I Spy and Count to 5 • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Mario Maths – I Spy and Count to 10 • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Matching Pairs • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Number Bonds of 10-Frame • The Super Mario Bros. Movie Official Activity Book • The Super Mario Bros. Movie Official Storybook • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Pencil Control • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Piranha Plant and Pipes Game • The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Punctuation with Peach – Fix the Sentence
Miscellaneous Gallery • Illumination • Illumination Studios Paris • Jump Man • Multimedia • Quotes • References to other media • Staff • Universal Pictures • Voice actors
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Characters Baby Luma • Birdo • Bowser (Dry Bowser) • Bowser Jr. (Wonder Bowser Jr.) • Chef Toad • Clawgrip • Daisy • Donkey Kong • Fox McCloud • Honey Queen • Kamek • Luigi (Baby Luigi) • Lumalee • Mario (Baby Mario) • Megaleg • Mouser • Mr. Game & Watch • Princess Peach (Baby Peach) • R.O.B. • Rosalina • Toad • Toad General • Wart • Yellow Luma • Yoshi
Species Baby Penguin • Bat • Biddybud • Big Cheep Cheep • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bubblainian • Bullet Bill • Butterfly • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Conkdor • Dry Bones • Gearmo • Goomba • Goombeetle • Goop • Hammer Bro • Honeybee • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Luma • Mega Goomba • Moe-Eye • Monty Mole • Ninji • Octoomba • Octoguy • Painted Piranha Plant • Paragoomba • Penguin • Pianta • Pikmin • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Shy Guy • Sledge Bro • Small bird • Snifit • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Star Bunny • T. Rex • Thwomp • Toad • Tostarenan • Ukiki • Urchin • Whittle • Wiggler
Forms Blimp Yoshi • Cape Mario • Cloud Mario • Drill Mario • Fire Mario • Frog Mario • Flying Mario • Ice Mario • Mini Mario • Penguin Mario • Super Mario • Wonder Bowser Jr.
Locations Bowser's Prison • Bowser Jr.'s Spaceship • Comet Observatory • Desert Area • Fossil Falls • Gateway Galaxy • Grass Land • Honeyhive Galaxy • Inverted Pyramid • Library • Mario & Luigi's Home • Minus World • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Pond • Peach's Castle • Planet Bowser • Space Junk Galaxy • Toad Town • Tostarena Town • Wart's Casino
Items and objects ? Block • Airship • Arwing • Axe • Bike • Bill Blaster • Birdo's Egg • Blimp Fruit • Bomb • Boomsday Weapon • Bowser Jr.'s Paintbrush • Bowser Statue • Cape Feather • Cloud Flower • Coin • Coin Block • Crate • Drill Mushroom • Fire Bar • Fire Flower • Fireball • Frog Suit • Grinder • Ice block • Ice Flower • Koopa Clown Car • Lakitu's Cloud • Launch Star • Lift • Message Block • Peach's Parasol • Penguin Suit • Red Star • Rosalina's Wand • Skewer • Spike Trap • Star Bit • Super Mushroom • Super Scope • Tree • UFO • Warp Pipe • Warp Pipe (clear) • Yoshi's Egg
Promotional material Brands bubly (bublygalacticmission.com) • Dippin' Dots • Feastables • Gap • Go-Gurt • Icee • Krispy Kreme • Lush • McDonald's (Happy Meal) • Nestlé (Bono + Negresco: Biscoitos de outra galáxia) • Old Spice • Suntory • UNIQLO • Yoplait
Web/digital media 7net Shopping • gatewaygalaxy.com • ItsGalaxyTime.com (Discover Your Out-of-This-World Snack · Make the Mario Galaxy Movie Matches ) • Personality quiz: Movie match • Super Mario Theater • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Activity Kit • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Collectible Cards • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Easter Egg Hunt • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Physical games Galactic adventures! • Kinopio • Mario & Yoshi • Monopoly: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Edition • Neue Abenteuer von Super Mario • Super Mario Power! • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (picture puzzle) • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Balancing Game • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: Battle Pinball Galaxy • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Memory • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Spin 'n Match Game
Publications Mario's Big Adventure • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: Mario Takes Off! • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: Peach's Birthday Surprise • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Official Activity Book
Miscellaneous "The Ballad of Super Mario" • Gallery • "Hypnotize" • Illumination • Illumination Studios Paris • Quotes • References to other media • Staff • "That's Amore" • Universal Pictures • Voice actors