Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are plumbers in Brooklyn. They get sucked through a pipe to mushroom land. They go separate routes. Mario meets Toad (Keegan-Michael Key) who takes him to Princess Peach's (Anya Taylor-Joy) castle. Luigi ends up in the dark kingdom which is under Bowser's (Jack Black) control. Bowser has threatened Princess Peach that she must marry him or he will destroy her kingdom. Mario and the princess team up to rescue Luigi and confront Bowser. They recruit Donkey Kong (Seth Rogen) and his army to help. They are taking a short cut, but Bowser expects this and ambushes them. The rainbow road is partially destroyed and Kong and Mario fall into the ocean and are swallowed by an eel. They escape and get to Peach's castle during the wedding ceremony between Peach and Bowser. The wedding thwarted Bowser launches a rocket against the mushroom kingdom. Mario diverts it into a pipe where it explodes and sucks Bowser and everyone to Brooklyn. Bowser is terrorizing Brooklyn until Marion and Luigi use invincibility stars to defeat Bowser and his minions. Peach uses a blue mushroom to shrink Bowser who is captured in a bottle.
This is the first animated feature to gross over $1 billion. There must be many, many Mario players who were immediate fans. The movie follows the game fairly well. The movie is a project from Nintendo and Illumination.
