The Super Mario Bros. Movie Suffers Back to Back Losses at 2024 Golden Globes

It was a tough night for Nintendo as fans of the Mario franchise watched loss after loss across the category nominations for The Super Mario Bros. Movie's Golden Globes debut. Earlier tonight, the blockbuster hit went toe-to-toe against several critically acclaimed titles and original pieces, and sadly, couldn't hold its own.

Let's take a closer look at what went down.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Suffers Losses at all 3 Golden Globes Category Nominations

Late last year, it was announced that The Super Mario Bros. Movie had been nominated for three categories at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards, including:

• Best Picture - Animated

• Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

• Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Of course, the competition was fierce, with category contenders comprising entries from Barbie, Elemental, Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and The Boy and the Heron, to name a few.

First Loss in Best Picture - Animated Golden Globes Category

Unfortunately, Mario stumbled out of the gate, suffering a loss to The Boy and the Heron in the coveted Best Motion Picture - Animated category.

Back to Back Losses to Barbie and Billie Eilish

Shortly thereafter, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Jack Black's original hit, 'Peaches', went on to swift-succession losses in both the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and Best Original Song - Motion Picture to Barbie and Billie Eilish for 'What I Was Made For', respectively. Notably, Eilish's song was one of the featured original singles in the Barbie movie as well.

The losses in both of these categories are less shocking, as Barbie (and Barbie-related) content have absolutely dominated since release earlier last year. These wins were well deserved.

Picking the Franchise Back Up

While a tough night for Mario - by academy standards - we don't think there's much to worry about for the future of The Super Mario Bros. budding franchise IP.

Sure, the movie suffered losses in all category nominations, but that doesn't diminish the fact that the title was one of the highest-grossing films of 2023 and has been a widely acclaimed success since its release.

Award competitions are held among the top-level peers in any given category, and tonight was no different. Sure, we would have loved to watch Mario and co. take home a win in any of the category nominations, but I'd be willing to bet this won't be the last time we'll see this franchise in the Golden Globe running.