The 1993 Super Mario Bros. Movie Is Somehow Top Of Amazon's Best-Sellers

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For some ungodly reason, the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie has somehow managed to reach the top spot on Amazon's best-selling movies alongside pre-orders for the new movie.

Even though it's been receiving some pretty middling reviews from critics, audiences seem to love Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie, with it currently standing at a 97 percent audience score compared to its 56 percent critic score. It seems that the massive love for Mario is spreading beyond the new movie, however, as the infamously awful 1993 movie starring John Leguizamo and the late Bob Hoskins is top of the Amazon charts right now.

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That's right, as reported by IGN, the 1993 Mario Bros. movie has somehow landed itself at the top of Amazon's best-selling movies and TV shows. As of the time of writing, it's still in the number one spot, with pre-orders of the Illumination film right beside it at number two. Beyond being based on Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. (incredibly loosely in the 1993 film's case), there's nothing linking the two that should be pushing the original so high up the charts.

So, what gives? The simple explanation is that those who have watched the original are probably nostalgic about it after having seen the Illumination version and want to give it a rewatch. Meanwhile, those who haven't seen it are likely wondering what all the fuss about it is and want to compare it to the new film. You could also speculate that some people are getting the two mixed up and accidentally watching it, but that's likely a small percentage of the views and not enough to get it so high up on the charts.

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