The Super Mario Bros. Movie is shown to be shorter than your average length movie (85 minutes, as opposed to the standard of 90 minutes)

[delete12345]

Marking this thread as a rumor. Not sure if there are previous threads about this.

According to Cinepolis, The Super Mario Bros. Movie has a runtime length of 85 minutes.

Super Mario Bros. La Película | Cinépolis ENTRA

Un fontanero llamado Mario viaja a través de un laberinto subterráneo con su hermano, Luigi, tratando de salvar a una princesa capturada. Adaptación cinematográfica del popular videojuego.

cinepolis.com

We used to say the American distributors selected 90 minutes as the cut-off point for any film being shown in cinemas back in the 1910s ~ 1920s and onwards. I don't know if there are hard rules about this nowadays. But, assuming we're still sticking with this rule, it's possible the Super Mario Bros. Movie might have a limited theatrical release?

Thoughts? I just want a discussion telling me to correct myself on this.

EDIT: Purged thought.

 

[Mr. President]

I wonder if they might have a short?
Are those usually included in the run time?

 

[Mary Celeste]

would rather have it short and sweet than have it be long and lose its appeal

 

[Zombine]

The other 5 minutes are DLC.

 

[Platy]

Already starting as a WR speedrun I see

 

[shancake]

Please tell me this is a satire thread?

"Super Mario Bros. Movie might have a limited theatrical release?"

This is set to be one of the biggest animated movies of all time on so many levels.

 

[Adam Tyner]

Sub-90 minute runtimes for theatrical releases aren't unprecedented, especially in animation. Corpse Bride, for instance, is 77 minutes!

 

[Joule]

I think It's too soon for a final cut and this length is quite common with animated films

 

[CloseTalker]

I just bought tickets for the three hour and ten minute long Avatar sequel, so an 85 minute Mario movie sounds mighty fucking fine.

 

[Ridley327]

The recent Minions film was 87 minutes long, so this isn't even new territory for Illumination. As Roger Ebert was fond of saying, a good movie is always long enough and a bad movie is never short enough.

 

[oni-link]

The other 5 minutes are DLC.

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Lol

 

[higemaru]

80-85 minute movies aren't unusual at all, especially for theatrical releases. With that runtime, it'll release very wide, have probably two screens showing it 8-9x a day each for maximum bank.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Is that weird? There have been lots of theatrical releases that have been far below 90mins. The Rugrats Movie's run time for example is barely 79 minutes.

 

[Zeroro]

Every movie has to be 2 and a half hours at least, or it's a WASTE OF TIME.

 

[Rydeen]

But, assuming we're still sticking with this rule, it's possible the Super Mario Bros. Movie might have a limited theatrical release?

Thoughts? I just want a discussion telling me to correct myself on this.

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That makes zero sense, a shorter run-time means theaters can get more screenings into a day, meaning more showings meaning more tickets sold meaning more $$$.
Also I would take this random website's runtime listing with a grain of salt, since Illumination is still working on the animation and isn't anywhere close to a locked-in edit yet.

 

[delete12345]

Please tell me this is a satire thread?

"Super Mario Bros. Movie might have a limited theatrical release?"

This is set to be one of the biggest animated movies of all time on so many levels.

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Ok, good to know. I have no idea what or how the movie industry operates on this hard line rule. I'll edit my post.

 

[Kalor]

Under 90 minutes isn't remotely unusual. Obviously it's not going to have a limited release either.

 

[RagnarokX]

That's only 1 minute longer than Beauty and the Beast and 4 minutes longer than Toy Story. Mario is doomed.

 

[Mocha Joe]

I'd rather see a 85 min movie than a 185 min movie

 

[Rydeen]

Ok, good to know. I have no idea what or how the movie industry operates on this hard line rule. I'll edit my post.

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It wasn't even a hard line rule back then, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was 83 minutes in 1937 just because Walt Disney wasn't sure if an audience would be willing to sit through an animated film that was 90 minutes long.

 

[Gay Bowser]

what even is this thread

Dumbo was 64 minutes

there was never any agreed-upon minimum of 90 minutes for theatrical distribution from the 1920s

distributors tend to prefer shorter runtimes to longer ones, as they can get more showings in per day per screen

 

[Dyle]

They couldn't afford to have Chris Pratt in the studio more because of how cool he is

 

[Toad King]

85 minutes is only short if you're a Marvel movie.

 

[onpoint]

I support a shorter runtime.

 

[Kyuuji]

Toy Story says hi.

This isn't anything new.

 

[AniHawk]

land before time is less than 70 minutes long and it might just be the best movie ever made.

 

[ascii42]

The shortest movie I can remember seeing in theaters was Inspector Gadget at 78 minutes. Excluding credits it was barely over an hour long.

 

[Desma]

Minions short before the movie

 

[L Thammy]

That's only 1 minute longer than Beauty and the Beast and 4 minutes longer than Toy Story. Mario is doomed.

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I momentarily misread that as "Bubsy and the Beast".

 

[Anth0ny]

Mushroom kingdom

Here

I

Come

 

[brainchild]

I support a shorter runtime.

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Same.

 

[Gavalanche]

As far as I am aware, the 90 minute rule only really existed during the 80s and 90s era and was created as a sort of distribution restriction against the wave of amateur VHS that was growing in that time. Rather then sift through hundreds and thousands of just everything, distribution companies had a 90 minute rule.

However if a real movie was made from an actual production company, run time didn't matter. Anything below 40 minutes is a short film, anything above is fine.

 

[Billfisto]

Super Mario Bros. (1993) made it 104 minutes. Bob Hoskins > Chris Pratt confirmed.

 

[Strings]

Not that weird for most animated family films and is pretty bang on for Illumination stuff in particular (last Minions movie 87, Secret Life of Pets 2 86, The Grinch 85, etc).

 

[Giga Man]

Just five minutes? It's still close enough to 90 minutes. It's still long, just like any movie.

 

[BasilZero]

I dont really see a issue.

 

[Windu]

Kids have short attention spans. 20-25 min trailers plus 90 min movies is the max. (tbh, probably too long).

 

[Neutron]

Huh?

85 minutes is totally standard for a kid's animated movie. The Lion King is 87 minutes, and I doubt this movie's plot will be as heavy.

 

[Paper Wario]

Some great movies that are less than 90 minutes:

• What We Do in the Shadows
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Toy Story

 

[Cow Mengde]

Toy Story says hi.

This isn't anything new.

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HOLY SHIT! I read this comment and had to check the runtime cause I could have sworn it was a 2-hour movie. It felt like a 2-hour movie. I really didn't like the first Toy Story.

 

[Bear]

Good, many many more movies should be 90 minutes or less.

 

[Anustart]

Small if true.

But not a big deal to me if it is that length, as long as it's a decent movie for me and my kids.

 

[Claude Augario]

Means there shouldn't be any bloat.

 

[julia crawford]

but how can they fit all the Mario lore in just 85 minutes?????

 

[Anais Watterson]

Gregg Turkington would be mortified!

 

[Dyle]

My uncle who works at Illumination said the director's cut will add an hour of additional screaming Toads

 

[xir]

Do run times count the credit crawl

 

[Zebesian-X]

It seems like the longest Despicable Me/Minions movie is 96 mins long, with the latest entry clocking in at an even 90. 85 seems pretty on par with the studio's output

 

[Otherist]

85 minutes is actually a normal and healthy running time for a CGI children's movie cash-in-type-thing. It's entirely possible they landed on it by accident after having to cut out huge amounts of garbage, mind you

 

[Gavalanche]

I was hoping it would've been as long as the Irishman.