The movie theater operators said record Easter attendance was driven by the success of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

SUNDAY AM WRITETHROUGH after Saturday update: Keep refreshing Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie has revived tentpoles even further than Project Hail Mary with a $372.5M opening,

AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) shares surged 14% Monday, climbing from $1.12 to $1.28 after the company reported a record Easter weekend that drew over 6 million guests to its theaters. It’s the kind of headline that reminds investors why the moviegoing story isn’t dead.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Project Hail Mary push the domestic box office past a major record in their respective first and third weekends.