Sonic has achieved it once more. With a $71 million debut on the home field workplace, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has set a brand new report for the US movie debut of a online game adaptation, beating out the earlier excessive watermark set by its predecessor in 2020. The first film in what now Paramount plans to develop right into a cinematic universe made $57 million throughout its opening weekend.
Before the pandemic shut down theaters all through the US and different elements of the world, the primary Sonic movie went on to gross $319 million globally. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is at present on observe to beat these earnings having grossed roughly $141 million globally.
As with the primary film, timing seems to have been a major think about Sonic 2’s early success. Its essential competitor on the field workplace was Sony’s much-maligned Morbius, which noticed a drastic 74 % drop in ticket gross sales from its opening weekend final Friday. It solely earned $10.2 million in further home income after a $39 million debut. What we will say, folks love Idris Elba.