Sonic the Hedgehog 2 “shattered early field workplace projections,” experiences the Los Angeles Instances, bringing in $71 million in its opening weekend. That makes it the most important first-weekend for a Paramount film in at the least 4 years — greater than Terminator: Darkish Destiny ($29 million) and Mission: Not possible — Fallout ($61.2 million).
You’ll be able to watch its trailer right here — however here is how the Instances summarizes its plot. “The titular furry blue protagonist (voiced by Ben Schwartz) faces an equally fluffy new menace, Knuckles the Echidna (Idris Elba), who has joined Dr. Robotnik’s (Jim Carrey) ongoing quest conquer Earth.”
Engadget calls this the perfect opening weekend ever for a videogame film. The earlier record-holder was Sonic the Hedgehog 1, a film which Paramount+ now “plans to broaden right into a cinematic universe” — or at the least, broaden right into a spin-off TV collection.
Earlier than the pandemic shut down theaters all through the U.S, and different components of the world, the primary Sonic movie went on to gross $319 million globally. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is at present on monitor 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 important competitor on the field workplace was Sony’s much-maligned Morbius, which noticed a drastic 74 p.c drop in ticket gross sales from its opening weekend final Friday. It solely earned $10.2 million in extra home income after a $39 million debut.
