Sonic The Hedgehog Film Set Opening Weekend Record for Video Game Movie - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 March 2020 / 3,260 Views
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie released last week in theaters on Friday, February 14. The film set a record for the largest three day opening ever for a video game adaptation domestically, according to Box Office Mojo.
The movie earned an estimated $57 in its three day opening weekend. This beat out the previous record holder, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, which earned $54 million in its opening weekend. The Sonic movie is on track to earn $68 million in four days during the President's Day holiday weekend.
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie earned $21 million in its opening day, beating out Pokémon Detective Pikachu, which earned $20.5 million in its opening day. The film is also Paramount's biggest opening weekend since the release of the last Mission Impossible film.
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie brought in $43 million internationally for an estimated $100 million opening weekend worldwide. The film launched in 40 markets outside the domestic market. The movie earned $6.7 million in Mexico, $6.2 million in the US, $4.3 million in France, $3.3 million in Germany, $3 million in Brazil, $2.8 million in Australia, $2 million in Spain, $1.9 million in Italy, $1 million in Ukraine, and $1 million on Colombia.
The movie will release in Russia next week and in March in Japan. There is no release date set for China.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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While I'm not interested in the movie I'm glad it did well given that the directors listened to the fans and fixed the design.
I recommended, it is the first movie adaptation from a video game that respect the characters and the story to make sense regarding the video game.
Video game movies making more and more money is a really good sign. Although, detective pikachu released 2 weeks after Endgame and 1 week before John Wick 3 while Sonic literally had 0 competition and the box office has been dry for weeks
Doing better than other video game movies isn't saying much.
Still, I'm glad to hear it.
I loved the movie.
Not bad for a film that looked like it was going to be a garbage fire early on.
It was a great movie. My kids loved it. Well done, Sega!
I still think the first design was just a stunt.
What if that interview was just part of the stunt?
