Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Sets Video Game Movie Record With $71M in its Domestic Opening Weekend - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 10 April 2022 / 2,342 Views
It was reported yesterday Sonic The Hedgehog 2 earned $26.5 million on its opening day in the domestic market, which is the biggest opening day ever for a video game movie.
The movie has now set a new record for the biggest opening weekend ever for a video game movie at the domestic box office with $71 million, according to Sunday estimates posted by Deadline.
This figure is slightly ahead of the $67 million to $69 million it was expected to earn over the weekend. This is also higher than the first movie in the series earned in its first weekend, which was $58 million.
Last weekend, Paramount's Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie hit theaters in 31 international markets and earned $25.5 million. That is two percent higher than the original Sonic The Hedgehog movie did in 2020.
The movie debuted in first in a number of markets and earned $6.4 million in the UK, $5.7 million in France, $2.8 million in Australia, $2.2 million in Spain, and $2.1 million in Germany. It was also number one in Sweden, Czech Republic, Austria, Norway, Belgium, New Zealand, Slovakia and South Africa.
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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Awesome news!
Took the Ninja clan to go see Sonic 2 over the weekend and they loved it.
It had everything in it that makes for a great family/kids movie.
It was also nice to see a kids movie that didn't have a whole bunch of political/sociological agendas strewn about. Hollywood it seems has forgotten how to make kids movies lately (and continues.) but Sonic really should be a template of what they in the industry should be striving for.
Will definitely be picking this up when it releases on Bluray later.
-VIDEOGAME CHILIDOG NINJA APPROVED-
did not expect this
It seems that this has been a pretty decent movie series, hence pretty decent sales. Hopefully, that will send a message on how to fix the game franchise; make a good product.
I don't really agree with that. I think the frustrating thing about 3D Sonic games is they never feel like the devs just didn't care. Whenever I play one, I get the feeling that the people actually making the game really wanted it to be good and did what they can. It seems to me like it's just a matter of resources and time.
I think my boy Shadow will be in Sonic 3! If so, hope they do him justice!
