According to foreign media THR reports, the live-action game adaptation "Sonic the Hedgehog" released last weekend won the North American weekly box office, winning $68 million in the box office in one fell swoop, surpassing "Detective Pikachu" to become the best-selling game in the world in the first week in North America. Adapted from a live-action movie.
"Sonic the Hedgehog" produced by Paramount has a big hit at the box office during the President's Day holiday. It was released in North America for two days (including its premiere at 12 o'clock on Thursday night) with a box office of 57 million U.S. dollars. A record of the game adaptation of a live-action movie. The film’s estimated gross box office for the first three days of the first weekend is US$68 million, making it the best film ever shown on a long holiday weekend, and this year coincides with Valentine’s Day.
Prior to this, "Detective Pikachu" released in 2019 was the box office record holder for the first weekend of the video game adaptation of a live-action movie. Its box office revenue for three days over the weekend was $54.3 million, excluding inflation.
Overseas, "Sonic the Hedgehog" was released in 40 countries and regions, and it won US$43 million in box office. Its global box office will reach US$100 million, and it will even reach US$111 million before Monday. The most popular markets include Mexico (US$6.7 million) and the United Kingdom (US$6.2 million).
This $87 million film is based on the popular Sega video game. The protagonist Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) and a small town sheriff (starring James Marsden) ) Cooperate to prevent Dr. Egghead (played by Jim Carrey)'s plan to rule the world. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the "Sonic" game. Such box office results are really great news. The release of
"Sonic the Hedgehog" exceeded expectations. This was a huge victory for Paramount and director Jeff Fowler. Despite the strong protests from game fans before, they returned to the role. The CG has been revised, and of course, the release date has been postponed.
"Sonic the Hedgehog" defeated the next competitor, Warner Bros.'s DC comic book "Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey" (Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey), which gave up in the second weekend At the top of the list, three-day box office revenue is estimated to be $17 million, and four-day revenue is about $19 million. This has caused troubled superhero movies to fall by more than 48%, a significant drop over the weekend, with a total box office of US$61.7 million in North America at the close on Monday. And the overseas box office won 23 million U.S. dollars, reaching a total overseas box office of 83.6 million U.S. dollars.
