The Sonic movie did just okay critically, but it's been a massive success at the box office. New numbers from a SEGA press release tell us the troubled flick has managed a worldwide figure of almost $210 million in 10 days, which is a great result for a video game adaptation.
It's also been reiterated that Sonic the Hedgehog outperformed Detective Pikachu in its opening weekend. SEGA's mascot raked in $58 million domestically, a new record for a video game movie, beating the Pokémon film's $54.3 million.
The hedgehog's second week in theatres proves the movie has some legs, earning a further $26.2 million domestically. The US box office total currently stands at over $107 million, while the international total is about $102 million. The film is set to launch next month in Japan -- it'll be interesting to see what an Eastern audience makes of it.
Have you seen Sonic the Hedgehog yet? Is this success deserved, or were you left unimpressed? Speed into the comments below.
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It's a really fun film.
Hopefully sequels will be forthcoming!
I took my 7 year old daughter to see it at the weekend, we really enjoyed it, definitely worth a watch in my opinion.
Not sure what all the nay-sayers are banging on about - probably not high brow enough as it's not in black and white with subtitles?
Saw it with my 8-year old and we both loved it. Nice to see Jim Carey being back to his maniacal best and here's hoping for a sequel.
I'd rather spin dash into a pit of spikes than play a modern Sonic game (Mania aside, but that feels more like a really good ROM hack), but maybe this movie's success will raise the budget of the next one and get Sonic back in a good position.
Apparently the film has been postponed in China (for obvious reasons). I wonder how much that market could have added to the box office. As for Japan, I expect it to do reasonably well, but not as huge as the US and Europe (relatively speaking, even for Japan's smaller moviegoing audience), since Sonic was always more popular in the west.
Saw it last week. I've not cried that much at a film since Schindler's List.
Taking my kids to see it this weekend. Thought I’d hate the Pokémon Movie and it was great. Maybe there’s a chance for games to film after all?
Saw it last Saturday and as a big fan of the 16-bit era Sonic the Hedgehog games and cartoons, I really enjoyed it. Never expected it would do well critically because something I've noticed about movie 'critics' (and this goes all the way back to when I was a kid in the 90s) is that they're the no fun allowed type crowd. Very rarely has a movie that reviewed very well also been one I had good time watching.
Happy to see this do decently enough at the box office. Hope when it's all said and done the numbers are good enough to green light a sequel.
Really enjoyed it with the kids, we actually saw it a second time last weekend! Much better than I expected and look forward to the inevitable sequels!
Better than I assumed it would turn out, but pretty mediocre overall. There were a few great sequences but the whole Tom and Sonic dynamic was bland at best. Plus the visual gags were mostly better when Quicksilver did them in Days of Future Past.
The last two scenes make me optimistic about a sequel, but they'll need better writing.
Pushsquare and critics didnt do enough rockonnaissance before the release.
Film was good. Carrey 👍
Which just goes to show, once again, that critics and reviews are pretty much irrelevant these days.
I have never in my life decided whether I'll see a movie or not based on a critic's opinion. Same with games. I'm only interested in the content, and whether it appeals to me; anyone else's opinion is 100% irrelevant.
Good for the Hedgehog, I really should go see it.
@KALofKRYPTON They need too find the original animators again seeing them get canned after they finished the game in not so great conditions.
@Flaming_Kaiser Given the surprise financial performance of the film, I doubt that will be a problem.
fun film my 2 kids loved it. But watching it in german was funny with jim carrey sounding even more evil bad boss lol.
@KALofKRYPTON My point has more too do with the terrible way they treat the workers.
I watched the movie yesterday and it is surprisingly good and deserves the attention it is receiving.
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