SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU after late-Saturday PM post: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is outstripping the three-day opening results of its 2020 original movie — which, keep in mind, was over a holiday weeken…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is outstripping the 3-day opening results of its first 2020 movie, which keep in mind was over a holiday weekend, with $71M. For Jim Carrey, on a 3-day basis,
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is his biggest domestic opener, beating the $68M start of
Bruce Almighty in 2003.
Sonic's updated gross is after an estimated $26M Saturday which is up 1% against Friday+previews of $26.8M. Technically speaking the Jeff Fowler directed sequel was up 30% on Saturday over Friday if you back out previews.
Paramount Theatrical Distribution Boss Chris Aronson beamed, "
Sonic 2's record opening is a victory for Paramount and for the industry at large. The filmmakers did an amazing job of crafting a film that is both in service of Sonic's legions of fans as well as the general and family audience. Growing a franchise is no small feat and having an opening +22% over the first film is a remarkable achievement. Kudos to the filmmakers and to the marketing and distributions teams at Paramount for doing a fantastic job in bringing the film into the global marketplace!"
Knock on wood, it's going to be fun to see the legs on this one and how vibrant a
Sonic movie can truly be in the market, especially for a sector that has been starving for movies. The first movie's momentum was stalled by Covid and the closing of movie theaters, the pic making close to 50% of its $148.9M final domestic in its first four days.