Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - April 8, 2022

Just saw it, it was fun, some deeps cuts that went over my nieces/audience head. Jim Carry was totally into it.

The only thing that was really lukewarm wasn’t the movies issue (well maybe some pacing toward the end) the theater’s sound was lacking, lack of oomph from the audio levels.

But that mid credit tho, people gasped lol

4 out of 5
 

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.
 
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