Box Office: 'Sonic 2' Shoot To Record-Breaking Start In North America
Los Angeles, April 11 - Paramount Pictures' "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" was on fire at the domestic (North America) box office, and powered to a massive $72 million 3-day opening weekend debut. The film beat industry projections and record the biggest video game movie opening of all time and second-biggest in 2022. ## Directed by Jeff Fowler, "Sonic 2" topped its predecessor, 2020's "Sonic the Hedgehog", which had grossed $58 million in its first 3 days. The new movie landed at number 1 at the domestic box office and was miles ahead of the second-ranked Sony's "Morbius", which plunged by 74% in the second weekend for a low $10.2 million. ## The massive box office numbers of kids' friendly, "Sonic 2" are another indication that family audiences are feeling much better about returning to movie theaters after keeping themselves away due to the covid-19 pandemic. ## "This is an outstanding opening. With solid reviews and very good audience scores, 'Sonic' is going to have a strong run", said David A. Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research (via Variety). ## Meanwhile, the science fiction action-adventure comedy film, added another $37 million from 53 territories, taking its international tally to $70 million and global total to $141 million. "Sonic 2" landed a positive "A" CinemaScore from audiences. Film critics were mixed, as evidenced by the film's 68% average rating on Rotten Tomatoes.## Ben Schwartz has voiced Sonic the Hedgehog, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who can run at supersonic speeds. The film follows Sonic and Tails (voiced by O'Shaughnessey) teaming up to find Master Emerald before Dr. Robotnik and Knuckles (voiced by Idris Elba).## Stay tuned...
