Sonic Speeds to a Record $57 Million US Opening: Best Debut for a Video Game Film Ever

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Image: Paramount Pictures



When the trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog debuted last year, moviegoers were expecting a flop due to the blue blur’s horrific, nightmare-inducing design. The universal outrage was unheard of, prompting Paramount to delay the film so its visual effects could be revised from the ground up.



While skeptics considered that a vain and pointless effort at salvaging an inevitable failure, they couldn’t have been more wrong.



Sonic the Hedgehog has crushed this weekend’s box office competition, exceeding all expectations with a remarkable $57 million debut. This happens to be the best opening ever for a film based on a video game franchise, beating previous record...

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[SeymourGore]

Welp, bet this will result in a new Super Mario movie.

 

[Niner51]

I think all the hype around the redesigned Sonic may have helped this movie.

 

[Uvilla]

I think all the hype around the redesigned Sonic may have helped this movie.

That and detective Pikachu not being a POS movie gives credence to video game movies i guess.

 

[JosiahBradley]

I think all the hype around the redesigned Sonic may have helped this movie.

I'm telling you it was a plan to drum up free advertising. You can't make a movie so loved by fans with great understanding of the source material and accidently miss what the main character looks like.