We knew the Sonic the Hedgehog movie had been a success so far, but now SEGA has proceeded to proudly state exactly how much.
In a press release sent out yesterday, they claimed the film recorded almost $210 million in just ten days at the box office (globally). It is certainly quite the turnaround, as fans of the SEGA mascotte will surely recall the huge backlash of the character's first design for the movie. That was later changed and clearly contributed to the movie's success.
“Sonic the Hedgehog” was released on February 14th, starting on 4,167 screens in the U.S. and more across the globe. It recorded a three-day opening weekend of $58,018,348 domestically, breaking the previously held record for the three-day opening of a video game adaptation of $54.3 million set by “Detective Pikachu,” and marking a new page in the history of video game films. “Sonic the Hedgehog” continued to run at top speed in its second week, grossing $26,192,294 domestically and bringing its U.S. box office to $107,704,000 total. The international box office total as of February 25th is $102,268,213, bringing the worldwide box office total to just under $210 million.
The movie is still to be released in Japan, too, with theaters expected to air Sonic the Hedgehog starting March 27th.
Director: Jeff Fowler
Written by: Pat Casey & Josh Miller
Produced by: Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara, Takeshi Ito
Executive Producers: Hajime Satomi, Haruki Satomi, Masanao Maeda, Nan Morales, Tim Miller
Cast: James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter and Jim Carrey
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About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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