‘Sonic The Hedgehog 2’ To Keep Spring Thing Going With $50M+ Start – Box Office Preview
07.04.2022 - 00:57
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the sequel to the last big blockbuster before the pandemic, opens this weekend, keeping a steady stream of dollars into the theatrical marketplace with a $50M+, possibly $60M opening.
The first movie in February 2020 broke the videogame feature adaptation curse for the genre, opening to $58M over 3-days, $70M over four, winning over die-hard fans of the Sega character. Landing a new franchise, Paramount wasn’t going to mess up anything in the sequel and kept director Jeff Fowler on board as well screenwriters Pat Casey and John Miller, with the addition of John Whittington. The increased stakes for the sequel come with the addition of Sonic universe characters Knuckles, voiced by Idris Elba, and Tails, voiced by one of the videogame’s iconic voiceover performers, Colleen O’Shaughnessey. That latter piece of casting goes a long way with Sonic devotees.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is booked at 4,232 theaters. The movie has some PLFs. There’s a fan event tonight in just under 700 locations and previews start tomorrow at 3PM. The first movie grossed $3M in previews that started at 5PM for a $20.9M opening day. There’s a lot of love here for the property, hence a lot of confidence for the sequel heading into a Friday where there’s rolling spring breaks with 15% K-12 schools out, as well as 4% colleges per Comscore. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has already minted a solid $30M abroad from 31 markets with another 22 debuting this weekend including LATAM, Italy and Korea. Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes right now at 66% fresh are slightly higher than the first pic’s 63%. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 world premiered last night in the same place as the first film –Westwood’s Village Regency Theatre– and it was a deja vu experience on par
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