The Sonic movie surpasses Detective Pikachu for most successful video game movie box office opening
Surpassing expectations in almost every way was the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, which earned a massive $57 million dollars in its opening weekend in North America. That put it just ahead of last year's other critically successful video game-based movie, Detective Pikachu, which opened at a slightly smaller figure of $54.3 million. It looks like the decision to take Sonic's design back to the drawing board definitely benefited the film in the end, as it's currently predicted to amass over $100 million dollars worldwide. And perhaps, with all this success, we might see a sequel to the Sonic movie in the future.
In the words of Sonic- Ummm, meow? AHHH!!!#SonicMovie is #1 in the world & had the biggest domestic opening all time for a video game movie!
— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) February 16, 2020
It’s all because of the fans that we are here. Thanks for your feedback, your passion & for your love of Sonic. You did this. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/eCaH4V79Ur