Paramount Pictures successfully debuts in American movie theaters and beats Pokémon: Detective Pikachu on his first weekend.
Sonic, The Movie has become the best movie premiere of a video game adaptation to the big screen. The production of Paramount Pictures has met the estimates of the analysts, who placed the hedgehog of SEGA with a spectacular start, capable of surpassing Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019), which witnessed that award. And so it has been.
Improve Pokémon results: Detective Pikachu
According to Variety, Sonic, The Movie has closed its first weekend with 57 million dollars raised; more than 100 million in the international boxoffice: the best weekend in the history of a movie based on video game characters. Detective Pikachu, in 2019, did the same with 54.3 million dollars in the same computed period.
Despite the lukewarm criticism by specialized media, the film is profitable to have cost 87 million dollars. Thus, in just two days it has raised more than it cost to realize; as of now, it's all about adding.
The film experienced a delay; initially it was going to be released worldwide at the end of the year; However, the popular disagreement with Sonic's original design led the producer to make the decision to wait a few months and avoid possible insurmountable mistakes.
“Consumers always determine what's right and what's wrong. They made their position clear, and we have listened to them, ”said Chris Aronson, president of distribution of Paramount Pictures, to the media on the occasion of these great results. "The film has exceeded our expectations in audience."
If you have already seen the movie and want to know more content, we recommend our review of all the movies and series of the SEGA hedgehog before the arrival of Sonic with this real action adaptation; on the other hand, other adaptations of Sega to the big screen and a look at the post-credit content.
