The new film starring SEGA's blue hedgehog watches Detective Pikachu carefully and advances in numbers.
Neither Dr. Robotnik has managed to stop his strongest enemy. Sonic The Movie has come to theaters to stay and has done so with a firm pace and fast career. The real-action feature film, which premiered on February 14, has experienced Valentine's honey, which has sweetened its triumph at the box office. As it has been revealed, the film has already garnered 200 million dollars worldwide, and that has not yet been released in markets such as Japanese and Chinese.
Sonic has stepped on the accelerator and continues to cut distances with Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, the other real action movie that has a video game character as the protagonist. In fact, he already managed to overcome it in his first week. Even so, Pikachu's film has managed to collect 433 million dollars worldwide (estimated figures), so there is still more than half the way to go.
Sonic The Movie.
The movie is profitable
In any case, Sonic The Movie had a budget of about 87 million dollars, so it has raised more than double and its profitability is incontestable. Despite that, the problems during production caused last-minute changes. The porcupine design did not like the followers, who charged against it on social networks. Given this situation, the film team made the decision to delay its premiere until 2020 and work on redesigning its protagonist.
Initially, Sonic's proportions differed considerably from the original design of classic video games. Therefore, the team of animators focused on the more traditional figure of the hedgehog to mold a character more in line with his collective image. “Consumers always determine what's right and what's wrong. They made their position clear, and we listened to them, ”said Chris Aronson, president of distribution for Paramount Pictures. "The film has exceeded our expectations in audience."
