In the international market there are other feature films that surpass the SEGA hedgehog tape, including Pokémon: Detective Pikachu.
Video game-based movies have not gone out of style. What's more, Pokémon; Detective Pikachu and Sonic The Movie have paved the way for future live action films, while companies like Nintendo are already thinking about their adaptation of Mario to animation. In the case of the SEGA hedgehog, the box office responds. According to Forbes, the Paramount production will only need a million more to become the highest grossing video game film in U.S. history. Meanwhile, on the international market, the film has reaped $ 300 million.
With $ 143.2 million raised in the US And 4 weeks at the box office, Sonic The Movie only needs to surpass Detective Pikachu, who has amassed 144.1 million dollars. The third position corresponds to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, the veteran film starring Angelina Jolie.
Sonic The Movie.
The box office in the United States
If price inflation at the box office is taken into account, Sonic falls to fifth place, although it is expected that production will still air for several weeks in theaters, so if the coronavirus does not prevent it, it will be able to continue to climb positions.
International market
As for the international box office, the blue hedgehog remains fast and advances three positions in just one week:
