Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has the best opening weekend of any video game movie ever
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has allegedly enjoyed the greatest opening weekend for any video-game based movie. Ever.
According to Comicbook, the sequel has clocked up an impressive $71 million – that’s £54.4m – since its premier on Friday; for context, the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie grossed $58m (£44m) on its opening weekend.
Interestingly, this makes it Jim Carrey’s biggest domestic opener ever, eclipsing 2003’s Bruce Almighty which grossed $68m during it’s opening weekend in the States. It also marks Paramount’s fifth number-one movie of the pandemic, too.
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