Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has clearly confirmed itself a success with followers, because it has overtaken the second movie on the field workplace.
We already knew that the Sonic movie universe was right here to remain, however daily it is getting clearer and clearer. For one, the sequence was confirmed to be getting a fourth movie in 2027 earlier than the third movie had even launched, and earlier this month the three movies had amassed a collective field workplace taking of $1 billion. On high of that, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 took the file of being the second highest grossing online game film within the US, with solely The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film forward of it (admittedly fairly a bit forward of it). Now, as reported by Selection, the third entry within the movie sequence has achieved one other file, this time inside its personal franchise.
Over the weekend, Sonic 3 hit a field workplace complete of $420 million globally making it the best grossing film throughout the three movies to have launched thus far. Beforehand that title belonged to the second movie, which took residence $405 million on the field workplace, nonetheless a powerful and wholesome determine. I am certain Paramount shall be happy to see progress like this, even when it is solely marginal (if $20 million might be marginal), as this could presumably be the purpose the place issues would begin to dip in the event that they had been to in any respect.
I’ve no doubts that the presence of Shadow helped bump up gross sales for this one, contemplating he’s a fan favorite character, however now there’s the query of whether or not or not the fourth movie will do fairly as nicely. The post-credits scene does introduce one other fan favorite, one which I am personally excited for, so we’ll have to attend and see if the blue hog can sustain his momentum.