Joseph Luster
April 11, 2022 
This weekend marked the debut of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and like its predecessor this one speedily broke some records on the way. Variety reports that the film made $71 million in North America, which already qualifies it for the highest-grossing opening weekend for a video game-based movie.
The previous record in this category was held by the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie, which pulled in US$58,018,348 back in 2020. That means Pokémon: Detective Pikachu now falls to third place after originally holding this record back in 2019.
Sonic 2 is doing well overseas, too. In addition to its $71 million in North America, it pulled in $70 million internationally for a combined opening weekend total of $141 million on a budget of $90 million. The official Twitter account celebrated the fact that it’s the number 1 film in the world at the moment.
We couldn’t have done it without all our amazing #Sonic fans! 💙💙💙 Thank you for making us the #1 movie in the world! #SonicMovie2 is NOW PLAYING – Get tickets: https://t.co/yS8ZNkVONl pic.twitter.com/rIoTFmz7xR
— Sonic the Hedgehog (@SonicMovie) April 10, 2022
Did you get a chance to check out Sonic 2 this weekend? Let us know what you thought of the sequel!
Source: Variety
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