Sonic The Hedgehog 2 achieves a historic opening for a movie based on the game at the US box office

 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 achieves a historic opening for a movie based on the game at the US box office

 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 achieves a historic opening for a movie based on the game at the US box office

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 made a historic opening at the US box office, the largest of all films adapted from a video game, on its opening day Friday, with revenues of more than 26.5 million dollars, surpassing the first movie that made 20.9 million dollars per day. the first.

The new Sonic movie is expected to gross $60-65 million at its opening (three days), surpassing the first movie, which grossed $58 million in the same period. Impressions of the film were also very positive.

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a 2022 science fiction action-adventure comedy film based on the video game franchise published by Sega. It is the sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog (2020). Directed by Jeff Fowler and written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and John Whittington, it stars Ben Schwartz reprising his role as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, alongside James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Shemar Moore, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Lee Majdoub, Idris Elba, and Jim Carrey. The film follows Sonic (voiced by Schwartz) and Tails (voiced by O'Shaughnessey) teaming up to find the Master Emerald before Dr. Robotnik (Carrey) and Knuckles (voiced by Elba).

Following the success of the first film, Paramount Pictures announced the sequel in May 2020. Filming took place from March to June 2021 in Vancouver and Hawaii.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was theatrically released in several international markets from on March 30, 2022, and was released in the United States on April 8, by Paramount Pictures in association with Sega Sammy Group. Like its predecessor, the film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its action sequences, performances and humor, but criticized its runtime, screenplay, and pacing. A third film and a spin-off series focusing on Knuckles are in development.