Sonic the Hedgehog 3 hit theaters late final month and has already grossed greater than $300 million worldwide, pushing the movie sequence based mostly on Sega’s widespread video video games previous the one-billion mark and making it one in all Paramount’s greatest ongoing franchises.
On January 5, Paramount Footage put out a press launch confirming that the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise has now revamped $1 billion on the field workplace. Meaning it’s made greater than Halloween, Paranormal Exercise, and A Quiet Place.
For Paramount, Sonic has develop into a vital franchise at a time when the studio has struggled to squeeze large blockbusters out of previous winners, like Transformers and Star Trek. So it’s not surprising that as Sonic crosses the 1-billion-dollar mark, Paramount is already engaged on a sequel. The subsequent film is reportedly arriving in 2027.
“The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise has develop into an unstoppable cultural power with limitless potential,” mentioned Paramount Footage President & CEO Brian Robbins. “Congratulations to our companions at SEGA, our filmmaking crew…who’ve revolutionized the heights that Sonic can attain, and the legions of loyal and devoted followers who’ve helped information us each step of the way in which.”
It seems like a lifetime in the past when the primary Sonic the Hedgehog movie teaser hit the net and all of us bought to see that unique, ugly CG Sonic that was so monstrous, followers backlashed onerous sufficient to power Paramount and Sega to vary the character’s look into one thing much less terrible. That first movie ended up making $319 million on the field workplace.
In 2022, Sonic 2 hit theaters, receiving higher evaluations and making over $400 million. There was a Knuckles spin-off TV present in early 2024, however no one talks about that. Then lastly, in December, Paramount launched Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which is without doubt one of the highest-rated online game motion pictures in historical past and has already made more cash than the primary movie in nearly two weeks. Fairly good for a hedgehog that runs actually quick.
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