Unexpectedly Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Movie Soared And Ruled the Box Office

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is finally out after two years in production. Success skyrocketed and dominate the box office, this film has also been named the most successful video game adaptation of all time.

Adapted from the video game series of the same name, Ježek Sonic 2 (2022) continues the story of the titular character after successfully saving the earth from the threat of Dr. Evil Robotnik. But sadly, the ingenious Robotnik manages to find his way home while bringing in a new partner; Knuckles the red echidna who has a personal grudge against Sonic.

After the first film was a success with a premiere income of USD 58 million, aka IDR 832 billion, the film Sonic the Hedgehog 2 proved to be able to surpass this achievement and set a new record. With a total first-week revenue of USD 71 million, aka IDR 1 trillion, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is now leading the list of US domestic box office films.

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Success at the domestic box office, automatically makes Sonic the Hedgehog 2 also selling well on a global scale. Raising USD37 million or IDR531 million from international screenings, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has been named the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time.

Sonic's soaring at the box office last weekend also managed to bring down the film Morbius to second place with revenues of USD 10.2 million, aka IDR 146 billion. The decline of Morbius also plunged the film The Lost City into third place with revenues of USD9.1 million, aka Rp130 ​​billion.

Closing the Top 5 last weekend, the films Ambulance by Michael Bay and The Batman by Matt Reeves now occupy the fourth and fifth positions in Seveřan (2022) with revenues of USD 8.7 million or Rp. 125 billion and USD 6.5 million, aka Rp. 93.4, respectively. billion.

Sonic 2 Story (2022) Away From Video Game Storylines

The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise will return with a second film in April 2022. So far as it's written following the video game's storyline, the director has decided to take another route for the next sequel.

Debuted in early 2020, Sonic the Hedgehog is a film series that adapts the story of the video game of the same name released by Sega. Directed by Jeff Fowler, the Sonic franchise has now managed to become a continuous film series after the first film that was an unexpected success.

In this film, the titular Sonic will meet Knuckles and Tails; two characters that Sonic video game fans are familiar with. Adapting the games Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 into one film, the director admitted that he wanted to change the wheel in the next film. "I don't want to make a film that is linear following the flow of a video game," he said.

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Jeff's decision certainly sounds surprising to the fans, because so far the film Sonic the Hedgehog has been a success because of the trace story that is lifted directly from the video game. However, according to Jeff, the method is important to do in order to create a story that is fresh but still familiar.

"It's good to see the fans don't know what's going to happen next. It's better this way than just adapting immediately," continued Jeff.

Raising many video game elements from the setting to the battle scene, the film Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is believed to be able to further remove the curse of video game adaptations on the big screen when it airs on April 6, 2022.