Paramount’s kid-friendly follow-up, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, exceeded even the most bullish industry expectations in its debut weekend and blew past the box-office competition with a sonic boom thanks to a massive 71 million bow.
The Sega videogame-inspired sequel marked the studio’s fourth 2022 film to open in the top spot, while easily trouncing the frame’s other high-profile rookie, director Michael Bay’s action-thriller Ambulance, which stalled coming out of the gate, selling a surprisingly soft 8.7 million in tickets despite the star power of Jake Gyllenhaal.
Sonic 2, which features Jim Carrey, James Marsden, and the voice of Ben Schwartz as its eponymous blue cartoon critter, had some big sneakers to fill.
The first Sonic the Hedgehog movie opened to 58 million back in February of 2020 and went on to rack up 320 million worldwide before having its theatrical run cut short by the Covid pandemic (it still ended up becoming
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