LOS ANGELES, United States —
Paramount’s action-adventure film “
Sonic the Hedgehog 2” took in an estimated
$71 million in North America this weekend, a welcome sign for Hollywood that
families are returning to in-person viewing, industry watcher Exhibitor
Relations reported Sunday.
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“This is an
outstanding opening,” particularly for a sequel to a video-based movie, said
David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
The original
“Sonic” film, based on the popular Sega game involving a lightning-fast
hedgehog, scored a $58 million opening in early 2020 at a time when COVID-19
was only beginning to register as a threat.
The latest
hybrid production includes Jim Carrey in a live-action role, while
Ben Schwartz (Sonic),
Idris Elba (Knuckles), and Colleen O’Shaughnessey (Tails) voice
animated characters.
Last weekend’s
box office leader, Sony’s vampire flick “Morbius,” placed a very distant second
this weekend, taking in $10.2 million, a steep drop from last weekend’s $39.1
million. Jared Leto stars as a Nobel Prize-winner turned bloodsucker in an
adaptation from Marvel comics.
In third was
another Paramount film, the action-romance “The Lost City,” at $9.2 million.
Sandra Bullock plays a romance novelist kidnapped by a twisted tycoon (Daniel
Radcliffe) who wants her to help him find a buried artifact on a remote,
volcano-prone island.
Fourth spot went
to a new Universal release, action-adventure “Ambulance,” at $8.7 million. Jake
Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II star as adoptive siblings who steal an
ambulance to escape after a bank heist.
And in fifth was dark
superhero film “The Batman” from Warner Bros., taking in $6.5 million in its
sixth week out. Robert Pattinson plays the caped crime fighter.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
• “Everything Everywhere All at Once” ($6 million)
• “Uncharted” ($2.7 million)
• “Dog” ($635,000)
• “Spider-Man: No Way Home” ($625,000)
• “Jujutsu Kaisen 0” ($500,000)
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