The Blue Blur speeds past the mark set by the first “Sonic” while “Morbius” and “Ambulance” sputter
Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” is set to break the opening weekend record for video game adaptations set by its 2020 predecessor, earning $26.5 million on opening day from 4,234 theaters to set up a $67 million-plus opening. By comparison, the first “Sonic” opened to $58 million and grossed $319 million worldwide before the pandemic cut its theatrical run short. “Sonic 2” should blow past that mark, as families and gamers have given it glowing audience acclaim with an A on CinemaScore and 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes to go with a 68% critics score. While we won’t know until Sunday how the demographics break down, this result should be encouraging for both studios and theaters given that “Sonic 2” is the first family film to hit theaters since “Sing 2” back on Christmas week.
