Paramount/Original Film’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” is out of stasis and in theaters, earning a solid $6.5 million from 3,200 theaters on Thursday night.
That’s slightly above the $6.3 million preview total that “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” opened to in April 2022. Carrying the largest budget yet for the video game adaptation series at a reported $122 million, “Sonic 3” is currently projected for a $60 million-plus opening weekend from 3,761 locations with a chance of opening in the vicinity of the $72 million opening of “Sonic 2”
“Sonic 3” heads into theaters with the strongest early reviews of the series, clocking in with an 87% Rotten Tomatoes critics score. With Keanu Reeves as Shadow the Hedgehog and more references to the Sega games than ever, the film is likely to be a winner with longtime fans that will make up the core of the opening weekend audience while it builds up word-of-mouth to draw families in during Christmas week and beyond.
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