Sonic 2

Paramount and Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog 2, starring James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz and Idris Elba, earned a whopping $6.2 million in preview ...

I’m choosing optimism because that’s what the tea leaves say, but this is a $110 million flick that’s already earned $30 million overseas and should play for weeks and weeks due to the lack of explicitly kid-friendly biggies between now and (depending on your definition) Jurassic World: Dominion (which certainly seems to be selling “adventure” over “horror”) on June 10 or Lightyear on June 17. The R-rated actioner, about two bank robbers hijacking an occupied ambulance, stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Yayha Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza Gonzalez, and is a return to smaller ($40 million) grounded action for the Michael Bay. It’s quite good, if overlong and redundant in that third act (ironically the same issue I had with RRR and Everything Everywhere All At Once), and I’m hoping those constantly complain about adult-skewing, non-franchise, “new-to-you” star vehicles will show up this weekend. For the record, I don’t want to set the stage for “disappointment” if the film “only” opens with $50-$55 million this weekend. Offhand, if it legs like Uncharted ($3.7 million/$44 million) or Jumanji: The Next Level ($4.7 million/$59 million), then Sonic 2 is looking at a $73-$77 million opening weekend. That’s double the $3 million earned by the first Sonic in its preview frame back in mid-February of 2020. Yes, there is always a danger that even well-received kid-targeted blockbusters (like The LEGO Movie) can spawn “adults were only curious the first time” sequels.

The Sonic sequel isn't streaming as it hits theaters this weekend, but here's when and where to expect it.

Paramount hasn't yet confirmed a streaming release date for the Sonic sequel. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is hitting theaters Friday. But the COVID-19 pandemic, with its profound disruptions to new movies, has triggered confusion about streaming movies the same day they're released in cinemas. Paramount Plus offers a seven-day free trial standard for all new members.

Wondering who the character is in the post-credits scene of Sonic 2, or who's going to replace Dr. Robotnik if Jim Carrey does retire from acting?

In a recent interview, Sonic 2 director Jeff Fowler told Polygon about the planned dynamic for Sonic and Shadow in the third film. In Sonic 2, Sonic uses the power of the Master Emerald to smash a giant evil mech to pieces, and we see Dr. Robotnik fall and disappear into the rubble at the end. He’s since become a staple of the series, and he’s a playable character in Sonic spin-offs like Sonic Riders. In 2005, he got his own game, Shadow the Hedgehog, in which he uncovers the origins of his being. Then the camera flashes to a high-tech, windowless lab and a cinematic tease of Shadow the Hedgehog. We don’t get a particularly long look, but it’s enough to show us what he’ll look like in Sonic 3. He’s the series’ “anti-Sonic,” created by Gerald Robotnik (Dr. Eggman’s grandfather) as part of the ambitious world-improving Project Shadow. Shadow first appears in 2001’s Sonic Adventure 2 game, which was initially released on the Sega Dreamcast, and then re-released on the Nintendo GameCube as Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is in theaters, and the blue hedgehog has officially been reunited with his fox pal Tails and the burly red echidna Knuckles on the big screen.

But after the setup of the first film, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 continues this idea by bringing in more characters and more references from the games, fully ...

Like the first film, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is about the blue blur trying to find his own family, and this attempt to tell a story about making one’s own family is hitting many of the same notes as the original film. Yet with all the core pieces of the Sonic universe now on the table, it will be interesting to see if the eventual Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film will meld these two ideas more effectively. At one point, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Robotnik are traipsing around a temple full of booby-traps, and it truly feels like the games come to life. Meanwhile, Dr. Robotnik has escaped the mushroom planet he was marooned on at the end of the first film, thanks to the help of the red echidna warrior Knuckles (voiced by Idris Elba). While Robotnik heads after Sonic with this new sidekick, Sonic gets his own in the form of Tails (voiced by Colleen O’Shaughnessey), a two-tailed fox who has a bit of a Sonic obsession. But after the setup of the first film, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 continues this idea by bringing in more characters and more references from the games, fully embracing the wild amount of lore from a series that was originally about a blue mammal running really fast. But 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog seemed to find a way around this, by taking the primary components of the game—the hero Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) and the villain Dr. Robotnik ( Jim Carrey)—and bringing them to the real world.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 looking at $50M+ opening whereas Ambulance will die at the weekend box office.

Among regular movies in release, Sony’s Morbius did $1.3M yesterday ending its week with an estimated $46.9M. The movie is expected to decline 65% in weekend 2 given its genre nature. Meanwhile, A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once is the little engine that could. Updated: Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2 grossed $6.25M in previews from Wednesday fan screenings and Thursday showtimes that started at 3 PM. The film is expected to make north of $50M this weekend. The logical question is why wasn’t this sent to Peacock, day-and-date. In regards to Ambulance, the good news is that it’s double the preview number of Universal’s previous action dud The 355 which did $350K at 2,300 theaters that began at 7PM on its Thursday. The irony here with Ambulance is that it’s director Michael Bay’s best reviewed movie of his career, tied with The Rock which also was 68% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and the movie isn’t going to make it to double digits in its opening. After the pic’s disastrous $20M foreign box office result in 59 territories, Uni is already dealing with the reality that this vehicle is broken.

"Sonic the Hedgehog 2" is the first major family film released in 2022 and is expected to signal if this demographic is finally ready to return to theaters.

Marketing is a good indicator of whether a movie is considered to be in the family genre, Dergarabedian said. "Jungle Cruise," on the other hand, was marketed as a family-friendly adventure film based on one of Disney's most iconic theme park rides. Because of lackluster attendance during the pandemic, studios have punted family-friendly titles further down the calendar. "Sonic 2," which stars Jim Carrey and the voice of Idris Elba, will be a key comparison for family films in 2022. These movies are targeted at younger generations and generally have a "G" or "PG" rating. At the time, Covid-19 had started to spread, but it had yet to be designated as a pandemic.

(Bloomberg) -- “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” a sequel to the 2020 hit from Paramount Pictures, could be the pandemic era's top-grossing kids film, if parents get ...

Before “Sonic,” the biggest opening weekend for a PG-rated film since the pandemic took hold was “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” from Warner Bros., which generated $31.1 million last July, according to Comscore data. It’s now the top-grossing film based on a video-game franchise domestically, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com About 85% of kids in the U.S. watched full-length movies on their mobile devices last year, compared with 60% of adults. The PG-rated picture is projected to generate $65 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales this weekend, according to Boxoffice Pro. Paramount is forecasting over $50 million. The film, about a superfast blue mammal, has a number of things going for it. Its predecessor was one of the last big hits before the pandemic struck.

Expected to outpace the first movie - The Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie has now officially been released in the US, and the o...

At this point, it's already outperforming the original movie in certain overseas markets: According to Deadline, the Sonic 2 movie is currently racing towards a $60-$65 million opening across 4,234 theatres within the US. In contrast, the original 2020 film made $58 million across the first three days. The Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie has now officially been released in the US, and the opening weekend is currently on track to be bigger than the blue blur's first film.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is out in theaters right now. When it streams online, will you be able to stream Sonic 2 on Amazon Prime Video?

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is not coming to Prime Video after its theatrical run. Can you stream Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on Prime Video? Eventually, this movie is going to head to Digital, DVD, and Blu-ray. It’s not 100% clear when that is going to be just yet, but we’re looking at sometime in May 2022.

School may still be weird—hell, life is weird—but being able to get amped up on Sprite and Sour Patch Kids and watch a hyperactive blue hedgehog act exactly ...

And I loved that they loved it. In the Spring of 2020, the running joke was that the film was going to win an Oscar for Best Picture because it was arguably the best movie that had come out by the time theaters were forced to close in March. Alas, the Academy would not have that, and eligibility rules were changed. And streaming. You might be asking: Is this think piece about the perseverance and importance of movie theaters during the pandemic actually pegged to Sonic 2, a film, based on a video game, about a blue hedgehog that…makes fart jokes? It was the last movie that we saw together in the theater–on Valentine’s Day weekend 2020–before the world went sideways. Number of Sonic the Hedgehog movies?