Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2 opened with a whopping $ 71 million in a major boost to the box office revival, and especially the family market, according to estimates on Sunday. The PG-rated photo went well beyond expectations, including a $ 26.5 million profit from 4,234 theaters on Friday. Sonic 2 is one of the few pandemic movies that opened in front of its predecessor. In February 2020 – a month before cinemas across the country closed due to the growing COVID-19 crisis – the first Sonic opened at $ 58 million en route to becoming the highest-grossing video game in the country ( $ 148 million). James Marsden, Jim Carrey and Tika Sumpter return for this eerie sequel, the glowing blue hedgehog (voiced by Ben Schwartz) based on Sega’s hugely successful video game and multimedia franchise. The story continues Sonic’s adventures on Earth after his arrival from a distant planet and his incredible efforts to become friends with a couple living in Montana. The prospects are not so good for Michael Bay’s new film, Ambulance, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The action photo, released by Universal, opened at $ 8.7 million from 3,412 theaters despite the big push on Imax and premium large format screens. It debuted in fourth place behind the Sonic 2, Sony’s Morbius – which dropped 73 percent or more in its second release – and Paramount’s The Lost City. Eiza Gonzalez also starred in Ambulance, about the aftermath of a bank robbery in Los Angeles that went wrong. The audience liked Sonic 2 and Ambulance better than the critics, giving them an A CinemaScore and an A-CinemaScore, respectively. The Bay movie is currently at 66 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Sonic 2 is at 68 percent. A24’s award-winning specialty, Dear Everything Everywhere All At Once, is expanding widely over the third weekend to amazing results. No. 6 with an estimated $ 6 million from 1,250 rooms. April 10, 8 15 a.m. Updated with revised estimates for the weekend.
