(Los Angeles) Thanks to his new opus, the blue hedgehog Sonic darkened this weekend to first place in the North American box office, according to provisional figures from the specialized firm Exhibitor Relations published on Sunday.
Posted at 1:38 p.m.
In Sonic the Hedgehog 2Jim Carrey reprises his role as the villainous and mustachioed Doctor Robotnik, who simply wants to destroy humanity, unless Sonic stops him… of receipts from Friday to Sunday for its release in the United States and Canada.
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Jim Carrey in a scene from Sonic the Hedgehog 2
“This is an amazing start,” commented David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research, which specializes in analyzing the movie industry.
Sonic, inspired by the video game of the same name, steals the show from the vampiric Morbiusumpteenth superhero film from the Marvel universe, in 2and place in the North American box office with just over $10 million raised.
The feature film with Jared Leto in the title role narrates the pangs of Doctor Michael Morbius, a scientist suffering from an incurable disease, who will become a vampire in spite of himself by injecting himself with a serum made from bat DNA and will not be able to prevent himself from killing to drink the blood of his victims.
In third place on the podium, The Lost Cityaction film mixed with romantic comedy with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, with more than 9 million dollars.
Then comes Ambulanceremake of a Danish film of the same name which for its release raised some 8.7 million dollars.
Another Batman movie, The Batmanretracing the dark adventures of the masked vigilante with Robert Pattinson, places him in fifth position with 6.5 million dollars.
The rest of the top 10
6. Everything Everywhere All at Once (6 million)
7. Uncharted (2.7 million)
8. dog ($635,000)
9. Spider-Man: No Way Home (625,000)
10. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (500,000)