‘Sonic The Hedgehog 2’ Off And Running With Strong Start In France As Overseas Rollout Begins
deadline.comParamount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2 ran off with a $1.2M No. 1 start in France on Wednesday as the sequel begins early rollout at the international box office this weekend.
In France, the little blue critter topped the previous film’s first day holiday release in the market by 30%.In total, the Jeff Fowler-directed film opens in 31 markets this session, representing 50% of the offshore footprint.
Today added such majors as Germany and Australia with Friday seeing debuts in the UK and Spain. North America launches on April 8.This is a different release strategy to the original 2020 movie which went out in 40 offshore markets in February day-and-date with domestic.
That movie ultimately grossed $171M overseas and nearly $320M global, but also got its legs cut short as the Coronavirus crisis was just beginning.
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