‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’ $6.5M, ‘Mufasa’ $3.3M In Thursday Previews – Box Office

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Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 posted $6.5M last night in previews. That’s the official number from Paramount. Disney reports that Mufasa did $3.3M.

Those are the best previews ever for a Sonic the Hedgehog movie, ahead of the previous installment’s $5M Thursday and combined overall preview take of $6.25M.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 opened to $72.1M, the best so far of the series. Sonic the Hedgehog‘s previews were $3M back in February 2020; that movie opening up before the pandemic to $58M.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is expected to open to $60M while Mufasa is expected to be north of $50M. This historically has been the frame where the mega Christmas movie opens, i.e.