Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has just passed $200 million at the domestic box office. This makes the movie the second most successful video game adaptation ever made, only behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie. This means that it has even surpassed its predecessors Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Not many video game adaptations have passed the $100 million mark, so to have exceeded $200 million is quite an accomplishment. In fact, only 10 video game adaptations have earned $100 million domestically.
These games include: The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($574.9 million), Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ($202.1 million), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ($190.8 million), Uncharted ($148.6 million), Sonic the Hedgehog ($146 million), Pokémon: Detective Pikachu ($144.1 million), Five Nights at Freddy’s ($137.3 million), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ($131.1 million), The Angry Birds Movie ($107.5 million), and Rampage ($101 million).
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 currently has a score of 96 percent on the website Rotten Tomatoes. It was released on December 20, 2024. These good ratings and promising box office numbers could mean big things for the world of video game to film adaptations. It will be interesting to see if such trends continue, especially with different video game adaptations on the horizon.
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