• Home
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Lists
    • Yearly Top Tens
    • Trailers
    • Contact
    • Hire Me
    • About
Menu

World of Reel

Street Address
City, State, Zip
Phone Number
Home
IMG_5485.jpg
Jurassic World Rebirth: New Trailer is an Improvement — Is That Enough?
IMG_5477.jpg
Cillian Murphy & Daniel Craig Offered Lead Roles in Damien Chazelle’s Prison Movie
IMG_5483.jpg
Spike Lee Says Denzel Washington Deserved Oscar for ‘Malcolm X’ Over Al Pacino [Cannes]
IMG_5481.jpg
Lynne Ramsay Says Critics Have “Bullsh*t” Misunderstanding of ‘Die My Love’ [Cannes]
IMG_5474.jpg
Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’ Is a Stunning Failure [Cannes]
Featured
Capture.PNG
Aug 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
Aug 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

Aug 19, 2019

World of Reel

  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Lists
  • More
    • Yearly Top Tens
    • Trailers
  • About
    • Contact
    • Hire Me
    • About

‘Sonic' Races to $57M Opening; ‘Parasite' Has Now Made Over $175 Million Worldwide

February 16, 2020 Theo Fisher

In a much needed and welcome surprise for Paramount, their video game adaptation “Sonic the Hedgehog” got off to a flying start this President’s Day weekend, taking in an estimated $57M off its first three days, not only guaranteeing it lands above estimates but also making it the largest three-day opening ever for a video game adaptation. 

Internationally the film also delivered, bringing in $43M from over 40 markets, and that is without the Japanese and Chinese markets where it is likely to hit in March. All in all, this gave the film, and the studio, a debut of over $100M worldwide, a feat that seemed impossible following the much-publicized re-design of Sonic himself and the two lackluster trailers.

Dropping into second is last week’s leader “Birds of Prey”. Bringing in $17.1M domestically, the film dipped 48% in its second weekend, which despite its much-publicized (and slightly exaggerated in my opinion) label as a ‘flop’ is, in fact, less than its spiritual predecessor “Suicide Squad” dropped in its second weekend back in 2016 (68%). Internationally the film delivered a reported $23M this weekend, pushing its global tally to around $143M worldwide, which, due to the film’s less than aggressive marketing, should be enough to see it eventually turn a profit in the next two to three weeks.  

The battle for this week came down to two newcomers. First up is Sony’s “Fantasy Island” remake. The horror re-imagining of the famous story made an estimated $12.4M domestic and $7.6M overseas, with the film still to open in five major markets. Following behind (if estimates are to be believed) is Universal’s romantic drama “The Photograph” starring Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield, which delivered around $12.27M in its opening weekend. 

The final spot in this week’s top five goes to Sony’s uber-successful “Bad Boys for Life”. The Will Smith/Martin Lawrence tandem continued to rack up box-office receipts, taking $11.3M domestically and $11.1M internationally to add to its current global standing of $368M. Universal’s early year smash opens next week in its final market of Italy to complete its run. 

This week’s other newcomer, Searchlight’s “Downhill”, just managed to sneak inside the top ten, bringing in around $4.6M, and is under industry estimates. 

The big news elsewhere came in the form of Neon’s record-breaking Oscar winner “Parasite”. On the back of a number of historic wins, including becoming the first foreign-language film ever to take the best picture crown, the film expanded into over 2000 locations, believing to have brought in over $6M when actual figures are released tomorrow. Overall that puts the film’s domestic tally at over $44M, as it continues to rise up the list of top foreign-language grossers in the US. This is all without counting its international haul for the weekend which is sure to add even more to the film’s $175M global haul and could possibly push it past the $200m mark.  

Two wide releases hit next week, in the form of STX’s sequel “Brahms: The Boy 2” and 20th Century’s Harrison Ford starring “The Call of the Wild”. On a smaller scale, Focus Features will release Jane Austin adaptation “Emma” and Lionsgate will debut Diego Kaplan’s comedy  “Las Pildoras De Mi Novio” (“My Boyfriend’s Meds”). 

  1. “Sonic the Hedgehog” $57 Million

  2. “Birds of Prey” $17,1 Million

  3. “Fantasy Island” $12,4 Million

  4. “The Photograph” $12,2 Million

  5. “Bad Boys For Life” $11,3 Million

  6. “1917” $8,0 Million

  7. “Jumanji: The Next Level” $5,7 Million

  8. “Parasite” $5,5 Million

  9. “Dolittle” $5,0 Million

  10. “Downhill” $4,6 Million

Tags sonic the hedgehog, box office
← ‘Overwhelm the Sky': Daniel Kremer's Micro-Budgeted Indie is a Fearless Vision [Review] ‘Cats' Has Ended its Domestic Run After 8 Weeks With a Domestic Total of $27.2M. →

FOLLOW US!


Trending

Featured
IMG_5403.jpg
Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ POLARIZES; Starts as Satire, Ends in Horror — Not Everyone’s Buying It [Cannes]
IMG_5383.jpg
‘Sirat’ Screens — Surreal, Chaotic and Unsettling [Cannes]
IMG_5352.jpg
‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Review Embargo Breaks — It’s A Mess [Cannes]
IMG_5328.jpg
‘Sound of Falling’ Gets Bogged Down by Heavy Symbolism [Cannes]
IMG_4571.jpg
David Fincher & Brad Pitt Reunite for ‘The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth' + Plot Details

Critics Polls

Featured
Capture.PNG
Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants
B16BAC21-5652-44F6-9E83-A1A5C5DF61D7.jpeg
Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll
Capture.PNG
Critics Poll: ‘The Godfather’ Named Best Movie of the 1970s
public.jpeg
Critics Poll: ‘Do the Right Thing' Named Best Movie of the 1980s
Critics Poll: ‘Mulholland Drive' Named Best Film of the 2000s
g4.jpg
Critics' Poll: ‘Goodfellas' Named Best Movie of the 1990s
Critics Poll: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road' Named Best Movie of the 2010s
World of Reel tagline.PNG
 

Content

Contribute

Hire me

 

Support

Advertise

Donate

 

About

Team

Contact

Privacy Policy

Site designed by Jordan Ruimy © 2023