Partial poster for “Sonic the Hedgehog 3.”
Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 3 — starring James Marsden, Jim Carrey and the voices of Keanu Reeves and Idris Elba — is officially done in theaters. How much did it make at the box office?
Rated PG, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 opened in theaters on Dec. 20, 2024. The official summary for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 reads, “Sonic (Schwartz), Knuckles (Elba), and Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey) are back for their most epic adventure yet.
“The team reunites to face a new formidable foe, Shadow (Reeves), a mysterious hedgehog with powers unlike anything they’ve ever seen. Team Sonic must secure an unexpected alliance if they hope to stop Shadow and save the planet.”
James Marsden reprises his role as Tom Wachowski in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, while Carrey plays Ivo Robotnik and his grandfather Gerald Robotnik.
The cast for the film also includes Tika Sumpter as Maddie, Krysten Ritter as Director Rockwell, Natasha Rothwell as Rachel and Shemar Moore (Randall). Jeff Fowler is once again in the director’s chair for his third Sonic the Hedgehog film.
As indicated by this weekend’s theater count list by The Numbers, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has ended its theatrical run. Sonic the Hedgehog’s last day in theaters was Thursday, March 27, when in its 98th day of release the film made $7,207 from 111 venues to bring its final domestic tally to $236,115,100.
Coupled with the film’s international take of $254,900,691, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 earned $491,015,791 worldwide.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 had a $122 production budget before prints and advertising, The Numbers reported. Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s studio Paramount Pictures did not release information on the film’s prints and advertising budget.
How Did ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’s’ Box Office Compare To The First 2 ‘Sonic’ Films?
Paramount Pictures released its first Sonic the Hedgehog film — based on the Sega video game series — on Feb. 14, 2020, and it went on to gross $146 million domestically and nearly $156.4 million internationally for a worldwide take of $302.4 million against a $90 million production budget before P&A, The Numbers reported.
While the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie ended up being the lowest-grossing film in the Sonic live-action movie franchise, the worldwide tally was remarkable before theaters began shutting down a month after the film was released because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Released on April 8, 2022, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 fared much better in theaters, earning $190.8 million domestically and nearly $213 million internationally for a worldwide theatrical gross of $403.8 million against a $90 million production budget before P&A.
Again, Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s take was impressive considering that the world and the movie business including theaters were still navigating their way through COVID.
Considering that Sonic the Hedgehog 3 grossed the most money of all the Sonic the Hedgehog films, it shouldn’t come as a shock that Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is on the way.
In fact, Paramount Pictures clearly has so much confidence in the franchise that Sonic the Hedgehog 4, per Variety, is already set for a Spring 2027 release.
Viewers who missed Sonic the Hedgehog 3 can still see the film on digital streaming and streaming video on demand on Paramount+.
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