Sonic the hedgehog
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In 2020, the pandemic coronavirus wiped out many aspects of daily life – which included cinemas. And because of it, the box office suffered a historic low and hundreds of endless movies were delayed.
But there were a few box office champions last year. And as of February 18, 2021, one of them is available to anyone with an Amazon Prime or Hulu membership.
Sonic the hedgehog– which attracted $ 149 million domestically and $ 319.7 million worldwide in 2020 – available on these two streaming platforms today. The film follows the popular video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, who travels to Earth from a distant planet. Sonic then has to cut off Doctor Robotnik, who wants to use Sonic’s power for evil.
Last year, Sonic the hedgehog it was just one of four 2020 releases attracting more than $ 100 million from U.S. theaters. The other films on that shortlist included Bad boys for life ($ 204.4 million), 1917 ($ 157.9 million) and Jumanji: The next level ($ 124.7 million).
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker it attracted more than $ 100 million in 2020 ($ 124.5 million, of course), but that film was officially released in 2019.
Sonic the hedgehog it was a big surprise, considering the poor publicity the film first received because of its unique effects. In addition, video game movies have a very low reputation in Hollywood. But once those technical aspects were established and the film began to receive rave reviews from critics, the box office Sonic the hedgehogAnd to take them.
In addition to his theater earnings, Sonic the hedgehog has attracted $ 18.3 million in DVD sales and $ 24.3 million in Blu-ray sales.
Now the video game movie is once again reaching a wide audience on Amazon Prime (which has nearly 130 million subscribers) and Hulu (which has around 40 million subscribers).