The film had a huge opening weekend; the biggest, in fact, in the history of video game movies.
Speaking of CinemaScores: Downhill, the new American remake of Force Majeure starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss earned a terrible D from opening weekend audiences.
Sonic’s estimated $57 million opening weekend puts it slightly ahead of the previous record holder, 2019’s Detective Pikachu, which grossed $54.3 million in its first three days of domestic theaters last year.
Maybe they were expecting more of a traditional Will Ferrell comedy, and not a bleak satire of marital life.