After initial projections placed the film at around a $40 million opening, it now appears to be heading toward the $54 million to $64 million four-day holiday range.
But more importantly, it seems that the fans showed up to support the film in its opening weekend.
It seems like everyone involved — including one of the video game’s creators — was pleased with the results of the redesign.
If that holds, it would give Sonic the highest debut ever for a video game movie.