Paramount/Original Film’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” has taken the No. 1 spot at the pre-Christmas box office over Disney’s “Mufasa” by a much wider margin than projected, earning an estimated $62 million opening from 3,761 locations compared to $35 million from 4,100 locations for the “Lion King” prequel.
The third installment of the Sega video game adaptation series slid slightly away from Saturday estimates that put it closer to the $72.1 million opening of “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” in April 2022, but is still in the $60 million range projected by pre-release tracking.
More importantly, “Sonic 3” is enjoying the strongest reception scores of any film in the series with Rotten