The Box Office Mojo website reported on Monday that Paramount Pictures’ Sonic the Hedgehog film has earned a cumulative total of US$145,753,912 in the United States, overtaking Pokemón: Detective Pikachu as the #1 film in the United States based on a game (the latter film earned US$144,105,346 in the United States).
The film eventually earned US$5,888,330 to rank #4 in its opening weekend, exceeding Box Office Mojo’s US$5.1 million estimate.
The film earned US$70,002,074 to rank #1 over its Presidents’ Day holiday opening weekend from February 14 to 17.
Funimation announced on March 4 that the film had earned a cumulative total of US$10 million in the United States to become the eighth all-time highest-grossing anime film in the United States.