Sonic The Hedgehog Surpasses Detective Pikachu To Become Highest-Grossing Video Game Movie (therichest.com) 45
Sonic the Hedgehog's latest weekend total allowed it to surpass Detective Pikachu and become the highest-grossing video game movie ever in the US. TheRichest reports: Sonic has now amassed $145.8 million domestically, while Detective Pikachu managed $144.1 million by the end of its run. Sonic has definitely taken a hit as it only brought in $2.58 million last weekend to limp past Detective Pikachu's record. As for the worldwide record, it seems as if that will belong to Detective Piakchu for the foreseeable future. That's the one element of Sonic's success that has been affected by the worldwide pandemic we are in the midst of. The movie's release has been delayed in China and as it stands as brought in $306.5 million worldwide. That's a long way off the $433 million record set by Detective Pikachu.
and instead of insulting and beliting the audience (Score:3, Insightful)
they delivered what people wanted.
how long will it take hollyweird to realize that buying their products is NOT manditory.
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they delivered what people wanted.
how long will it take hollyweird to realize that buying their products is NOT manditory.
I'm guessing it will be however long it takes for the coronavirus to no longer be a threat.
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It's more to do with being released with little competition and Pikachu being a bad movie. Also the hype about how the original character design was so bad may have helped it.
The movie has a fair amount of politics in it but I suppose the kids don't really notice. It's very pro-cop and anti-military, for example. Pikachu actually had a lot less of that but it just wasn't a good movie overall.
Re:I'll take over the "insulting" and belitteling! (Score:4, Insightful)
I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings when I was an adult, I don't think there is any problem with wanting a bit of fantasy now and then.
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When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
Like whatever you like, video game hedgehogs included, and don't let anyone else's notion of what constitutes proper adult things deter you from what you enjoy. An adult who behaves childishly isn't limited to do over things deemed to be for children.
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As an adult I'm finally in the position to actually afford those Lego sets I wanted as a kid. Anyway, model making is an adult pursuit, right?
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Personally I prefer the C.S. Lewis take on it.
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So, you didn't like it then?
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Did you just have a stroke?
Did you stick your head in a blender?
Can you point to the place on the doll where SEGA touched you?
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It is a kid's movie. Usually, for a parent taking kids to see it, it's a matter of whether or not it's such tripe that the parents can't stand to sit through it. Apparently the movie was better than expected. Parents were not immediately repelled, and kids liked it.
When someone says "they delivered what people wanted", that seems to be about what the poster meant.
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I tend to like movies that were made for kids.
Adult life is complicated. Real moral decisions are often ambiguous. The bad guys in your life, can win and not have any bad results from it. I can sometime be the Bad guy to others.
Often a movie targeted towards kids (however most newer movies have some portions for adults to enjoy as well) offer a simple world where things make sense, and where I can realign my place in the world, and determine who I want to be.
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It's why we call movies "entertainment" Their pur
Re: I'll take over the "insulting" and belitteling (Score:2)
Just be grateful that you're not one of the zombies who enjoyed it.
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Unless you are a small child ... a very small child ... or a mentally disabled person
About the only thing these 3 have in common that separates them from adults is the idea that they should decide what other people find interesting or entertaining.
Grow the fuck up.
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There is a flip side to this too. The people often do not know what they want, and what they say they want isn't actually it.
If we look what is generally considered innovative companies (or look at the times when they were considered innovative), Apple, Google, Tesla. They tend to product products that is outside the public's expectation. The Glass Square of a phone with no keyboard, seems to be all bad decisions. which is now the most popular phone design.
A fully Web Based Office Suite. Which had quickly
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Have you hit your head? Maybe you have a concussion. Do you need medical attention?
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It's kind of worrying just how much BAReFO0t hates this movie. They seem to have taken it as a personal insult.
Maybe they look like Robotnik and think it's mocking them or something. Or perhaps they just liked the old Sonic design, I mean someone must have.
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AmiMoJo speculated:
It's kind of worrying just how much BAReFO0t hates this movie. They seem to have taken it as a personal insult.
Maybe they look like Robotnik and think it's mocking them or something. Or perhaps they just liked the old Sonic design, I mean someone must have.
Nah. He's just trying too hard to troll people who enjoy mainstream culture. As usual.
Just ignore his pathetic bleating - as usual ...
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The political right is full of contradictions like this now. Hate popular culture, except when it's conservatives on YouTube. Hate social media, but they are all organizing on social media. Like nationalism, but these days it's international.
You will note the common theme here - everyone else is a moron but they are woke and getting the real truth. Come be part of the non-moron crowd, just click on our YouTube channel.
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Are video game movies really mainstream now?
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pretty sure they had a stroke.
Milking children for their money (Score:1)
Dr. Disrespect (Score:1)
Jim Carrey (Score:3)
Haven't seen either movie and have no plans to, but could Sonic be doing better because Jim Carrey's in it?
It's a more familiar name than Justice Smith (I know Ryan Reynolds is a familiar name too, but he was just a voice actor).
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Detective Pikachu faced Avengers: Endgame while Sonic faced Birds of Prey instead.
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Birds or Prey is no competition at all for Sonic. It's rated R18, the audience for Sonic can't go see BoP. It's an odd decision because the main character is popular with younger audiences and would probably have got a lot of them in if it was rated for them.
I guess they wanted it to be part of the Suicide Squad line of movies. Shame because they only decent movies DC has done have all be rated for wider audiences and some of them have done pretty well.
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The first generation of Pokemon games were solid RPGs for the Game Boy, and Nintendo's been very good at working the franchise. They've kept producing at least half-decent hand-held RPGs, as well as spin-off games like Pokemon Snap (a creative take on a rails shooter). They're really good at selling the merchandise. The plushies and figurines are so cute!
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About 1% difference (Score:2)
What about Tron? (Score:1)
While the original Tron was before the Tron game, and the Tron game was short lived, the second Tron Movie should count, and it did $172,062,763 domestically.
Anyway, Warcraft, while it didn't do well domestically, still tops worldwide at $439m.
Theatres are Closed/Closing (Score:2)
Actually not a bad movie... (Score:2)
I was roped into going with the family and was dreading it. Turns out it was actually entertaining. Dare I say "pretty good"?
Jim Carrey is a high point, but even with someone else in the role I think it would have been almost as good. He basically channels 75% Ace Ventura and 25% all his other characters.
Detective Pikach...WHAT?! (Score:1)
How come I have never heard of this movie until now?
Of course, I've heard of the Sonic movie, and I saw billboards plastered everywhere
advertising it, but nothing about Detective Pikachu.