Sonic Movie

[willow forge]

But given that Sonic is riding high it may not be long.

[dusty lotus]

I expect Sonic 3 movie to continue slowly rising up considering the amount of push sonic has gotten

[analog trout]

sounded like a joke,
but goddamn, he was pretty open about it

and this was earlier this month, when the movie is supposed to be promoted to hell and back no less

[dusky garnet]

LOOOOL

[tacit apex]

Its what Disney tends to do, They hear about an indie director because of a movie they made, and they think, Let's hire this guy to make our movie, Indie directors are much easier to control then a known one.

And they hire someone who has never done animation before

There are directors who specialize on animation and visual FX who are more qualified, There are a few exceptions where you have directors who succeeded in one field, and then was able to succeed in the other.

[dusty lotus]

In some cases it works but other times......

It doesn't

This company is such a mess

💀

[tacit apex]

They hire who is the cheapest to work with, Because they can be told what to do in a movie

[analog trout]

that was what got my eyebrow raising the moment I saw who was going to direct it

I may not have seen Jenkins' films, but it doesn't take a genius to look at one's filmography and notice the lack of synergy to the sudden multimillion dollar Disney film coming up

[next wedge]

Finally

Today is the day

[wicked hearth]

Sonic 3 did 7.5m in the us yesterday

[tacit apex]

https://x.com/fowltown/status/1871960329015714137

Jeff Fowler (@fowltown) on X

From our #SonicMovie3 family to yours, MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!🎄❤️💚

Twitter · Dec 25, 2024, 4:44 PM

[wicked hearth]

Mufasa did 7.2

[next wedge]

Rip sonic...

The mufabros are coming...

[indigo vapor]

Isn’t the whole premise is Scar wanting Mufasa dead because he cucked him

[next wedge]

WHAT

[night anvil]

“Bros before hoes, Mufasa…BROS BEFORE HOES!”

https://tenor.com/view/thelionking-lionking-mufasa-longlivetheking-scar-gif-20263689

[indigo vapor]

Yea, Scar wanted to be with Sarabi but she fell in love with Mufasa

[analog trout]

it was something they hinted at in the first remake film, that he fancied Sarabi, but the fact they went all the way with it, making it the catlyst for a domino effect leading to his hatred for Mufasa and even being renamed Scar, is magical

horniness knows no bounds

[indigo vapor]

Maybe Mufasa should have released in November

[indigo vapor]

Didn’t the Lion Guard tell us that he got his Scar injury and name from a snake attack, and Mufasa jokingly giving him the nickname?

[tacit apex]

Its basically the Disney version of the Lion hierarchy, They don't mention that a lion pride has more then one female

And to be quite honest, Non of those characters look like they do in the original, Scar has a very distinctive look

[analog trout]

I mean, we do see many female lions in the film, for one thing

[elder bear]

mufasa actually did $7,1M but still good results for both

[tacit apex]

Given the reception this prequel has received, There is also the likelihood they won't do another one

[fallen harness]

You know what’s crazy

I got an ad for Sonic 3 at Disneyland

[indigo vapor]

Mickey Mouse is going to come and destroy your phone and give you a Mufasa based one

[fallen harness]

What happened to targeted ads. I’m at Disneyland where’s the Mufasa ads lmao

[indigo vapor]

They conceded to the hedgehog

[drifting mason]

I'm going to see the movie in half an hour.

My dad looked and pointed at Mufasa and said "that one's cool too".

Am I cooked?

[next wedge]

Prolly

[boreal hornet]

Kill him

[polar skiff]

Turns out Sarabi isn’t the only heart that Mufasa will steal this holiday season…

[tacit apex]

https://fixupx.com/SonicMovie/status/1871965335462744163 https://fixupx.com/SonicMovie/status/1871965335462744163/video/2 https://fixupx.com/SonicMovie/status/1871965335462744163/video/3 https://fixupx.com/SonicMovie/status/1871965335462744163/video/4

[indigo vapor]

Tell him that if he sees Mufasa he can’t come back in the house

[worldly patio]

Seated. Time to Live and Learn 🫡

God damm, 10 min of ads

[next wedge]

Almost theree

[sturdy token]

I am baaasack

My throat is hella suffering

[tacit apex]

Was the theater packed?

[sturdy token]

Quite a lot

I got with my sister some bad seats but it was so much fun

[tacit apex]

Im sure the reactions at the very end was loud, if they stayed

[sturdy token]

Oh they absolutely were

specially the children

that gave me like three years of life

[tacit apex]

I been watching a lot of reaction videos on youtube, Some of the reactions were louder then others

[sturdy token]

Mine was very loud, everyone was laughing, cheering

it was just so much fun

[tacit apex]

Ah, lots of kids in the audience?

[slow maple]

<7.1 mil actually

[tacit apex]

I wonder what are the results for Christmas Eve

[slow maple]

Sonic is top on Christmas eve at ~7.5 mil

Should outpace Sonic 2 today

Thanks Christmas

Though it seems most likely that Mufasa will be no. 1 today as it is more backloaded

[night anvil]

"merry christmas, kids! we're gonna go see a movie!"
"ooh, sonic 3??"
"erm"

[sturdy token]

A lot

It was very cool to hear them be mesmerized by what was happening

[boreal hornet]

If I was a child born from Disney adults I think I would sabotage the car to crash by that point

[drifting mason]

Mine wasn't packed, but the theatre audience on my end was similar.

It's actually really fun to see people enjoying the movie as it goes.

[sturdy token]

Mhm. It was a ride to see different people enjoy the movie, the small ones specially

[peak dew]

Would make for an exciting ending to their vlogs, mind

[sturdy token]

I saw a couple of kids playing as Sonic and Shadow before the movie

[drifting mason]

I could tell a lot of people were fans in there.

The cheering for the post credits was wild.

[tacit apex]

https://fixupx.com/SonicMovie/status/1871990625647677866

[dusky garnet]

Finally watched it fully

Awesome

[fallen harness]

https://tenor.com/view/sonic-colors-trick-good-great-gif-10391619

[dusty lotus]

https://x.com/variety/status/1872039582809928037?s=46

Variety (@Variety) on X

After unwrapping $7.5 million on Christmas Eve from 3,700 North American theaters, #SonicMovie3 is projected to bring in another $50 million between Wednesday and Sunday. https://t.co/kcklmuh2Ez

Twitter · Dec 25, 2024, 9:59 PM

[slow maple]

If it manages that it will be at $127.5 mil by Sunday

Sonic 2 was $118

Hopefully it makes it and doesn't underperform

[elder bear]

looks like $13M and $14M for sonic and mufasa

[slow maple]

Where did you get the 13 mil

It doesn't seem like it's gonna get past 11 mil

[slow maple]

https://x.com/E_Toyoda39/status/1872106261367738858?t=VddZUBQdnY3wzw9chypKlA&s=19 someone gotta leak this

Eitaro Toyoda (@E_Toyoda39) on X

劇場配付シャドウ漫画もお楽しみに！歴戦のソニックファンの皆さんなら最初の１コマでもう「おおお！」ってなる……はず！

映画を見終わってから読むと色々グッとくると思います。

先に読む派の人も、映画を見る前と後ではちょっと違う感想になるはず…！なので是非それをお楽しみいただければと！:D

Twitter · Dec 26, 2024, 2:24 AM

[wicked hearth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRYlcEVFBSI

was this posted?

[wicked hearth]

Okay so the movie grossed 10.4 in the US on Christmas, it was 2nd most watched, same for France, it was 1st in Spain (yay), it's also a franchise record for the same day in the US, it is said to top 100 million tomorrow

I think Mufasa did around 14 m yesterday, I think I read it in an estimate tweet

[willow forge]

Heads up..... Disney's so pissed off about Sonic 3, they are actively bullying theaters to not show the movie. The House of Mouse is freaking scrambling to get back on top, cheating moviegoers out of the experience.

Disney refuses to let Mufasa crumble and

[vast inlet]

I don't think that's how it works

[willow forge]

Somebody better tell Disney that.

[spice ember]

I don’t know how to tell you this but

[vast inlet]

What's the source?

Since you clearly read it somewhere

[tacit apex]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1872315625865154857

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

‘MUFASA: THE LION KING’ was the #1 film on Christmas Day in the U.S., earning $14.7M

Read our review: https://t.co/0onC633lyJ

Twitter · Dec 26, 2024, 4:16 PM

[dusky garnet]

Are you failling for Ultima

[tacit apex]

I would like to see the actual numbers when adjusted for inflation

[elder bear]

this is not how this works

lmao

[willow forge]

If you would all give me a second to prove myself instead of jumping the gun.

[vast inlet]

You could've had the "proof" ready before you even started posting

[elder bear]

mufasa earn more because so far he has better legs

thats all

[vast inlet]

Pretty much, yeah, Disney moms woke up

[elder bear]

and its not like sonic movie do afwul or anything like that lmao

[tacit apex]

So far Box Office Mojo only has the numbers for the 24th, hope they post the numbers for yesterday

[elder bear]

its still is peak for this franchise

[willow forge]

https://thatparkplace.com/disney-bullies-theaters-forcing-mufasa-on-more-theaters-than-sonic-3-even-as-the-hedgehog-earns-far-more/

[tacit apex]

Not a reputable source mind you, That site always shits on Disney

[willow forge]

https://ground.news/article/disney-bullies-theaters-forcing-mufasa-on-more-theaters-than-sonic-3-even-as-the-hedgehog-earns-far-more

[elder bear]

mufasa has more theatres because he has all imax to him because of contract

[willow forge]

Ground News is a lot more nuanced.

[willow forge]

Except they can bow out of it, right?

[tacit apex]

https://deadline.com/2024/12/box-office-christmas-sonic-the-hedgehog-3-a-complete-unknown-nosferatu-1236242200/

[elder bear]

and its not like theatres is wrong because disney movies always earn a lot of money a lot more than other studios

[willow forge]

https://comicsgate.org/2024/12/26/disney-blocks-sonic-3-by-bullying-theaters-mufasa-the-lion-king-cheats-the-christmas-box-office/

[willow forge]

At least Nosferatu is a bold twist on a classic monster.

[tacit apex]

I wouldn't trust those sites, nobody else but them are posting this news

[vast inlet]

You posted the same exact article 3 times

Also Yellowflash is a fucking shitass that hates any kind of diversity or representation in movies last I checked

[willow forge]

Because this story is flying like wildfire

[vast inlet]

I wouldn't trust them

[tacit apex]

They are not a reputable source, Because all they like to like to do is shit on Disney because of this and that.

[elder bear]

i mean theatres can give more screens to movie if hes doing good or they could add movie theaters to Sonic if Wicked and Moana stop making a profit

[vast inlet]

Ground News is an aggregate that sorts some kind of news and separates them by bias. You can see this only has 1 article and it tells you it's leaning right

It's not "spreading like wildfire"

[elder bear]

i repeat: its not some kinda dark scheme iit's a normal contract because Disney makes them a lot of money.

[elder bear]

https://deadline.com/2024/12/disney-global-box-office-2024-1236240399/

[spice ember]

this is a funny conversation to have

[wanton forum]

Yeah screen allocation is tied up in all sorts of contractual nonsense depending on the operator and studios involved - I wouldn’t read too much into it personally

[vast inlet]

There are probably contractual obligations, yeah, but it's not targeted at Sonic 3 of all movies

[elder bear]

yep

[shadow hound]

☕

didn't expect to wake up to a convo like this

[spice ember]

yellowflash…

https://tenor.com/view/dog-back-dog-golden-retriever-back-golden-retriever-scared-golden-retriever-disgusted-gif-26048691

[dusty yoke]

This is why you won't see single screen theaters play many disney movies btw

[elder bear]

i already knew theres gonna be annoying coversation when there was info mufasa can beat sonic in holiday day

[dusty yoke]

who cares most theaters are multiplexes
True, but Disney contracts are notorious for being aggressive

(Also sonic won in projections Monday and Christmas eve)

But yeah disney absolutely bullies theaters into requiring high screen counts

[tacit apex]

Sonic 3 will still take the #1 for this weekend

[dusty yoke]

I'm not super surprised disney won Christmas

After all, most kids would have been out voted by their disney adult parents for the Christmas movie

[elder bear]

tbf i did not expect mufasa to do all that considering his MON was also not that good with terrible drop

[dusty yoke]

But yeah unironically because of most theaters moving to reserved seating, having a lower showing count will actually deter undecided viewers because you know you can get good seats

[tacit apex]

You can thank those Disney adults in the family

[dusty yoke]

Yeah, poor kids. Wanting to watch something cool but the family vetoing them because "it's lion king... the movie will end in a dance party and everyone will feel happy despite the actual quality of the film"

Just took a peek at my local theaters showing and yeah sonic 3 is most likely stomping again

Imagine if sonic 3 was imax formatted 😔 would of been peak

Granted I don't think imax likes to license more than one release per weekend

[analog trout]

the fan event on Thursday, at least for my theatre, was on the IMAX screen, so I dunno if that counts for anything

[dusty yoke]

Lucky

Btw sonic is still beating the numbers projection

[elder bear]

i remember 50+ mil for 5 days yea?

or was it diffferent?

[dusty yoke]

I'm just going by their chart

https://the-numbers.com/movie/Sonic-the-Hedgehog-3-(2024)#tab=box-office

The shaded area is their projection

But when you consider thru Wednesday as the weekend, sonic 3 still absolutely dumpsters mufasa

[elder bear]

i mean its still probably gonna earn more than mufasa at domestic box office

but mufasa gonna be a lot closer than i originally thought

[dusty yoke]

I'm gonna be honest in that I think sonic 3 is gonna be far more profitable outside just the box office

I've been going into the toy aisle every week and I have not seen any mufasa toys at all... while sonic 3 toy stock seems to actually be churning

Obviously it's a sample size of my town

[elder bear]

to sega its a good sigh but not for paramount lmao

sega probably has all right to merch

[dusty yoke]

I assume they are separated and share sales between the two for their movie line merch. Same with prime sonic and Netflix. Just because they're branded as their respective versions and I'm pretty sure they have dedicated copyrights? That's an assumption of course

[dusty yoke]

To be fair, sonic 3 is gonna make money in the box office, they've almost made back their budget in just one weekend in the domestic box office.

A rare sight for paramount this year

[elder bear]

i mean yea even if sonic gonna cross less than mufasa its still gonna be a victory for him

122M budget vs 300M like

its not even a competition

[dusty yoke]

300???? Holy shit lmao

[elder bear]

200M for a movie itself and 100M for marketing

[dusty lotus]

Yeah so Sonic 3 is at least 200

marketing included

[elder bear]

variety report about marketing like 3 days ago i think?????????and i really ask how no one talking about that

[dusty yoke]

Probably squashed under the sonic 4 green light

[elder bear]

i dont think its that high lmaoooo
marketing budget is probably the same as second movie

[dusty lotus]

Oh I idk

usually it's around 50-70% of the production budget, right?

[elder bear]

it varies

i dont think we know marketing budget for any of the sonic movies

[dusty yoke]

Sonic 3 kinda had a more sharp marketing scheme than a whole year's worth

[dusty lotus]

Well

All I know is

that Paris is filled with Sonic 3 ads LMAO

like every-freakin-where

[indigo vapor]

See now you’re wrong about that because the House of Mouse (that one forgotten show) is actually good, Disney can go down to the pits of Tartarus

[elder bear]

aside from that christmas short they mostly do the same shit as with second movie

[dusty yoke]

Yeah, sharp as in short but deeper cutting

I'm not sure if it's because my algo is sonic focused or what

But I've seen more ads for sonic than mufsa.. the first time I saw a trailer for it was during my sonic 3 screening lmao

[dusty yoke]

You can ask any indie theater this

[night anvil]

It’s actually around 122 million I think? For production at least

[dusty yoke]

It's not anything different specifically for sonic it's just their overall practice

[sturdy token]

sonic movie 3's budget is 122 Million dollars aproximately, yes

[dusty lotus]

marketing included i mean

[indigo vapor]

In that case def somewhere around 200 mil

[dusty yoke]

I wonder how much it costs to run the imax projector per hour

8000 for the bulb and you get about 700 to 1200 hours on a bulb

On the conservative side you pay about 20 to 30 dollars per showing on a single bulb alone, on a 3d showing that's double because they literally project two images

[sturdy token]

https://fxtwitter.com/DoigSwift/status/1872311887377182958

[dusty yoke]

https://fixupx.com/Variety/status/1872039582809928037?t=OGyYDzf9Eq0ox-D6hDte4A&s=19

Embeddd grrr

Sonic is projected to bring in 50 million thru next weekend

[indigo vapor]

OH YEA THESE GUYS STORYBOARDED FOR THE RISE MOVIE

THAT EXPLAINS WHY SONIC 3 IS SO FUCKING GOATED

[next wedge]

Damn, is joever sonic bros 😔

[analog trout]

At the movies, watching Nosferatu, and they have stuff that wasn’t there the last time I went :0

[fallen harness]

https://x.com/gamescage_/status/1872355903191847036?s=46&t=NzxXkQvD_eB6G-8-XvjXcQ

GamesCage - Hype Guy (@GamesCage_) on X

So I was supposed to go to the gym, but they said “you need a second pair of shoes cuz boots aren’t allowed” so I walked to the theatre right next to me💀

Twitter · Dec 26, 2024, 6:56 PM

[dusty yoke]

Me this Saturday for what may be my 5th viewing

[indigo vapor]

Goated

[chrome cape]

that cover looks soo cool

[dusty yoke]

Damn r/boxoffice seems to be really relishing that sonic 3 is getting beat by mufasa on single days

But hey if general audiences truly want slop and nothing but slop then they can have it. Sonic 3 will preform well enough to get another movie and series

just sonic fans

You're also ignoring the overall distaste for live action remakes

At least critically

Everyone wants to see disney fall. Everyone that is critically involved with movies at least.

This isn't purely a "lol sonic fans"

I will disagree purely because our perspectives come from the fact that we're on the sonic sided Fandom so of course we'll see the people saying "let's beat disney"

[spice ember]

https://tenor.com/view/donkeykong-donkey-king-cart-sad-gif-20834388

[dusty yoke]

Anyways sonic estimated to have made 11million yesterday

This was just posted

During your writing lmao

[dusty lotus]

Even without sonic 3 movie being there, people will hated on mufasa anyways

The timing over the release just made it more loud just to spite over DIsney

[dusty yoke]

11.5 million on Thursday?

[dusky garnet]

man...

[dusty lotus]

.....I just got here

wtf?

[dusty yoke]

Because your take basically told me youre "talking down to kids"

At least that's how I read it

Thats the attitude I got lmao

To your point though, I don't believe this is exclusively a sonic thing. Now more than ever everything is a competition. You will see it in every media property, at least from what I've seen.

Of course everyone wants sonic to do better, it's going against modern disney. A movie property that treats it's characters with respect versus the corporate slop machine.

My argument is that this air of competition is going to happen with any movie that has some semblance of competence. Be it sonic 3, or puss in boots 2

Sure sonic fans tend to be competitive, but that's also because most sonic fans have been continued to be beaten down by literally every critic and outsider for unfair comparisons. So it's not insane to me that when a sonic property gets some steam that they'll want to ride the wave

[night anvil]

I don’t care if Sonic wins really

I just need Mufasa to lose

which isn’t promised, btw, it seems to have an advantage with Christmas and earlier worldwide releases

[dusty lotus]

To me I only wanted Mufafsa to floped because I get so tired of live action disney movies

[spice ember]

So like

[drifting mason]

I think Sonic should win and humiliate everybody.

[spice ember]

I do get the annoyance in this case when apparently box office and movie experts show up and then promptly disappear as soon as the film is done with it’s theatrical run

But also Kit I think you have a habit of maybe getting pissed off by almost nothing most of the time? 😭

[vast inlet]

y'all are talking to nobody now, he left

[dusty lotus]

…..oh

[drifting mason]

😭

[dusty lotus]

Well now

[drifting mason]

I see that KIT often gets very heated up over these type of discussions.

He's probably left to cool off.

[dusty yoke]

Sonic 3 projected 11.55 million yestersay and Mufasa at 12m

[spice ember]

Ok good because I was afraid he was gonna snap at me after

[dusty yoke]

I hate single day comparisons especially during holiday weeks

But people where predicting sonic to fall off hard... instead does a 12% gain

[dusty yoke]

It's just what happen people are on various levels of the spectrum and have a slight disagreement

[spice ember]

uh

alright 😭

[dusty yoke]

(My proof is that We're on a sonic fan discord lol)

[drifting mason]

Hmm.

[dusty yoke]

The current talking point by supposedly someone good at predicting box office (aka some random persons opinion) is that sonic 3 was looking to be like tron legacy... when yesterday alone kills that point lol

[worldly patio]

[wicked hearth]

tbh this is good news, it's head to head with Mufasa, and already grossed more than Sonic 2 did by number of days from release

in domestic box office

Considering it's out in more countries now and soon even more, I think it's safe to say it will make its budget back this weekend

[dusty yoke]

I mean i won't lie in that I don't like just comparing single day box offices. Especially when it's a holiday week. Though this makes be a bit nostalgic to be in the cinema world again

[peak dew]

Honestly by this point sonic 4’s been officially greenlit so like

couldn’t give a toss what the box office numbers are now lol

we’ve already won frankly, we get more sonc, job done

anything else is a bonus

[spice ember]

wait there’s two jacks ?

[drifting mason]

Huh?

[dusty lotus]

Yeah Sonic 3 movie is still a huge success

It’ll continue to be even bigger

[drifting mason]

Oh, the other Jack.

I suppose so.

They don't frequently change PFPs, so it's not hard to know which Jack is who.

[amber mortar]

Did we get any jpn box office numbers ?

[dusty yoke]

Jpn got dominated by cells at work from first estimates

But no actual sustenance

[amber mortar]

I thought that shit had ended long ago

THERE'S 8 SPIN OFFS

ALL HANDLED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE ?

[dusty yoke]

Dude jp box office is always dominated by an anime movie its WILD

They KNOW how to settle for niche markets

[amber mortar]

It also came out on the 13th

So sonic should be fine-ish

At least it's gonna fair better than if it had came out on the same week

[dusty yoke]

yeah I think they had single day vs weekend

Either way it should perform better than sonic 2

Being it actually releases with the rest of the world

Instead of being 3 months late for some reason

[wicked hearth]

This is the account to look for in international data:

https://x.com/Franspeech

FranSpeech (@Franspeech) on X

🇪🇸 Spain Box Office
Dec. 26 (% YTD)
1 #Mufasa 0,89M€/ 5,8M€ (+6% )
2 #Sonic3 0,63M€/1,27M€ (-3%)
3 #Moana2 313K€/15,2M€ ( +77%)
4 #Nosferatu 290K€/640K€ (-18%)
5 #GladiatorII 139K€/19,03M€
6 #Cónclave 137K€/840K€
7 #SinInstrucciones 83K€/181K€
8 #Wicked 93K€/5,8M

Twitter

Sonic is doing well in 2nd place

also in France

[dusty yoke]

Real talk though, while not a completely original film. It's nice to see Nosferatu do well

[dusty lotus]

Bruh again? 💀 https://vxtwitter.com/kfp4_countdown/status/1872055993015943622?s=46&t=hEzBjG7J1D3FOfKF1hrb8g

[dusty yoke]

Spring 2027?

I'm more comfortable going against Kung fu panda 5 because the series should of been left at 3 imho. We'll see how We'll it does and if jack black still has the star power post minecraft movie

(Then again that's what I said about mufasa lololol)

[delicate galleon]

For the record, KFP5 has not been explicitly confirmed. The source is currently he-who-shall-not-be-named and is 50/50 at best

[dusty yoke]

Universal has to make up their epic universe investment somehow

[next wedge]

Rip sonic bros...

😔

[dusty yoke]

By the way

Sonic 3 is doing insanely well for its lower theater count

3761 vs mufasas forcefully held 4100

[dusty lotus]

Oh I thought it’s confirmed for KF5. My bad

[dusty yoke]

https://x.com/Luiz_Fernando_J/status/1872666138238132330?t=DuYpnIU5fI0dclvuOOd1AA&s=19

No embedded but tldr sonic 3 is on pace to out perform sonic 2 according to this guy

[elder bear]

https://vxtwitter.com/Luiz_Fernando_J/status/1872666138238132330?t=DuYpnIU5fI0dclvuOOd1AA&s=19

[elder bear]

i mean atp its locked

[fallen harness]

https://www.ddinstagram.com/reel/DEFuQeDyjI_/?igsh=NGtpNXV6bnY0MjZ4

They really wanna give away these VR headsets

[analog trout]

should've stopped at 2 lol

[worldly patio]

https://x.com/beetnoah/status/1872509015856669002?s=19

〆ノバ (@beetnoah) on X

#ソニかつ
シャドウ被害者の会

Twitter · Dec 27, 2024, 5:05 AM

[wicked hearth]

https://x.com/Simpsonic_/status/1872335976304869874?t=04uttqX6B8AxPGbj8krewQ&s=19

Simpsonic (@Simpsonic_) on X

Quelques chiffre de cette premières journées en France :

- 263 000 entrées dont 122 000 en avant premières (Sonic 2 avait fait 155 000 cumulé avec AP sur la même période)

- 10e Meilleure démarrage de l'année en France

- 1er en France pour le 25 décembre

Twitter · Dec 26, 2024, 5:37 PM

It doubled the opening of Sonic 2 in France

And it is top 10 openings of the year there

[amber mortar]

It also started better than mufasa/screenings

[slow maple]

It looks like the movie made somewhere between $80,000-$100,000 in Japan on Friday

Pretty eh

I don't have comps for the previous 2

[fallen harness]

Well

I might go tomorrow to my local Harkins lol

[amber mortar]

Update on that

Posted today like... 6h30 min ago
https://x.com/paramountfr/status/1872646043227324856

Paramount Pictures France (@paramountfr) on X

Vous êtes déjà plus de 500 000 spectateurs à avoir couru à toute vitesse 🌀⚡️ au cinéma découvrir #Sonic3LeFilm. Merci 💙

Twitter · Dec 27, 2024, 2:09 PM

For a comparaison

In its first week sonic 2 had made 740k

[dusty lotus]

whens the dvd dropping

[amber mortar]

Give it time bruh 😭 the movie came out a week ago

[dusty yoke]

Damn so 3 basically almost met the first weeks level within a few days

[slow maple]

Alright so in terms of admissions it did 32.5% better than Sonic 2 and 133.8% better than Sonic 1 (covid) in Japan. It's an improvement, but the numbers were already so low that it needed more than that to make a difference

This is on the first day ofc

[dusty yoke]

You can pre order it rn on Amazon

[slow maple]

It's also not enough to reach the top 5 and get reported on sadly

Ranked 7

[dusty lotus]

I think it's fair to wanna know considering it's not out for the most of the world yet lol

my brother hasn't gotten to see it yet

cause he lives in singapore

[amber mortar]

When does the movie come out in singapore ?

[dusty lotus]

mais avec le week-end ça va péter nn ?

[amber mortar]

Bah oui

Mais en gros

Sonic 2 avait fait 740k en 7 jours + ap

[tacit apex]

Can't wait for the Kojima post in which he saw the movie

[dusty lotus]

y avait une AP pour Sonic 2 ?

[amber mortar]

Askip

[amber mortar]

Sonic a fait 500k+ en 2 jours + ap

Probablement aux alentours des 550k la

[dusty lotus]

Fort

[boreal hornet]

Nite

[indigo vapor]

Battle

[worldly patio]

Royale

[versed karma]

I was gonna say pass

[twin shoal]

Imma at the movie rn

[eager snow]

I wish AMC had somethin' those... would've loved to get that Shadow poster

And like common reception, I must attest...
SONIC 3 is PEAK CINEMA! 😎
(Watched it 3 days ago and I'm still floating from how wonderful the movie is.)

[eager snow]

Hope you enjoy it!

[eager snow]

Apparently it released yesterday in Singapore (12-26-24). Not sure if Golden Village & Shaw Theaters are Singaporean, but I presume their info. is correct.

Feels nice to be back here with y'all

[indigo vapor]

Feels nice to have u back with us too❤️

[eager snow]

Thanks so much Leo!

[indigo vapor]

Anytime!

[twin shoal]

Fucking COOLTASTIC

[peak dew]

hey this is the spoiler free channel man

Deletus messageus please and thankyouuuuuu

ahh shite he’s gone offline, yo @dreamy jungle got a minute

[dusky garnet]

@amber mortar um helppp..

@obtuse lynx

[drifting mason]

I think you can just ping the entire role.

[peak dew]

oh shit right

[spice ember]

dude

what the fuck is wrong with you

then stop talking 💀

[dusky garnet]

we have a Spoiler place

[spice ember]

https://discord.com/channels/172394039788830730/1310830038668546080

[dusky garnet]

So you can say whatever you want

Yea there

Delete your messages

[spice ember]

go

now

[peak dew]

much better

[spice ember]

and delete your messages

[dusty lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/stare-glare-silly-cat-silly-flop-tok-gif-13661963627525452907

[indigo vapor]

Why was I pinged

ok well if I get it again for no apparent reason I will hunt you down goodbye

[fallen harness]

What happened this time 💀

[indigo vapor]

Guessing someone posted major spoilers

[fallen harness]

Sonic fans can’t read ig

[ivory loom]

this is a lesson to anyone who has to suffer through this

hop off the server when it gets to the month of release (or even the second trailer tbh) until you see the movie cause you never know what dickhead's gonna join and spoil the movie in a non spoiler chat

this will be very useful for sonic 4

[fallen harness]

May I make a suggestion

Can we have the title of this channel be [NO SPOILERS]

[dusty lotus]

was it a new person?

[fallen harness]

Honestly idk

[dusty lotus]

fair

[fallen harness]

https://x.com/thecartoonbase/status/1872844703106031884?s=46&t=NzxXkQvD_eB6G-8-XvjXcQ

Cartoon Base (@TheCartoonBase) on X

‘SONIC 3’ has earned $98.8M domestically so far.

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 3:19 AM

Is that good or bad

[slow maple]

It's fine

[delicate galleon]

Current domestic projections through Thursday are ~$99.55 million USD per BoxOfficeMojo.

For comparison, that is about 10% higher than the second film, and about 19% higher than the first film.

[slow maple]

Official numbers for the week days not revealed yet

But yeah >99 mil

[indigo vapor]

Is it still in front of Mufasa?

[slow maple]

It was behind Wednesday and Thursday

But back on top today

In the dailies

In total yes it is still ahead of Mufasa

[indigo vapor]

good

[elder bear]

https://vxtwitter.com/meJat32/status/1872871308004086038

[twin shoal]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-more-gif-21856591

I would said that Sonic Movie 3 will top than that trash TLK remake

[next wedge]

Not a chance

[dusty lotus]

https://twitter.com/franspeech/status/1872699869275808078?s=46&t=Su-U47EkO0ZPBQD1L-pMKg It really is like Metroid

FranSpeech (@Franspeech) on X

🇯🇵 Japan Box Office
Dec. 27

#Sonic3movie gets off to a dismal start in Japan with est. $180K on opening day . Aproxx $0.9M opening weekend incoming and a complete collapse thereafter as the franchise continues its downward spiral in Japan

Twitter · Dec 27, 2024, 5:43 PM

[elder bear]

metroid doing a lot better in JP than sonic tbf

[amber mortar]

Glad the coo realized that they should stop focusing on japan

[vast inlet]

I mean, I don't think they tried hard enough tbh

[dusty lotus]

even so tho

[slow maple]

Im like pretty sure this is better than the previous 2

Bruh

[dusty lotus]

It is yes

[slow maple]

What is with this comment

[dusty lotus]

It's still a slight improvement

[slow maple]

Downward spiral

Lmfao

[dusty lotus]

I rather ignore the replies

💀

[slow maple]

What kind of downward spiral goes on for 20 years

[dusty lotus]

actually except one

oh can't find it rip 😔

But yeah I feel like for Sonic is just slowly gaining popularity in Japan

It's not going to be like a massive jump compared to America and Europe

[red field]

not being a sega first party like when they were a console maker 🤷‍♂️

[elder bear]

ngl third generation of sonic not doing its task well so far

they start good with frontiers but since that ehhhhhhhhhhh

[slow maple]

It's hard to get good numbers

But like

I'm positive it's doing better than the first 2 in Japan

[dusty lotus]

Yeah I am sure it did

We may have to look back at least

Just to get further conifrmation

[slow maple]

Like

If boxofficemojo is correct

It's literally doing 3-4x better than both movies right now

This tweet is like so devoid of context

What downward spiral

[dusty lotus]

......yeah this might lead to misifno

Which if so I should find another tweet that shows the sales on Japan

[slow maple]

The fact that the comments are just quick to throw hot takes and not check the facts is pissing me off

[ivory loom]

It’s sonic so they have to exaggerate the bad!!!1!

[dusty lotus]

It's so annoying how twitter is these days when it comes to tweets

😔

But I do apologize for that then

[ivory loom]

Anyway glad this movie is doing generally well :)

I think

Someone correct me if I am wrong

[dusty lotus]

let me go check

https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1hngh8a/japan_box_office_december_27_2024/ okay this is sonic 1 movie

https://x.com/luiz_fernando_j/status/1560628934659694592?s=21&t=7LmfY_viSipYukSAeljLQQ and this is sonic 2 movie

Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) on X

Also, #SonicTheHedgehog2 finally debuted in #Japan’s #BoxOffice this FRI, but no one cared.
#Sonic2 debuted out of the Top10, grossing just 140k on FRI Opening day. At least it was a little better than 2020’s #SonicTheHedgehog,which debuted even lower with 98k at peak of pandemic

Twitter · Aug 19, 2022, 2:05 PM

THEN THAT GUY IS WRONG

Bro fuck twitter man

wait whoops

wait why it show me sonic 3 movie in google?

💀

[ivory loom]

O shit I didn’t see that it was movie 3

[dusty lotus]

I can't find it

It's just mostly showing sonic 3 movie

😔

[red field]

is frontiers even making people stick

[dusty lotus]

Yeah we may have to relook over that too

[red field]

because it doesn't feel like that at all

[dusty lotus]

I feel like we should realize that Sonic is just not huge in Japan

It's still climbing at least, but again still slowly

[red field]

just compare pikmin 4 and frontiers' impacts 😂😂😂

[dusty lotus]

er bad comparison

It's why I said Metroid because even that series is not even popular in Japan

[paper cradle]

Legit i still think they just need a good looking anime and to market it somewhat well to gain a significantly larger audience though

[dusty lotus]

honestly yeah

[elder bear]

probably but not many people tbf

[red field]

but what isn't causing people to stick then

or is it because they just want frontiers 2

[dusty lotus]

I feel like it's just the appeal

[red field]

or the characters don't stick

[dusty lotus]

Frontiers is the "most" popular sonic game but it's not like say groundbreaking over in Japan

[elder bear]

frontiers sold great for series standarts but if we talking about the whole market its stil really "meh" number

[elder bear]

frontiers still sold 46K tbf its not that many compare to other japanese IP

and if we talking about movies.........well its made by west i dont think JP audience gonna care about it either way

the reason mario made that much in JP is because its a fucking mario movie

like even if you look at top 5 the most selling games of this year in JP the three of them is about mario

1. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix) - 894.671
2. [NSW] Super Mario Party: Jamboree (Nintendo) - 835.085
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) - 521.332
4. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo) - 413.623
5. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World (Konami) - 402.823

[dusty lotus]

It's honestly very noticeable over SEGA where you rarely see them being there throughout the year

At best it's just one or two games

[elder bear]

ngl looking at these numbers i starting to hate these game even more

[dusty lotus]

https://x.com/Genki_JPN/status/1872886602567192829

Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN) on X

@hereandgoneaga My own opinion is that it’s a cultural thing. Sonic’s character is very show off and braggy. Those characteristics don’t do well in Japanese society. Just my own opinion. Also he was originally made to appeal to the west.

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 6:05 AM

[ivory loom]

You know

As long as sonic does well somewhere, I don’t mind

[dusty lotus]

I am used to it anyways

[dusty lotus]

also wait why 06?

[amber mortar]

Hmm...

[dusty lotus]

@amber mortar ça c'est de la promo https://x.com/Zack_Nani/status/1872995307245736074

Zack (@Zack_Nani) on X

Pour la dernière de 2024, je suis trop content de recevoir le premier humoriste de Zack en Roue Libre avec le frère @MalikBentalha 🙆🏻‍♂️

On se retrouve demain à 18h pour bien finir l'année !

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 1:17 PM

[willow forge]

Origins of these numbers?

[willow forge]

Nevermind it got a platinum Label as part of the 360's launch.

Suddenly, all those scratches on the back of the disk make a whole lot more sense if you discount the unplayable cluster the game represents

[willow forge]

This is the understanding I've come to believe. What does well in one culture is never guaranteed to land well in another. Different cultures, different receptions, different outcomes.

[dusty lotus]

It's a... pretty complex situation honestly

Very few franchises out there that managed to be well appeal basically everywhere

[wicked hearth]

https://x.com/Luiz_Fernando_J/status/1872954954417062367

Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) on X

In the UK, #SonicTheHedgehog3 finishes first full week with a big surge yesterday, grossing $1.6M at the British #BoxOffice on FRI (tied with #MufasaTheLionKing’s $1.6M), going up strong +79.8% from THU #BoxingDay (vs #Mufasa’s +23.1%).
#SonicMovie3 hits $11.3M cume in 7 days.

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 10:37 AM

At this point I want to know the global box office numbers

since it's releasing in more countries

[dusty lotus]

Agreed

[willow forge]

Indeed. A franchise that qualifies as "universal" usually resonates with all nations on a primal level. Such things are close to non-existent because what resonates with everyone is more complex than something made for a specific audience

[dusty lotus]

I feel like for SEGA"s case it's very fair why they are more focus over global than Japan

Especially with Sonic

Sonic is just a far bigger franchise in western than eastern

[next wedge]

Problem is that a lot of countries are getting it in January so the global isn't gonna be as strong

[willow forge]

Exactly.

[willow forge]

January is often the coldest month of the year. If your western, you risk getting up to your forehead in some parts with snowfall.

Just ask Canadians. They sometimes get it nasty

[next wedge]

January is the worst month to release a movie

[willow forge]

Ain't it the truth.

[dusky garnet]

Sure is

Looks at Dog Man

[next wedge]

Yikes

I'm still gonna go watch it but yea

[dusty lotus]

Yeah it's why you barely see any movie being released at January

[willow forge]

Would it also be fair to call January the most dangerous month of the year?

On account of how cold it is?

[next wedge]

Releasing movies in January specially for a big studio is pretty much taking yourself to the grave

[willow forge]

Or perhaps, you don't have any other available timeframe.

[dusty lotus]

Oh it 100% is

January tends to have the least amount of releases for many reason

[worldly patio]

Maybe thats the reason Silver was created

[wicked hearth]

Meh okay, I didn't know

that January was really bad month for cinemas

[worldly patio]

To have more orthodox "protagonist" for japanese audiences

[willow forge]

Though, you may find some hardliners willing to trudge through the frigid nightmare of a January roadway to see it. But that is always likely to be a niche crowd. So either way, someone's gonna bite the bullet

[willow forge]

Why the air quotes?

[worldly patio]

Well because in the end the protagonist protagonist would be Sonic

[willow forge]

portagonist?

There's nothing about a portagonist in the dictionary. Is that a typo? Did you make it up?

[worldly patio]

Obviously typo 😭

[willow forge]

Okay. Well, what exactly counts as a "Orthodox" protagonist?

[worldly patio]

In this case a protagonist who is more humble and polite, which is the kind of protagonist japanese audiences seem to like

[winged perch]

Ok so.
The movie won’t start for another hour but I am now at the cinema place for it

Avoiding spoilers for this film has been both a hit and a miss (more onto the miss) but it will be worth the wait

[fallen harness]

…..

[dusty lotus]

you'll get used to it

[twin shoal]

It’s a hall of disinfo

[twin shoal]

You want to know why JP disdain of live action since 2000s because of that Devilman movie was a shitshow?

https://youtu.be/owDYDJOOZqg?si=YSCs7enrHI_qzGvL

This video showed why JP cinema began to decline around mid-1990s to 2000s because of economic decline

And people began to show interest on anime than live action

[fallen harness]

My theater didn’t have a Shadow keychain

I got Tails instead to match my Sonic one

[twin shoal]

Why do they has to hate the poor Ultimate Lifeform

The poor lad deserves a hug

[twin shoal]

Classic Eggman

[fallen harness]

I had the Sonic Mania Sonic one but it broke 😔

[tacit apex]

https://x.com/BORReport/status/1873030320171463050

BoxOfficeReport.com (@BORReport) on X

Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 passed the $100M domestic mark on Friday.

The film grossed an estimated $12.60M on Friday (from 3,769 locations). Estimated total domestic gross stands at $112.15M.

#SonicMovie3 #BoxOffice

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 3:36 PM

[amber mortar]

Some french's box office tracking website

Tho the official french paramount account twitted yesterday early in the afternoon that the sonic movie had already surpassed 500k entries with 3 days of exploitation (1 day of premiere and 2 "normal" days)

[dusty lotus]

https://x.com/zebra_lasso/status/1872864418314469394

ﾐﾆもっき (@zebra_lasso) on X

I am Japanese and saw the movie in Nagoya and there were quite a few people there compared to the previous one. The box-office revenue was up 130% from the previous film, which may not be enough from a country where Sonic is popular, but from the past, it is a big step forward.

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 4:37 AM

[sturdy token]

Sonic in Japan is kinda like El Chavo for México

In the sense of being born there but the people are totally indifferent towards it

[wicked hearth]

https://x.com/ERCboxoffice/status/1873045649811488803?t=wWzXOeFj91o2pq0_Ba4ajQ&s=19

Exhibitor Relations Co. (@ERCboxoffice) on X

SONIC 3 is ripping through int’l markets—$12.1M on Friday, and now $47M total—pacing ahead of SONIC 2 by a massive 65%.

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 4:37 PM

47 international and 112 domestic

So 157 total right now

[dusty yoke]

Also like

shout out to Sonic 3 for doing so well

despite being a Very packed box office

Every showing of Wicked at my local theater has sold out still

[dusty lotus]

Yeah I think it is a very good chance it'll be the 2nd best selling

[wicked hearth]

I didn't expect so high overseas but it shows the movie franchise is well known for being great movies so there is good buzz

Going into the next movie

That is imo what is happening, people liked the first 2 and are interested going forward

Because they are consistently good

[dusty lotus]

Yeah the future is looking very bright for sonic movie series

[wicked hearth]

As long as they keep the quality going we should be good

[dusty lotus]

agreed

[fallen harness]

https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1873044874645389576?s=46&t=NzxXkQvD_eB6G-8-XvjXcQ

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

‘SONIC 3’ has passed $100M domestically

Read our review: https://t.co/CQFMYtDl51

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 4:34 PM

[worldly patio]

[dusty lotus]

https://x.com/ercboxoffice/status/1873043889097204137?s=46 bro this is crazy lmao

Exhibitor Relations Co. (@ERCboxoffice) on X

Back and forth they go—SONIC 3 topped MUFASA on Friday, $12.6M V $12M.

Gonna be a close battle all weekend long.

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 4:30 PM

[winged perch]

Just got back from watching Sonic Movie 3

God the words that I wanted to say in here would be cool but I can’t

Saving that for the spoiler chat

[night anvil]

Damn that’s really close

[elder bear]

hi

can you delete this ang go to #1310830038668546080

[boreal hornet]

Dawg this is like the 3rd time you've spoiled shit in the main channel

[twin shoal]

Don’t give me a damn hope.

I don’t give a big damn jackshit about Mufasa

People need to learn why JP audience didn’t like live action film since 2000s like I recommend a video essay

[remote phoenix]

I figured it was cultural differences

[dusty lotus]

Bruh again?

[remote phoenix]

Like maybe if it was animated it'd do better in jp

[twin shoal]

See the video essay that I placed

I watched that video essay and I could tell you

That Devilman live action is totally trash

[fallen harness]

What was posted this time

[twin shoal]

And I could senses it and not even save it

[elder bear]

post credit stuff

[fallen harness]

Bruh

[polar skiff]

I think it's cultural differences that no one has really bothered to pin down specifically

[twin shoal]

Watch the video I recommend

[fallen harness]

This is just furthering my point of Sonic fans (movie ones specifically) can’t read

[polar skiff]

Like Frontiers is the one example of Sonic Team succeeding in catering to them

What creators in Japan actually feel captures the interests of their markets

So it's like

[twin shoal]

Excuse me - who’s that four legged shark

[polar skiff]

Just repeating the "make it anime" stuff isn't going to work necessarily lol

[fallen harness]

What does Jeff have to do with spoilers?

[twin shoal]

You should see why the Japanese cinema around 1990s began to saw it decline

[twin shoal]

I just question it

[polar skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/no-gif-22669238

[remote phoenix]

I just don't hear much about live action films in JP they just don't seem that popular

[twin shoal]

Heh.

[twin shoal]

There was successful in their country

[fallen harness]

https://x.com/variety/status/1873049012288503880?s=46&t=NzxXkQvD_eB6G-8-XvjXcQ

Variety (@Variety) on X

Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” continues to lead domestic charts after earning another $12.6 million on Friday, boosting its North American tally to $112 million. https://t.co/sWe7NPO6Xe

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 4:50 PM

[twin shoal]

And there was Cell at Work live action that I haven’t heard of it rn

[twin shoal]

Just watch the damn yt video above pls

[indigo vapor]

Who spoiled now

[worldly patio]

Jeff the Land Shark. A Marvel character

[slow maple]

Friday was a good sales day

Gives some hope that legs will be better than initially perceived

But it's still too soon to say for sure

[amber mortar]

https://x.com/sadwe_96/status/1873084495810969809?t=dT4XdGoi178UgmHRgsoY3A&s=19

sadwe (@sadwe_96) on X

black wolves

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 7:11 PM

[drifting mason]

Aw.

[fallen harness]

https://fixupx.com/hubpointless/status/1873098742204940607?s=46&t=NzxXkQvD_eB6G-8-XvjXcQ

[dusky garnet]

Ngl this fucking feels like a fanedit now, i do not see Bens voice coming out of this thing

[drifting mason]

Of course you don't, you hear it instead.

[dusky garnet]

HEAR

[drifting mason]

But anyway, I do wonder to myself how an ugly Tails, Knuckles and Shadow would look like a lot.

[dusky garnet]

HEAR BENS VOICE COMING OUT OF THIS THING

[polar skiff]

WEEOO WEEOO

GRAMMATICAL ERROR

https://tenor.com/view/catpopo-gif-14363104828101683866

It's crazy looking back at the older movies now

Movie 3 raised the bar by so much

[slow maple]

Even if uggo Sonic movie made enough to warrant a sequel

[dusky garnet]

Cuz just turning sonic cute was enough to save it

[slow maple]

They either would not have made it due to reputation

Or the sequel would have flopped bad

Cause everyone saw the travesty

[dusky garnet]

If sonic looked the way he did i wouldnt even waych it

[drifting mason]

I saw somebody mention here that there was art of either Tails or Knux before they decided making the redesigns.

I never found out if that was true or misinformation, tho.

[worldly patio]

I think there was a knuckles one

[dusty yoke]

Someone needs to get Ben to read the IDW comics

I think IDW also did some 2017 Ducktales and they do TMNT stuff, I figure that'd be his jam

[drifting mason]

Is there anything I can see about that?

[worldly patio]

Sorry but I dont have it

[twin shoal]

I should glad the new Tyson Heese’s design save the franchise.

Can you believe that I was like 19 at that time and people was sooo cringe at this too lol

Time went fast

[indigo vapor]

If they had Ben’s goated voice come out of that thing paramount pictures will never see the light again

[twin shoal]

I swear to myself that I STILL can hear his voice of Dewey Duck and Leo

Cuz Ben voiced in DT 2017

And RoTMNT

[remote phoenix]

I remember hoping it'd get canceled or just go direct to dvd since I didn't think it was salvageable. Glad Tyson proved me wrong.

[twin shoal]

I just thought that design would have killed the franchise

And Ugly Sonic later appeared in Chip’N Dale movie

Late 2010s was the worst time for Sonic franchises

[remote phoenix]

I don't think it would have killed the franchise but it certainly would have left a huge dent to recover from.

[twin shoal]

I just witnessed the Sonic Force, Archie Sonic cancelled and IDW Sonic and then new movie since 2017-2019

[next wedge]

I might be missremembering but didnt carrey defend this design

[drifting mason]

Yeah, that happened.

Or at least I heard of it back then.

[drifting mason]

https://www.thewrap.com/jim-carrey-sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-redesign/

[next wedge]

oof lmao

[dusky garnet]

Shrug

Why wouldnt he

Thats literally his movie

[vast inlet]

Yeah, even now creatives responsible for the movies don't say outright that the design was ass, they only just go "we appreciate the feedback of the fandom and [blablabla]"

[willow forge]

At least it is little more than a bad memory and a cameo. Something to laugh at and see for it what it is: a f"'king abomination.

[fallen harness]

I hope it’s Big The Cat https://fixupx.com/galsonic/status/1873196787386990755?s=46&t=NzxXkQvD_eB6G-8-XvjXcQ

[fallen harness]

https://x.com/tighesammy/status/1873050692828709081?s=46&t=NzxXkQvD_eB6G-8-XvjXcQ

🦋 (@TigheSammy) on X

Sonic Movie 3

Twitter · Dec 28, 2024, 4:57 PM

[slow maple]

https://x.com/meJat32/status/1873224814858780935?t=XCVIJdrdBriStItP5oE94w&s=19

(charlie) (@meJat32) on X

Another close battle on SAT between #Sonic3 & #Mufasa, with $13.4M & $13M respectively. Even though 🦔 ahead by nearly a million in first two days, Sunday hold could still swing the weekend to 🦁 way.

Twitter · Dec 29, 2024, 4:29 AM

Good news Sonic 3 box office is bouncing back kinda

[paper cradle]

tbh id imagine theres a good chance sonic 3 will make more money than mufasa even if it makes less at the box office just bc its a lot more merchandisable

[wicked hearth]

worldwide total is now at 159,5 mln not counting yesterday's box office

according to box office mojo

[slow maple]

With Saturday should be over 190 mil

[vast inlet]

https://vxtwitter.com/knux333jw/status/1873356868850274687?s=46
https://vxtwitter.com/knux333jw/status/1873358729523146809?s=46
gonna throw up

[tacit apex]

Funny, Because I remember that song being in RAD long before.

[peak dew]

god I love this ridiculous show lmao

(also serves as a better comparison than that one interview at the time going “oh it’s like Thelma & Louise!” when no it absolutely is not 😭)

[sweet river]

its soo bad

[sturdy token]

https://fxtwitter.com/Luiz_Fernando_J/status/1873394860549628315

[sturdy token]

The ridiculous goated show

(with a banger soundtrack. I checked the spotify lists they did and they're great)

[wicked hearth]

If 137,6 is US. And yesterday was 45 international, I think it could cross 200 million total today depending on the international data for today

So keep you eyes open for the international report

[tacit apex]

https://x.com/hollywoodhandle/status/1873412127308083264?s=46&t=g1GONRJtvlFmRWuGsYw9QA

The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) on X

‘SONIC 3’ crossed $200M globally.

The film had a $122M budget.

Twitter · Dec 29, 2024, 4:53 PM

[wicked hearth]

Nvm it's even more than I expected, it is 210,9 global

https://x.com/Luiz_Fernando_J/status/1873411818124636454?t=na3pQW5YXpCE9rJYxbdCog&s=19

Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) on X

#SonicTheHedgehog3 crossed 200M at Global #BoxOffice, starting staggered overseas rollout grossing record 74M opening overseas (vs #SonicTheHedgehog’s 43M & #SonicMovie2’s 25.5M), including strong 15.1M 9-day cume in the UK apart from #Mexico’s 10.3M & #France’s 7.3M strong

Twitter · Dec 29, 2024, 4:52 PM

[amber mortar]

France and mexico are already at half of what they did for movie 2 iirc

[wanton forum]

Damn 15m in the UK is fucking huge

[delicate galleon]

Apparently, per DVDs Release Dates, Sonic 3 is slated to be released digitally on Apple devices and Prime Video on January 21st, 2025.

[dusty yoke]

Studios stop making self destructive choices to boost numbers for dying platforms challenge (impossible, losing streak)

Dont forget what Wicked, which is still doing really good in theaters mind you, is going to be on digital media formats this Tuesday

[amber mortar]

That's just the industry standard now for some reasons

I remember when movies would take like... 6 months before coming to dvd

[peak dew]

hey, if it means I get to own it sooner I’m not complaining

[dusty yoke]

Oh its still gonna take 6 months for dvd

They dont want you buying the home video, they want you subbed to paramount plus

[peak dew]

yo ho ho etc

(in minecraft, ofc, for any lawyers reading this channel)

[dusty lotus]

I am just waiting it's at streaming service officially

[peak dew]

either way tho, movie 4’s already a lock, got no desire to be a number cruncher, we’ve already won

[dusty yoke]

Because trust us, shareholders, everyone building their own streaming platform has totally not been a massive flop, just look at all of these numbers we can show... nevermind it doesn't make money... it shows growth!!

[analog trout]

that's been a Universal thing since covid iirc

that in about a month/30 days, give or take, their new movies hit VOD

[dusty yoke]

And you wonder why theater chains keep bellying up

Or have started to feel like gamestop, with how much merch they put in concessions

[analog trout]

I think the oooooooooonly exception that comes to mind recently is Despicable Me 4,
Universal took a couple months til putting it on digital

[dusty yoke]

When did it release? Start of summer?

[spice ember]

right

paramount plus

right…

can’t wait until january 21st 😁

[dusty lotus]

Same I am looking forward to actually watch the movie

[analog trout]

theaters in July, VOD on September

not even Mario was given a wait, and that was their biggest film in recent years I think

[dusty yoke]

Waited for the end of summer then

[dusky garnet]

Well... tomorrow is the day

We might finally know who pink hair girl is

Or not

Maybe its all a lie

[night anvil]

I’m gonna laugh if they don’t post anything tomorrow

[dusky garnet]

Why laugh it will just be a waste of time shama

Like there wont be notjing to laugh at cuz is not like they demanded anything

[night anvil]

I’m not Shama 😭

[dusty lotus]

💀

[night anvil]

I probably should change my name

There that works for now

[wicked hearth]

US only maybe? It is too soon for other countries considering it just released in most parts of the world

Although for example the Gladiator II is out digitally and people are still watching it in theatres

[dusky garnet]

I know, its cuz you said "im gonna laugh" like shama does when in reality no you wont

[boreal hornet]

i'm gonna laugh if i hear a joke that brings me humourous amounts of glee

[spice ember]

alright let’s place our bets

what is she going to be from, if they do show something tomorrow

[boreal hornet]

MOBILE GAAAAAAMMMEEEE

[spice ember]

mobile game or from racing crossworlds

that is my bet

[dusky garnet]

An anime like sonic x

Sonic y

Except the main human character is a professor researcher instead of a little rich kid

[boreal hornet]

We're def not getting more Crossworlds news this early

[night anvil]

Might be a bit too soon for racing crossworlds tbh?

I feel like they won’t reveal anything more from that until like a gaming showcase

[dusky garnet]

I dont think so, Geoff said he played it

[night anvil]

Yeah but it’s still a little too soon

[dusky garnet]

So a demo at least is ready

[boreal hornet]

Sega loves taking 500 years after a 10 second nothing CG trailer to actually do more

[spice ember]

We can see anything from it at any time tbh

[dusky garnet]

Yep

[night anvil]

From what I remember industry guys apparently played frontiers demos before the TGA trailer

[spice ember]

But if it was this soon

[elder bear]

ANIME ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW LETS GOOOOOOOO

[spice ember]

That’d make me more pissed tbh

[elder bear]

https://tenor.com/view/sonic-the-hedgehog-shadow-the-hedgehog-super-shadow-super-sonic-sonic-gif-24139835

[boreal hornet]

Oh wait, isn't there supposed to be a Chao Garden miniseries

[spice ember]

What are the chances we just read the date wrong

[deft stream]

taps sign

If you guys seen the movie you should kill yourselves. ✨💖

[dusky garnet]

Yea but thats probably not it

[boreal hornet]

0%

[spice ember]

[night anvil]

somebody thought it was 12.31 instead of 12.30

[spice ember]

i wonder if chao tales will be voice acted

[dusky garnet]

Is 30

[wicked hearth]

Did they do this again now

[spice ember]

or just silent

like chao from space and tsr overdrive

[dusky garnet]

I think its gonna be silent

[deft stream]

Yup! And turns out if you saw the movie, you’re going to be executed by firing squad! ❤️

[night anvil]

Wow just like Gerald Robotnik from the 2001 game Sonic Adventure 2

[wicked hearth]

I pirated it, it is not out in my country yet

[deft stream]

You’re a true woke. 💪🏽 so proud of you Jack

[spice ember]

that’s not how i remember it happening

[worldly patio]

All my bets on Mainline Game

[night anvil]

FIZZY

[deft stream]

Ey

Really now

[night anvil]

😭

[deft stream]

Timed out for a week. Fuck you. @spice ember

Jk

[peak dew]

Don’t worry every1 Gerald only suffered a minor bruise

[deft stream]

Don’t do that again 😘

[night anvil]

he simply turned his body transparent when they started firing!

[spice ember]

https://tenor.com/view/ouch-mickey-mouse-gif-3980078037067644115

[spice ember]

Do we have a full view of it or is it still obscured

[deft stream]

Sonic vs Shadow in Sonic 3

[sturdy token]

btw

it could be seen as soon as early tonight

the pink haired girl

[spice ember]

japan time

but

[night anvil]

Oh yeah because timezones

[spice ember]

idk

[sturdy token]

it's 30th in Japan , yeah

Not saying it will, just saying it can

there is a possibility

[night anvil]

Do you think they’ll change the billboard when the film releases on digital

since the date will have passed

[dusky garnet]

Mah

Why

Whats the pont

Whats the pont

[spice ember]

The idea that sega reached out and told them to put this in the film as some obscure background detail

What’s the pont

[dusky garnet]

Like its just silly to think they are gonna update the movie just cuz of this small ass tease of something

[dusty lotus]

@amber mortar

[amber mortar]

Ça va en vrai

[dusty lotus]

c'est très bien même

[sturdy token]

Either they're trolling us

or she is bigger than what we think

[dusky garnet]

Shes from Sonic Y trust

[dusty lotus]

My guess a short

[dusky garnet]

I dont think so, a short would be too much of nothint

[boreal hornet]

I just need more fuckin' Humans again

[dusky garnet]

Specially considering we got shorts announced already

Same pls

Let this woman be prominent and cool

[delicate galleon]

Who will she be voiced by is the question

[boreal hornet]

me

[dusky garnet]

Id down

[boreal hornet]

Nah if I was to voice a character I'd wanna be either a robot or someone stupid

Because if I was to voice someone with prominence I'd be killed

Or sent daily death threats from people too deep into the rabbit hole that they can't escape

I still remember the fucking fliers printed against Jason being Sonic's voice 😭

Even in the early years, motherfuckers were relentless

I'd need a bodyguard if I ever came close to having any involvement with Sonic

[tacit apex]

https://x.com/rejectedjokes/status/1873440749930615098

Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) on X

Sonic 3 is the #1 movie at the domestic box office again this weekend! That's two straight weekends! And we set a franchise record for our international debut! THANK YOU WORLD FOR GOING TO SEE OUR MOVIE! LET'S SEE HOW LONG WE CAN KEEP THIS STREAK GOING!
https://t.co/Hk2ZNQOf0D

Twitter · Dec 29, 2024, 6:47 PM

[spice ember]

Oh my god

If I was there for one more day I could’ve ran into ben schwartz, our hotel room was right by those billboards

[dusky garnet]

Oh no krjekeksks

[indigo vapor]

DAMNIT

https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-gif-18148683

[twin shoal]

Nah

[twin shoal]

What's this sorcery shit

[indigo vapor]

WHAT THE FUCK
well now i have a new image of TC out of context

[ivory loom]

sometimes i hate having the things i like being hostaged under companies that do evil things

but at the same time, i didnt know about this so

idk :|

[slow maple]

Disney copium on twitter

They think they won when it could pie them in the face tomorrow

Weekend race is very close

[dusky garnet]

Why do sonic fans treat this like the election 😭

[dusty lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/goku-dragon-ball-hey-no-stop-dont-do-it-just-calm-down-gif-23823773

[sturdy token]

The need to prove we won something

after being the butt of people's stuff for quite a while

It's the same principle behind 'Gol gana'

You can get 499 goals, but if you score that final goal then you will brag about it forever :v

[peak dew]

Frankly begging for fandoms to unlink praise for a thing from the amt of profit it makes execs

not just sonic but like, all fandoms, it’s an extremely online thing in all the worst ways

[next wedge]

Most are just doing the funny and messing around but others do take it serious somewhat

At the end of the day Mufasa was gonna do they money, not sure if its going to make 1 billion like the first remake tho

But it can hit like 600m which ig for spin off is enough

As for sonic uhh, prolly in the 400m like all the time lol

[sturdy token]

for any movie in general, around 3 times their budget is more than a W

2-3 times their budget

[indigo vapor]

the fact that the bill cipher guy is saying that with a character from Disney😭

[next wedge]

Yeaaa ig

Well considering when it goes to digital it also tends to get a couple of millions back, the balance is still in 350-400m which is good but I'm sure paramount would expect the movie to finally make it to the 500m

[tacit apex]

Mufasa got community noted 😂

[twin shoal]

As much as I dont like Mufasa. I began to loath this

[tacit apex]

Loath what exactly?

[remote phoenix]

I just hope the sonic fans don't get too cocky

I'm just happy the movie is doing well.

[twin shoal]

Treating like a war

[tacit apex]

Two movie studios at war at the box office

[boreal hornet]

They're not at war they both already made a fuckton of money

This has always just been y'all rooting for which billionaire corporation pockets more cash

[amber mortar]

That is crazy
https://fxtwitter.com/codaanim/status/1873557867812487638?t=a0DsaC4b1ZPQVEFfnDgdBg&s=19

[tacit apex]

https://x.com/TheCartoonBase/status/1873532876710453419

Cartoon Base (@TheCartoonBase) on X

‘SONIC’ movie franchise is less than $100M away from reaching a combined total of $1 BILLION worldwide.

Twitter · Dec 30, 2024, 12:53 AM

[ivory loom]

oh shit, already?

[tacit apex]

yep

[ivory loom]

cool :)

[mossy imp]

https://tenor.com/view/renuu-thanos-rest-peaceful-gif-20831938

[indigo vapor]

OH AHIT BOYS

COME ON EVERYBODY SPEND MORE MONEY YEAH

PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT

[fallen harness]

https://x.com/tatami_daze/status/1873534983270510783?s=46&t=NzxXkQvD_eB6G-8-XvjXcQ

InfiniteTatami (@tatami_DAZE) on X

SONIC DID WHAT TO MUFASA

Twitter · Dec 30, 2024, 1:02 AM

[sick coyote]

https://tenor.com/view/sonic-nod-nodding-thumbs-up-sonic-thumbs-up-gif-27380735

[kind cedar]

Would probably go for #sonic-lobby but then again, we don't really know what this character is for yet 🤔

[prisma fulcrum]

Ah, thanks

[amber mortar]

Welp
https://x.com/paramountfr/status/1873731159039058093?t=MkQwTu4kdIT3EpOz1b4qdA&s=19

Paramount Pictures France (@paramountfr) on X

Déjà plus d'1️⃣ MILLION d'entrées pour #Sonic3LeFilm ! 💙⚡️ Vous en faites partie ?

Twitter · Dec 30, 2024, 2:01 PM

1 000 000 with 6 days of exploitation

[dusty lotus]

Crazy

[amber mortar]

As a comparaison

https://x.com/paramountfr/status/1513429524339380225?t=oC6f33H3NkgPMUjmfjyoow&s=19

Paramount Pictures France (@paramountfr) on X

Vous êtes plus d'1 MILLION à avoir vu #Sonic2LeFilm ! 🦔⚡️
Sonic, Tails et Knuckles vous attendent au cinéma si ce n'est pas encore votre cas !🍿

Twitter · Apr 11, 2022, 8:11 AM

It took 14 days of exploitation for sonic 2 to sell a million tickets

[tacit apex]

Have they released the numbers for Sunday yet?

[delicate galleon]

Give it time

[tacit apex]

Hopefully it has made the 100 million to reach a billion for the entire film franchise

[elder bear]

tbf it dont need a $100M to reach billion it need like 75M i think

[tacit apex]

It was 100M last time, but a lot less now

[amber mortar]

And that's 40%+ of what sonic 2 did overall in france

[willow forge]

The movie has already earned its budget back in the States. Anything more from global markets means runaway success.

[tacit apex]

The budget will increase in the next one, By how much? Who knows

Budget of all 3 movies, Sonic Movie 1 = 85M, Sonic Movie 2 = 90M, Sonic Movie 3 = 122M

[amber mortar]

Sonic 3 is 122M

[tacit apex]

Sonic Movie 3's budget is about 32M more then Sonic Movie 2, Could we see it jump to like 150M for the 4th?

[next wedge]

Doubt

[tacit apex]

It could go maybe 130M to 140M

[elder bear]

sonic 2 budget is 110 mil tho

[tacit apex]

Which is why the budget on 3 was about 32M more because of the additional characters.

[next wedge]

It was moreso Carrey getting more money

[tacit apex]

If they wanna keep it down, Perhaps one character may have to be sideline for a separate project

[boreal hornet]

Whoops got lost for a sec

When does the spoiler embargo end in this joint

[amber mortar]

Ah yes

Tom butler

Of course

[worldly patio]

https://x.com/rayu9595/status/1873748696632013251?s=19

らゆごろう (@rayu9595) on X

TOKYOMISSION観てきました。

Twitter · Dec 30, 2024, 3:11 PM

[tacit apex]

https://fixupx.com/LeeMajdoub/status/1873784813804777821

[dusty lotus]

top 10 is doable

[spice ember]

not him too 💀

[sick coyote]

https://tenor.com/view/you're-going-to-brazil-you're-going-to-radical-highway-radical-highway-sonic-x-shadow-generations-shadow-generations-gif-13323113422852858155

[sturdy token]

Ladies and gentleman

we got the crab guy as a Sonic fan

oh no

it balanced it out by giving a cursed casting

[boreal hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/black-doom-shadow-gif-9148457175805014492

[ruby wasp]

"I heard you like Radical Highway"

[sturdy token]

https://fxtwitter.com/LeeMajdoub/status/1873813737259585763

[dusky garnet]

King

[mossy imp]

He's probably my favorite Eggman lackey/sidekick rn honestly

[rugged tulip]

Agreed

[mossy imp]

I should probably see what other movies he's been in

[delicate galleon]

Some of his other film roles include See No Evil 2, Dead Rising: Endgame, and he portrayed Ash Ketchum in the fan film Pokémon Apokélypse, which he also co-wrote and produced.

[mossy imp]

THAT WAS HIM???

Omfg😭

He's a nerd!

[next wedge]

Wait bur

Did apokelypse did came out

I thought it was just a fan trailer

[delicate galleon]

The film was posted online on September 20th, 2010

[next wedge]

Where is it

I can't find it

The only fan movies I remember seeing were sonic and also MegaMan from the same studio lol

[delicate galleon]

It’s literally just this https://youtu.be/sDX1m0Y2Vkg?si=6QZCJcr5PIdJdbzH

[spice ember]

He looks the exact same wow 😭

[slow maple]

Wtf that was him

This was like... One of the first youtube videos I ever watched

[vast inlet]

Yeah, every time either he reminds of it or I read about it, it makes me chuckle a bit

[next wedge]

Lmfaoo

[next wedge]

Is just a trailer like I said then haha

There was no actual film I'm sure

[mossy imp]

Erm this was the film

[next wedge]

I'm gonna krill y'all

[fallen harness]

https://fixupx.com/surferbrg/status/1873576483018756374?s=46&t=NzxXkQvD_eB6G-8-XvjXcQ

[next wedge]

Shame we'll never see the chao again

Wait a second

[worldly patio]

Who knows, maybe next movie will be Sonic 4: Kyoto Mision

[next wedge]

The Chao garden bird is there

Where was it in the movie

[fallen harness]

In the background iirc

[worldly patio]

Pretty sure it was decoration yeah

[fallen harness]

Kitchen area

Along with the Chaos Drives

[next wedge]

Aw man

Bird boi...

[fallen harness]

You can see it in the trailer

[next wedge]

It looks exactly like the sa1 model

I hope they do merch for the chao

[fallen harness]

We do

It’s call Chao Head Tails

[next wedge]

Yes but

For the chao itself i mean

[mossy imp]

Ngl

The Chao Garden being a themed restaurant chain in Japan is kinda cute

[dusty lotus]

could've made gazillions with chao merch if they were introduced more properly

[next wedge]

Pepito live action movie when

[indigo vapor]

Pepito: The Political Prisoner
Hitting theaters mid 2026

[dusty lotus]

already exists

sequel released recently

was ass tho