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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Film Opens on April 8, 2022

Paramount Pictures announced on Thursday that it will release Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in the United States on April 8, 2022.

The studio announced on May 28 that it is producing a sequel to this year's Sonic the Hedgehog film, with Jeff Fowler returning as director, and Pat Casey and Josh Miller as returning scriptwriters. Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, and Toru Nakahara are credited as producers on the new film, while Hajime Satomi, Haruki Satomi, and Tim Miller are credited as executive producers.

The original film earned US$70,002,074 to rank #1 over its Presidents' Day holiday opening weekend in the U.S. from February 14 to 17. The film debuted digitally on March 31, and shipped on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on May 19.

The Box Office Mojo website lists the film with a US$146,066,470 United States gross, overtaking Pokémon Detective Pikachu as the #1 film in the United States based on a game. (Detective Pikachu earned US$144,105,346 in the United States.) The film has earned the equivalent of US$160,700,000 internationally, for a US$306,766,470 total worldwide gross.

Ben Schwartz (DuckTales, Parks and Recreation) voiced the title character Sonic in the film. James Marsden (Westworld, X-Men) and Tika Sumpter starred in the film, and Jim Carrey (The Truman Show, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective) played the villain Robotnik.

The film was slated to open in Japan on March 27, but Japanese film distributor Towa Pictures delayed the opening of the film in order to help curb the spread of COVID-19. The film opened in Japan with the title Sonic the Movie on June 26 and ranked at #6 at the box office in its opening weekend.

Source: Variety (Rebecca Rubin) via Siliconera