I'm not going to bet my avatar, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it may actually pull it off.
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Sonic the Hedgehog will gross more domestically than Detective Pikachu. Who will make an avatar bet? (Up: Sonic beats out Detective Pikachu)
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I think Detective Pikachu's mass appeal was hurt a bit due to being unabashedly weird and faithful to the games. I saw a lot of reviews that said things like "only Poke-fans need apply" that may have scared off more casual viewers. Sonic on the other hand has been much more watered down to fit the typical Hollywood cartoon mascot movie mold, plus it has the added bonus of Jim Carrey hamming it up, so I think it could potentially see more success with general audiences.
I don't participate in these avatar bets, but Detective Pikachu opened at $58m and had a 2.5 multiplier. If Sonic opens at $45m, it would need a 3.2 multiplier (an incredibly r rare feat in general, but definitely without summer vacation or Christmas break box office) to reach Detective Pikachu's number. It is incredibly unlikely.
One thing working in Sonic's favor IMO is in my total anecdotal experience talking with people about it, they thought it looked cool but were confused as to why they adapted Detective Pikachu. Some didn't even know it was based on a specific video game, they just thought they randomly did a detective story but with Pokemon.
I think it was a good way to hedge their bets - like, imagine if they did a Big Stupid Red/Blue adaptation and it totally bombed - but the result is that it doesn't feel like the Pokemon movie, if that makes sense. It takes place in the Pokemon world and everything of course, but they didn't have Tim going around catching Pokemon or fighting gyms or anything like that.
Sonic doesn't suffer from that (for better or worse), it's literally just the Sonic and Robotnik origin story. The "fictional character winds up on Earth" angle is kind of overdone at this point but even then it's hardly unusual for the Sonic series. It isn't like they started out with a random side story about the Chaotix detective agency or something.
I also think Jim Carrey as Eggman is a bigger draw than Ryan Reynolds doing the voice of Pikachu, but I could very well be wrong on that.
Smurfs/Chipmunks legs would put it over $180m. Not saying it'll do as good as those movies (they had over 4x multipliers) but you have to remember Detective Pikachu also faced much stiffer competition with Endgame, it didn't even open at #1. Sonic has the family market cornered for three weekends until Onward.
Where's that scene from Smash Bros where they are both nixed?
They tried to team up to escape, they wouldn't want to fight like this.
*plays them against each other in Smash anyway*
They tried to team up to escape, they wouldn't want to fight like this.
*plays them against each other in Smash anyway*
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Jim Carrey hasn't been relevant in the box office for a long time. His last $100m+ grossing movie was A Christmas Carol in 2009. Since 2005 he's only had one other movie top that number as well. Ryan Reynolds is pretty bankable.
Worth noting that Call of the Wild also comes out a week after Sonic and Disney will get that in a lot of theaters. Chances are very good that it will be a better movie than Sonic as well so that will probably cut into its legs a bit.
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How about a photoshopped yellow version of Sonic's original design for this movie?
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Next time buy a Panasonic.
What would you do for an amiibo Sonichu?
on a side note its pretty cool that we live in the time line where a game featuring sonic, pikachu, megaman, pacman, and banjo kazooie can fight eachother is pretty cool
Why are Sonic fans doing this to themselves?
Wait you're a mod now? Damn.
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We live in the timeline where 8 Sonics can fight each other... at the same time.
Whoa.
Too late.
I'm not worried. Sonic is never gonna make that much money. Sonic is dead at this point and most people became super cynical in regards to that movie due to the first trailer with that awful monster. Sign me up, I'll go against the Sonic movie.
I found some Sonichu art that's NOT disgusting.Next time buy a Panasonic.
What would you do for an amiibo Sonichu?
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Not accurate enough to the original design, Sonichu's belly is pale 0/10. /sI found some Sonichu art that's NOT disgusting.
Eh fuck it, I got the last Pikachu bet right. I'll go for Team Pikachu this time, if only because of the difference in size of the brands. Of course, as we learned last time, just because Pokemon is some massive franchise doesn't mean its gonna gross half a billion dollars :P
Fuck I'll go all the way, and wear some sort of fucking Sonichu avatar if I have too, even if no one else is wearing one!
Fuck I'll go all the way, and wear some sort of fucking Sonichu avatar if I have too, even if no one else is wearing one!
I found some Sonichu art that's NOT disgusting.
I can't have this amazing avatar already and not rep my boy Sonic, so put me down in the camp that Sonic WILL outgross Pikachu domestically.
Listen, if we're going to go for it, let's go for it. This should be a mark of shame for being so proud of your ideals.
So if you're on Team Pikachu and you lose, this should be your avatar:
If you're on Team Sonic, and you lose, this should be your avatar:
If y'all decide to use these, I will partake in this terrible competition, and I will be on Team Sonic. Because I think they're putting more marketing into Sonic than Pokemon did.
Example:
So if you're on Team Pikachu and you lose, this should be your avatar:
If you're on Team Sonic, and you lose, this should be your avatar:
If y'all decide to use these, I will partake in this terrible competition, and I will be on Team Sonic. Because I think they're putting more marketing into Sonic than Pokemon did.
Example:
