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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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Does the movie still have Gangsters paradise?
cause I really want the movie to have gangsters paradise
cause I really want the movie to have gangsters paradise
Except they didn't go see DP cause they were to busy watching End Game or waiting on Sword and Shield for Switch lol
Its plot won't save it, but the added comedy and animation skits might. I think Pokemon movie was marketed well, but being a Detective Pikachu adaptation threw people unfamiliar with either pokemon or that story off in the cinema, and the movie did a poor job of justifying why any of those Mons were as necessary for the screentime as they were.
Pokemon fans gushed while regular audiences were like "Whah??". Even good CGI can't give it a free pass for not getting the right points across.
This movie, cliche as it is looks like it has a solid plot, that does a good job of making you invested in what you need to be invested in, which is Sonic and Jim Carrey's rivalry. As long as the lines are quippy and Jim Carrey is funny, it gives the movie tremendous goodwill with someone just going to see a piece of entertainment.
I'm estimating low freshness and moderate financial success.
No way in hell this movie outperforms DP.
No way in hell this movie outperforms DP.
Sonic Boom Defense Force. Seems like a good idea.Should just be this logo underneath
Like this a lot
That was mostly me 😁
I'm in the same boat as you, I really liked Detective Pikachu but it seems like kind of a hard sell if you're unfamiliar with Pokémon.
"Sonic is trapped in the real world" may be a cliched setup but it doesn't require audiences to know what Mobius is, who Tails and Knuckles are, etc. Like, your expected knowledge of the Sonic universe to understand the plot and the characters is basically zero. Sonic himself is a super marketable character detached from anything, and like you said, live-action Jim Carrey is a draw.
Speaking of, my mom told me she's going to see it on Saturday. She saw Carrey on Colbert and that sold her. I think people are way underestimating Carrey's appeal here, dude practically owned the 90s and this is the first time in a long time he's tapping into that same energy, it seems rather insulated to act like Ryan Reynolds voicing a Pikachu comes anywhere near that. Reynolds was a C-list actor until very recently, he was barely seen onscreen, and EVERYONE knows Jim Carrey. The only ones who wouldn't are kids, and they're not the ones paying for the tickets.
Fuck a character action shadow game would be an easy buy from me.
It wouldn't be good, but I'd still buy it.
A Hedgehog with a sword?! What could possibly go wrong with that!
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Sonic is looking to track $60 Mil in it's first weekend.
Seems to be for the four-day weekend, and I'm not sure how to parse some of that, but holy hell if that's true. The upper estimate for four-day was $47m.The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo
Sonic is looking to track $60 Mil in it's first weekend.
You making a joke, but shadow can just make constructs out of energy. Its legit a power he has that is underutilized and it would genuinely be fun in that sort of game because he could just have dante style switching for free
I may have thought too hard about a sonic character action game. I may have an entire idea for a tails moveset where he uses his mech
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We'll see. I've been keeping an eye on the amateur trackers on BOT but what they do is compare the pre-sales of various movies for a local theater or handful of theaters. It's extrapolation. A $60M 4-day weekend would be great and would set Sonic on Pikachu's warpath, so I'd like them to be right but let's see what happens.The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo
Sonic is looking to track $60 Mil in it's first weekend.
The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo
Sonic is looking to track $60 Mil in it's first weekend.
This is a very sweet video you know. A different reaction than what you see some more cynical gamers.
Imagine this with the other design. The kids would be screaming!
The old design is starting to become another form of Sonic 06 in Sonic discussion. That wart that somebody just have to bring up every few minutes to remind people it existed.
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I still wonder if the first pokemon movie having a talking pikachu was the right call. Also debuting during the endgame run probably hurt them. I thought that movie was pretty solid, Im shocked we havent heard of more live action Pokémon stuff being in production yet.
It wasn't solid. They needed to spend more time on the story. It was a mess.
Unsatisfied with the Sonic movie not being a total disaster, gamers must constantly remember that the movie could have been a total disaster in order for the "Sonic is the worst thing ever made" running gag to endure.
Yeah, but unlike Sonic '06, the Trailer 1 Sonic design was actually bad.
Horrifying warts that never should have existed is literally what Sonic is all about. The occasional good game is just a weird anomaly.
Lest we forget the Sonic franchise's unofficial tagline: "Mistakes Into Miracles"
Birds of prey don't exactly have a great track record against Sonic.
Nice.
Never underestimate the rabid Sonic fanbase. The first trailer that dropped had at least 20 million or more views. Partially because it was deemed to be a train wreck, but also because of general interest in a live action Sonic movie. That trailer was pulled from Paramounts channel, because it no longer represents the movie. There is another Youtube channel that has it with 24+ million views.
The second Sonic trailer with the redesign has 30+ million views as well. The thumbs up to thumbs down ratio is surprisingly good, with 981K thumbs up and 19K thumbs down. Detective Pikachu's second trailer has 483K thumbs up and 13K thumbs down, with 40+ million views.
The redesign clearly had a positive impact on the second Sonic trailer.I think Sonic has a good shot at beating Detective Pikachu at the boxoffice.
The second Sonic trailer with the redesign has 30+ million views as well. The thumbs up to thumbs down ratio is surprisingly good, with 981K thumbs up and 19K thumbs down. Detective Pikachu's second trailer has 483K thumbs up and 13K thumbs down, with 40+ million views.
The redesign clearly had a positive impact on the second Sonic trailer.I think Sonic has a good shot at beating Detective Pikachu at the boxoffice.
30% is what this movie will get on rotten tomatoes. If it even manages to gets higher than 50%, I'll eat a cockroach.
