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Released
2020 · FILM

Sonic the Hedgehog

A supersonic blue hedgehog hiding on Earth seeks friendship and purpose in a small Montana town, but must race against time to stop his idolized sheriff from leaving before he can reveal his true powers and protect the community.

A whole new speed of hero.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
99 min
ActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

Sonic the Hedgehog, known for his incredible speed, has found a new home on Earth. However, his abilities soon draw the attention of the sinister Dr. Robotnik, a super-uncool evil genius. As tensions rise, a high-stakes battle ensues between Sonic and Robotnik, with the villain determined to harness Sonic's unique power for his own plans of world domination. The two engage in a global race to prevent this from happening.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 53+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Debra Neil FisherShot by Stephen F WindonScored by Tom HolkenborgDesigned by Sean Haworth

Box Office

2020 · Box office

Made its money back — grossed 3.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$319.7M

Budget$85.0M
Worldwide gross$319.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $149.0M 47% of worldwide · International: $170.7M (53%)

Opening weekend: $58.0M 39% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $80.3M54% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,167 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Sonic The Hedgehogde
  • Sonic, la películaes
  • Sonic, le filmfr
  • Sonic - Il filmit

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