Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 may have slipped in its sixth weekend at the domestic box office, but it continues to rack up major milestones globally.
- The third film earned $5.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $226 million.
- Internationally, the film solidified its position as the highest-grossing Sonic installment worldwide with a $220.5 million overseas total.
The intrigue: It also became the third highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time, recently overtaking Warcraft (at $438 million) and closing in on Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (at $450 million), which it is expected to surpass soon.
- Meanwhile, Mufasa remains the stronger global performer with a $626.7 million worldwide total ($221 million domestic), while Sonic 3 sits at $446.6 million worldwide.
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