It is official: Sonic is a king of live video games. In just a few years, "Sonic the Hedgehog" has passed from the desired collection of Sega Games and Cartoon Series in a global multimedia franchise, led by the adaptations of the big screen, funded by Paramount Pictures. Those pictures were a good investment, like Sonic's films are now $ 1 billion in assets thanks to Sonic the Hedgehog 3."More importantly, with the theater theater period, the third installment has gone a big turning point.

As for this writing, director Effef Fowler's Sonic 3 made $ 462.5 million worldwide, with almost dead even divided between domestic and international audiences. Thus, he officially spent "Detective Pikachu" in 2019 ($ 450 million worldwide) to become the highest live video game in history. Although that figure does not respond to inflation, it shows how increased the audience for these "sound" films. The first film made just over $ 300 million in 2020, and they became larger with each installment. So where is the ceiling? That's the big question.

"Sonic 3" follows Sonic (Ben Schwartz), Knuckles (Idris Elba) and tails (Kolen O'Sowns) while unite to fight a powerful new enemy in the form of a shadow They faced nothing before. Completely overcome, Team Sonic is forced to seek an incredible alliance in the hope of stopping the shadow and saving the world. All three films "Sonic" are anchored by Schwartz ("Parks and Recreation") as the voice of Sonik, Jameseiyes Marsden ("X-Men") as Tom, and Jimim Kerry ("Bruce Almighty") as Dr) as D) -r. Robotnik.

Here is important live prevalence with action from 2023 "Super Mario Bros. is far ahead of the package, made over $ 1.3 billion in box office all over the world. Nintendo and the illumination of course seemed to have broken the code with the one, and we would undoubtedly get more animated video games in the future. But "Sonic" films have also shown that live action can be very fruitful, also when done correctly. There lies the key, though it is easier than done.

"Sonic 3" is already on VOD, so it probably won't do much more business activities before leaving the theaters in full. Fortunately, no other money needs to be considered a hit thanks to a $ 122 million budget. Also, the first two Sonic films were made for a surprisingly lean $ 90 million. The stunning nature of Paramount has helped a lot in this franchise so far.

Dates from the ultimate disaster that was "Super Mario Bros." in 1993. Hollywood is trying to use the popularity of games. There were several stray hits on the road, such as "Resident Evil", but to a great deal, the films were bad and people didn't show up. That tide finally began to turn right before the 2020s, with Sonic being a huge part of the equation. Other films like Rampage have made their part. Slowly but surely, studios began to understand things.

It certainly did not hurt shows like "The Last of Us" and "Fallout" are pure Emmy worthy, proving that video games can stimulate incredible adaptations. However, it is this longtime Sega brand mascot that has really changed the narrative most for future video game films. Paramount now develops a target "Sonic" cinema universeWith "Sonic the Hedgehog 4" already confirmed for 2027. However, the studio does not become greed. Similar to Godzilla and Kong in Monsterverse, Paramount plays the slow and stable game.

More than all, this franchise has set something from the template for others to follow - namely, to be faithful to the original material that made the property popular in the first place, keep the budgets reasonable and do not get too much in front of it. It is an approach that should set other brands for video game to succeed in the field of films. It doesn't always go to work, but there are gold in them hills, as an old prospector can say.

Currently you can order "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" DVD or Blu-ray from Amazon.