User blog:Ceauntay/'Sonic' Opens Strong At Midnight with $19.7 Mil

The film has made $19.7 mil from 3,500 locations. The final chapter has overtaken its predesessor Sonic X: Return to Soleanna which brought in $11.5 mil from 3,000 locations last year before it made $105.7 mil in its opening weekend.

The film is expecting to be opening with $125 million in its opening weekend replacing Thor for topping the North American box office, which is set to make about $30 million in its second weekend.

The film has beaten both Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and The Dark Knight, both made $16 and $18 million from 2009 and 2008, respectately, for being in the sixth biggest midnight opening of all-time. The franchise has so far looked to be blockbusters hits.