User blog:Ceauntay/'Sonic the Hedgehog': the major box office star

Sonic X: The Final Stand has brought in a lot of cash last weekend to a tunning $125.7 million, making half of the opening gross to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 which brought in $125 million from November 19, 2010. It has placed as the seventh biggest opening of all-time, and the biggest opening for an animated movie of all-time since Shrek the Third ($121 million). With them records, it also had five records including biggest opening of the year since ''Scooby-Doo! The Movie ($114 million), biggest opening from Fox since Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ($108 million), biggest opening for the film franchise since Sonic X: Return to Soleanna ($105 million) and the biggest opening for a 3D film of all-time since Alice in Wonderland'' ($116 million). With that amount of money, it has already matched up an expectations of the studios poised opening grosses.

Sonic X: The Final Stand is luckly to ended up making in $300 million domestically, making it the first film of 2011 to pass $300 million. Right now, it will be passing $200 million by the time Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opens in theaters. It should be taking down just one spot by making in lower than $60 million, and expecting a 50 percent drop, which is worst than Sonic X: The Shadow Snow (32 percent), Sonic X: Curse of Raven Radix (40 percent) and Sonic X: Return to Soleanna (45 percent). Sonic X: The Revenge of Sonic had the worst to 58 percent from October 2, 2009 with a total of $231 million domestically. This film is in 3D theaters, which has caused it to break as many box office records as it can. The film is also in IMAX theaters playing in 260 of them.

Check out your top ten (in millions):
 * 1) Sonic X: The Final Stand - $125.7 (new)
 * 2) Thor - $34.7 ($119.4)
 * 3) Bridesmaids - $26.2 (new)
 * 4) Fast Five - $20.4 ($169.6)
 * 5) Priest - $14.9 (new)
 * 6) Rio - $8.2 ($125.2)
 * 7) Jumping the Broom - $7.0 ($25.7)
 * 8) Something Borrowed - $6.8 ($25.5)
 * 9) Waters for Elephants - $4.2 ($48.5)
 * 10) Madea's Big Happily Family - $2.2 ($50.2)