Wiki News/'Sonic the Hedgehog' reached $11.5 million at midinight



Sonic X: Return to Soleanna has opened in theaters nationwide today, and opened a extreme huge ticket sales in midnight screenings last night. From according to Box Office Mojo, Sonic X: Return to Soleanna grossed an estimated $11.5 million from its' midnight screenings around the country playing in 3,000 screens. This is far as the best opening for an animated film ever had a midnight premiere, since it tried to break The Twilight Saga: New Moon's midnight record, but their plans didn't work too well.

With that record, it was expected to open a big opening day like The Twilight Saga: New Moon, when it opened with $72 million back in November 2009, as well as The Dark Knight's big opening weekend of $158 million back in July 2008. But it did had the big number of theaters in 4,391 theaters. This might prove that it would be breaking an world record. Return to Soleanna is expecting to make nearly between $130-$160 million by Sunday, because of 20th Century Fox wants the movie to become the most popular video game character in the world, as well as appearing himself to the big screen.

Sonic X: Return to Soleanna opened on June 4, 2010 and stared with Jason Griffith, Amy Palant, Dan Green, Lisa Ortiz, Caren Manuel, Mike Pollock, Ben Linkin and Lacey Chabert.