Wiki News/'Sonic the Hedgehog' survives from 'Karate Kid'

“Sonic X: Return to Soleanna” has once again took a photo finish for it' second weekend of release beating out two new releases, “The Karate Kid” and“The A-Team.”

“Sonic X: Return to Soleanna” (Fox) featuring with Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose and the rest of the cast took in another $77 million this weekend, after it's major fall of 54 percent from it's huge opening weekend. It's up to a shiny $274 million in two weeks. It is expecting to reach under $320 million and $900 million worldwide for the next four to five months, to make Sega popular. A sequel is already planned before the movie was released.

“The Karate Kid” (Sony/Columbia) which stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith, took No. 2 with an impressive $56 million at the domestic box office, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com. Final figures are due out on Monday.

“The A-Team” (Fox), a big-screen adaptation of the action series that ran on TV from 1983-1987, finished at No. 3 with $26 million.

The 3-D animated film “Shrek Forever After” (Paramount/DreamWorks) finished in fourth place, taking in $15.8 million.

Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box-office division of Hollywood.com, said in an email that the box office had been down three weeks in a row before the release of “The Karate Kid” and “The A-Team,” but this weekend it went up. “It took an 80’s flashback weekend to save Hollywood,” he said. The blue hedgehog is one popular character.