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Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Shadow is a 2009 action-adventure comedy film directed by Justin Theroux, from a screenplay written by George Lucas, Adam McKay and Gary Scott Thompson. and was based on the video game franchise published by Sega. A direct sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog (2007), the film reprises Ben Schwartz, Amy Palant, Dwayne Johnson, Lisa Ortiz, Laura Bailey, Zac Efron, Jim Carrey, Kevin Grevoiux, Ashton Kutcher, Sam Elliot, Harrison Ford, Patrick Dempsey, and Mark Strong, and features Josh Hutcherson, Bailee Madison as Cream the Rabbit, Hayden Christensen as Shadow the Hedgehog, Kathleen Delaney as Rouge the Bat, Keith Silverstein as Vector the Crocodile, Troy Baker as Espio the Chameleon, and Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Charmy Bee. Following the events of the first film, Robotnik has returned from the Mushroom Land, with plans to attack San Diego, California. With Robotnik is Shadow the Hedgehog, a project created by Robotnik's father, Gerald, dating back to the 1960s. Sonic, Tails and Knuckles set out to defeat Robotnik, who has a plan up his sleeves.
In June 2006, Paramount Pictures leaked a contract for the first film online, with the contract stating that if the film was a box-office success, there would be sequels. Due to the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike, filming for animated characters began in March 2008 in Surrey, England, and filming with actors began that May in London. Production ended by December 2008. The plot draws elements from the video games Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) and Shadow the Hedgehog (2005). Christensen was cast as Shadow due to the parallels between his performance in Star Wars prequel trilogy, Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), and Theroux's vision for the character.
Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Shadow premiered at the Empire Leicester Square in London on December 5, 2009, and was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on January 29, 2010 and on February 17, 2010 in Japan. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who considered it an improvement over its predecessors. It was a commercial success, grossing over $993 million worldwide against a $100 million budget, making it the third highest-grossing film of 2010. The film is followed by Sonic the Hedgehog: Rogues to Riches in 2012. The television film, Shadow the Hedgehog aired on Nickelodeon on June 8, 2013.
A shared universe called, Sonic Cinematic Universe, was announced on August 11, 2021 and started on January 17, 2022, beginning with Sonic Origins.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
Voice cast[]
- Ben Schwartz as Sonic the Hedgehog, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog with the ability to run faster than the speed of sound, hence his name, and possesses lightning-fast reflexes to match his speed, from Robotnik and the United States Government.
- Hayden Christensen as Shadow the Hedgehog, a powerful black red-striped hedgehog who was originally created by Dr. Eggman's grandfather Professor Gerald Robotnik to be the "Ultimate Life Form" and is resulting from a secret government program called Project Shadow. Christensen provides voice and motion capture for the character.
- Amy Palant as Miles "Tails" Prower, Sonic's best friend and sidekick, he is an eight-year-old anthropomorphic yellow fox with two tails, hence his nickname "Tails", and a mechanical genius who is able to use his two tails to propel himself like a helicopter and fly. Palant reprises the voice for the character.
- Dwayne Johnson as Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic's other best friend and adventure partner, he is a red anthropomorphic echidna from Angel Island in Mobius with the ability to glide and climb up walls, and is a powerful fighter due to his spiked hands.
- Lisa Ortiz as Amy Rose, a pink anthropomorphic hedgehog who has a crush on Sonic, since meeting him on Little Planet, becomes his self-proclaimed girlfriend, attempting to win his heart by any means necessary and battles random foes while armed with her indestructible Piko-Piko Hammer.
- Bailee Madison as Cream the Rabbit, a peach anthropomorphic rabbit and the daughter of Vanilla the Rabbit, her mother.
- Laura Bailey as Omochao, a robotic Chao with a propeller on its head. It appears in the film as a live-reporter of Westopolis.
- Danielle Panabaker as Nicole the Holo-Lynx, a portable computer and artificial intelligence system which helps Sonic and his friends. Panabaker provides voice and motion capture (for Nicole's artificial form of an anthropomorphic lynx) for the character.
- Karen Strassman as Rouge the Bat, a white anthropomorphic bat and jewel thief that has worked as a part-time government spy for the President of the United Federation and in close association with the military organization Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.)
- Keith Silverstein as Vector the Crocodile, an easygoing and loud mouthed anthropomorphic crocodile.
- Troy Baker as Espio the Chameleon, a very serious, calm, mature and disciplined anthropomorphic chameleon.
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Charmy Bee, a hyperactive, happy-go-lucky, and somewhat scatterbrained mobian.
- Kevin Grevioux as E-123 Omega, a robotic officer of G.U.N. Units originally created by Eggman as the last and most powerful E-Series robot, and is now out to eliminate him due to harsh mistreatment and lust for revenge. Grevioux provides voice and motion capture for the character.
- Mark Strong as Metal Sonic, Sonic's robotic clone and nemesis who seeks to overthrow his creator Eggman and wipe out organic life on Earth and Mobius.
- Gary A. Hecker as Robotnik Robo: Robotnik's metallic henchman.
Live-action cast[]
- Jim Carrey in a dual role as:
- Dr. Ivo Robotnik, a mad scientist and Sonic's arch-nemesis who he often refers to as "Eggman". Ivo is the grandson of Gerald Robotnik and the cousin of Gerald's deceased granddaughter Maria, both of whom lived on the Space Colony ARK where Shadow was created. With convincing from Terios, Ivo attempts to destroy the Earth like his grandfather had intended and rule Mars, but after more convincing, turns on Terios and helps the others stop the Colony from crashing into Earth. Ivo manipulates Shadow by turning him into Nemesis Shadow and becoming Sonic's enemy.
- Professor Gerald Robotnik, Ivo and Maria's grandfather and the head of Project Shadow. Carrey said an intrinsic difference between Gerald and Ivo was that Gerald was from an older, tougher generation, describing him as tough as "the rock that he crawled out from under".
- Josh Hutcherson as Christopher "Chris" Thorndyke, a 16 year old teenager, who is a high school dropout and works at Kearny High School as a janitor and is friends with Sonic and the others. Chris is currently turning his timesheets in when he finds out that Sonic is arrested for "robbing Area 55 and stealing the Chaos Emerald." Chris, along with Chuck, Travis, his new friend Tom, Tails, and Amy go to Prison Island to bust out Sonic. When they all go to space on the Space Colony ARK, he, Travis, Tom, and Chuck wear astronaut suits in order to not suffocate in space. Chris is able to convince Shadow to help Sonic defeat the Biolizard (who turns into its final form the Biolizard) later.
- Zac Efron as Travis Lawton, a 20 year old adult who is now an astronaut, and adventurer working for Lane Stargate who becomes one of Sonic's new adventure comrades.
- Emma Roberts as Helen, a young girl who, despite being confined to a wheelchair, thrives for adventure, and one of Chris' closest friends and love interest.
- Tyler James Williams and Selena Gomez as Danny and Frances, Chris' friends.
- Donald Glover as Rick Kane, an Air-Force pilot working for Lane Stargate.
- Jon Voight as Professor Franklin Donovan, Travis' former University teacher and an astrophysicist who holds initial knowledge about Mobius.
- Whoopi Goldberg as Ellie Jones, Chris' next door neighbor and mother figure who supports him. She also works as the flight controller at Lane Stargate's mission control center.
- Josh Peck as Wallace "Wally" Allen, a nerdy but optimistic cameraman who idolizes Sonic, though his enthusiasm oftenly annoys Knuckles.
- Jonathan Lipnicki as Thomas "Tom" Berg, the founder of popular website sonicfantalk.net who claims himself to be Sonic the Hedgehog's biggest fan in the entire universe. After Sonic saved him from a falling building in San Diego back in 2006, Tom has been a big fan of Sonic, following him around in almost all of his adventures including the New York City badnik fight in 2009. His fan website of Sonic has him and several others discussing Sonic's recent adventures including theories about where he came from. Tom helps Sonic break out of jail and goes to space with him where he witnesses the final battle on the Space Colony ARK.
- Jason Bateman as Nelson Thorndyke, Chris' father and executive.
- Kelly Preston as Lindsey Thorndyke, a movie star.
- Bryan Cranston as Chuck Thorndyke, Chris' grandfather and scientist who owns a lab in his basement and makes money off his new inventions who comes with Chris and the others on their mission. Chuck goes with Chris on his quest to bust Sonic out of jail on Prison Island and even goes to space with them in an astronaut space suit. Chuck is also revealed to have a daughter named Matilda, and he even helps Shadow stop the Finalhazard, even mourning Shadow's death after he and Sonic fight the Finalhazard.
- Jake Cherry as Timothy Beckett, a 11 year old kid who is Chris' former neighbor, until he moved.
- Sam Elliot as Thunderbolt Lane, Travis' boss who is the head of Lane Stargate, a NASA influenced spacecraft company. He is a supporter of Sonic's quest.
- Harrison Ford as Abraham Tower, the Mobian commander and head of the G.U.N. Force, who is also Sonic's liaison and supervisor.
- Charlie Day as Grant Svenson, a computer tech at Area 55 who is married to Chloe Sanchez who also works with him.
- Christina Ricci as Chloe Sanchez, Mackerel’s assistant at Area 55 and the wife of Svenson.
- Patrick Dempsey as President Michael R. Hanverschez, once the president of the United States of America as well as then became president of the Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.) and a friend of Thomas Mackerel. Michael is the first one who gets news about Sonic "robbing the bank" and he is the one to announce Sonic's arresting. Later, in his limo, he is called by Ivo who tells him to surrender his country to the Robotnik Empire, but Broadie refuses, never giving into his country. However, Sonic comes and interrupts the meeting and this is where Michael finds out that Sonic was innocent all along.
- Catherine O'Hara as Karen Hanverschez, the President's secretary and personal assistant who goes everywhere with him, including in his president limo.
- Denzel Washington as Thomas Mackerel, the military general and leader of Area 55 located under Thomas' Car Wash in New York City and is good friends with Michael R.
- Christina Ricci as Chloe Sanchez Svenson, Thomas' assistant at Area 55 and the kind-hearted wife of Grant.
- Dakota Fanning as Maria Robotnik, Gerald's granddaughter and Ivo's cousin, who becomes a close friend to Shadow during his time in Gerald's lab.
- David Hasselhoff as Principal Michael Danvers, the principal of North Hollywood High School, the school that Chris works at who later hires him.
- John Travolta as Mayor West, the mayor.
- Michael J. Fox as Uncle Mike, Jeff's uncle.
- Robin Williams as Dwight D. Eisenhower: The then president of the United States who is seen in a flashback in 1953 who told Gerald to stop work on Project Shadow.
- Dan Aykroyd as Richard Nixon: The then vice president of the United States at the time in 1953 who also told Gerald to stop work on Project Shadow.
Production[]
Development[]
On May 30, 2006, one year before Sonic the Hedgehog was released, a contract by Sega and Paramount Pictures was leaked by an anonymous Paramount employee. The contract said that if the film was a box-office success, then it would be renewed for a sequel. After this, Sega denied any proof of the contract and the Paramount employee was later fired. Although in early 2007, Paramount CEO Brad Grey said in an interview: "If the film is a success, we make a sequel, say $300 million, we make a sequel. But, if we gross $500 million or more, then boom. We're rich." A Sega spokesperson replied "We people at Sega and Paramount are planning to make movies based off our games. So stay tuned." This statement had many fans thinking if the Sonic movie was a start to something more bigger. When Sonic the Hedgehog was released on June 8, it was both a critical and commercial success, grossing $987 million at the box-office against its budget of $100 million. In July of the same year, Sega announced development on a Sonic the Hedgehog sequel in 2010, under the working title of Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Originally, Sonic the Hedgehog II was envisioned as Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Shadow as a script wrote by George Lucas and it entered far into development until an unknown Paramount employee deleted it with a delete code. The film has its own section in the article below. Pattinson returned to the film as Sonic and Shadow, and so did Anna Faris, Idris Elba, and Emma Stone. Lucas wanted to make the film as faithful as possible to Sonic Adventure 2 (2001). Lucas was contacted by Justin Theroux and he told them to take inspiration from Shadow the Hedgehog (2005). They both took note of this and Lucas started writing the script then. Shiro Maekawa, the writer of most of the 2001-09 Sonic games, was announced to return to the franchise in Project Shadow as executive producer along with Hirokazu Yasuhara (the game designer of the three Genesis/MegaDrive Sonic titles), Yuji Naka (co-creator of Sonic), and brothers Joel and Ethan Coen who served as the co-directors of the first movie.
Theroux had joined the film because he was a big fan of Sonic the Hedgehog. He split his working hours from Tropic Thunder and Project Shadow in order to work on both films equally without getting tired, depressed, or even stressed out a lot. Jon Favreau, the original director of the first movie who created the original story before Lucas stepped in, even stated that he was interested in directing, but was very occupied with Iron Man 2. James Cameron, on of the main writers of the first film, returned to the film as a writer agreeing to return, as well as Ryan Kavanaugh of Relativity Media as an executive producer. SegaSammy had a major part in distributing Project Shadow where SegaSammy made an agreement with Paramount to distribute the film with Sega. Paramount distributed 50%, Sega distributed 30%, and SegaSammy distributed the other 30%.
Writing[]
George Lucas had two weeks to write the entirety of Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Shadow before going to the set of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. However, Lucas was not able to finish the script in time, but Spike Lee, Adam McKay and Gary Scott Thompson and co-director Ethan Coen finished the rest of the script for Lucas, doing uncredited rewrites. During the writing process, Lee and Ethan watched the first film 10 times in a row to understand everything about it and include some elements from it. They also called Spike Lee from last time, who did an uncredited scene rewrite, to help them do another rewrite as well. Lee originally declined, but came back to write four pages of the script and later left and was paid $250,000. Lee, Lucas, McKay and Thompson started approximately penning the script for Project Shadow in late June 2007 and finished in October of that same year to avoid the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike. During the time he spent writing the script, They both played Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog on the Dreamcast and GameCube respectively to get a perspective of the stories including the Gerald and Maria Robotnik and Project Shadow story that Shadow focused on more then Adventure 2.
The film was made much shorter then the previous installments faring at 1 hour and 53 minutes and 29 seconds aka 113 minutes, because he decided that Adventure 2's story can be shoved in a much smaller run time then the others. Lucas would also help out with the script as well writing in elements from Shadow the Hedgehog and to a lesser extent, 2003's Sonic Heroes.
Casting[]
In October 2007, Lucas Till, who played Chris Thorndyke in the first film, stated he was open to returning in the film. With Gerald Robotnik revealed to have a major role in the film, the question was asked by many fans "Who is going to play Gerald?" Casting director Juliet Taylor held a secret competition for who would be the best actor for Gerald. Eventually, Christopher Lloyd was one of the people who auditioned. Lucas and Taylor recognized Lloyd from the Back to the Future franchise and applauded him for his acting on the show. It was announced that Lloyd would be playing Gerald. To find someone for Maria Robotnik, Dakota Fanning was one of the people who auditioned. Fanning was announced to be playing an unknown role (later revealed as Maria). Ben Schwartz and Lisa Ortiz were of course announced to be returning along with Dwayne Johnson and Amy Palant as Sonic the Hedgehog, Amy Rose, Knuckles the Echidna, and Miles "Tails" Prower respectively. Bryan Cranston and Jim Carrey also announced their returns as Chuck Thorndyke and Dr. Robotnik while Zac Efron would also be returning, including Karen Strassman, who would be starring her role as Rouge the Bat. It was announced Hayden Christensen would be voicing the role of Shadow the Hedgehog.
Ryan Drummond announced he would be making a cameo in this film at a Comic Con convention along with Jennifer Douillard and Scott Dreier, then eventually David Humphrey. Other cast members included Sam Elliot, Harrison Ford, and Jason Bateman and Kelly Preston as Chris' dad and mom respectively. Keith Silverstein, Troy Baker, and Colleen O'Shaughnessey were announced to be reprising their roles as Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon, and Charmy Bee respectively. Robin Williams, Jaleel White, and Charlie Day were announced to star too.
The casting process continued throughout much of 2007, with the additions of Denzel Washington, Christina Ricci, Josh Hutcherson and Charlie Day. Hutcherson replaced Till, whom Sega declined to bring back. "We have made the decision to not bring Luke back to portray the title role of Chris Thorndyke in Project Shadow," stated Lee. "Our decision is definitely not one based on monetary factors, but instead rooted in the need for an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members. Project Shadow demands players who thrive working as part of an ensemble, as evidenced by Schwartz, Johnson, Palant, Efron, Carrey, and all of our talented casts. We are looking to announce a name actor who fulfills these requirements, and is passionate about the iconic role in the coming weeks." In response, Till's agent Tobey Maguire decried Lee's statement, calling it "purposefully misleading" and an "inappropriate attempt to paint our client in a negative light". In October 2011, Till claimed it was his own decision never to play Chris Thorndyke again because he "wanted more diversity" with his career and did not want to be associated with only one character.
Casting auditions for Project Shadow were held online for three months until it finally stopped in February 2008 where casting for every character, voice character, as well as background characters.
Filming and voice recording[]
Second-unit filming began in late January 2008 for animated characters only without physical actors (due to the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike) in Farnham, Surrey, England. Principal photography was originally scheduled to begin on February 27, 2008, in London, England, but was delayed to March. Production with physical actors started on May 20, 2008, and was announced with a teaser image of Shadow the Hedgehog's stand-in statue used in filming. Filming continued on June 27, 2008 at Las Vegas, Nevada, with three days spent at the McCarran International Airport, before moving to the Venetian resort on the Las Vegas Strip for a six-day shoot. The Venetian, the entrance, the casino, lobby, the hallways, and its hotel rooms were all filmed on a set not attempting to match the actual interiors. Venetian scenes included the casino, lobby, and the entrance to its valet parking garage, as well as exterior shots of the resort. Approximately 1,000 background extras were needed during the second Las Vegas shoot.
Filming in Las Vegas concluded on July 5, 2008, and production moved to Los Angeles, where a chase scene set was filmed at Fashion Valley. Much of the film was shot at Sony Pictures Studios. The majority of interior scenes for the film were shot in seven or eight soundstages at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California, including Stage 16. From July 9–11, the production filmed an action sequence at the construction site in Tokyo. Afterwards, they shot at the Naval Base San Diego. An old lumber mill next to the Fraser River doubled as Alcatraz Island. On July 23, when production moved to Kearny High School, the external shots were filmed, while the cafeteria, the hallways, and all of the classrooms were filmed on a set not attempting to match the actual interior of the school. Additional scenes were filmed in Arizona, Utah's Monument Valley, and Montana's Glacier National Park. Shooting for the construction site fight later continued in Long Beach, California.
On September 25, 2008, second unit filming took place along Interstate 105, leading to I-605 in the City of Norwalk. From September 27-30, the crew shot at Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Filming moved to Chandler Field in Fresno, California, substituting for Mexico City International Airport, on October 3, 2008. After shooting aerial shots of Chandler Airport and a DC-3 on the morning of December 1, 2008, filming wrapped, though some pick-ups took place from February 3 to May 18, 2009.
Theroux said that asking Carrey to play the dual role of Ivo's grandfather Gerald was "such a big ask", and meant Carrey had to spend three hours in a makeup chair being physically prepared to play Gerald each time. Carrey also helped design the prosthetics he wore. While Carrey performed each role, actor Brendan Murphy doubled for the other character. During each performance, Carrey informed Murphy how he would be doing the other, a system the former said was "very technically difficult", especially considering that he was interacting with a pre-recorded voice track of the opposite character during his performances.
Theroux said that Christensen "would just give us so many different versions of line readings and just want to keep going" during voice recording and said he put more into his performance than "just sort of showing up and reading the script into a microphone", both understanding their vision for the film and realizing his interpretation of Shadow; Christensen was prepared with questions to give himself insight about what the team was trying to achieve. Animation supervisor Clem Yip said Reeves's low-key, serious vocal performance informed their visual work. As opposed to acting with a placeholder tennis ball in scenes with Shadow, Browne shot scenes with a Shadow puppet, with his puppeteers ad-libbing certain lines into the film. Christensen explained that "it really takes skill and imagination to create a believable performance" with there not being "really anything" to act with in scenes—something the other performers had to accomplish—and remarked that he was impressed with Browne's mastery of this at her young age. In creating the action sequences involving Shadow, Theroux paid homage to the 2005 game by adapting several of its action scenes in the film. Christensen previously worked as an animator on the 2005 game, and felt honored to adapt the character for the screen.
Post-production and VFX[]
As a cost-cutting measure, the producers had an in-house animation team at Paramount work on both Project Shadow and Chaotix. Clem Yip serves as animation supervisor, while Walter Murch serves as film editor. Animation was produced by seven studios: Rising Sun Pictures, Rodeo FX, Industrial Light & Magic, Moving Picture Company, Rhythm & Hues Studios, Marza Animation Planet and Double Negative. Theroux's team took a "speedboat vendor" strategy, dividing the animation work across these six studios. Theroux emphasized the need for visual continuity between the projects and cited communication as critical to this mandate.
According to Ascher, the team "made an investment in the Sonic assets and [...] built them in-house," then distributed them to the vendors, which he noted was comparatively different from previous installments where "usually the vendor controls the assets that they rig". Owning the assets also allowed for their in-house team to work exclusively on Project Shadow and Chaotix, and helped the production "keep costs down and move faster." Theroux said that the multi-studio process meant there were more parties "you have to bring up to speed, so initially there's an extra level of work that has to be done". He said that once this was achieved, the flexibility allowed his team to tweak the finer aspects of the production and the performances.
Music[]
- Main article: Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Shadow (soundtrack)
On July 8, 2009, Christopher Lennertz, who also composed the first film, was announced to be returning to compose the film's score. The film was supported by a single titled "Give Me Speed", the only original song recorded for the film, by OneRepublic. In February 2009, Crush 40 vocalist Johnny Gioeli said there had been talks of including the song "Live & Learn" from Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) in the film. The film also features the song "Turn It Up" from American rock band Bowling for Soup, who previously contributed to the soundtrack for the 2008 game Sonic Unleashed. The soundtrack album was released by Interscope Records on December 8, 2009.
Release[]
Theatrical[]
Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Shadow was first theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in several international markets, including France and the Netherlands on November 21, 2009 and the United Kingdom on November 28, 2009. The film held its world premiere at the Empire Leicester Square in Los Angeles on December 5, 2009. and was theatrically released in the United States on January 29, 2010, and in Japan on February 17, 2010.
Home media[]
Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Shadow was released by Paramount Home Entertainment on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, digital copy, and on demand on June 8, 2010.
Reception[]
Box office[]
Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Shadow grossed $390.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $603.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $993 million.
In the United States and Canada, Project Shadow was released on the top below Avatar, Legion, and The Book of Eli. Several days before release, it was projected to gross at least $55 million from 4,232 theaters in its opening weekend. With its target audience aged between 9 and 25, its release coincided with the start of winter break in 15% of K–12 schools. The film made $26.8 million on its first day, including $6.25 million from Thursday night previews, doubling that of the original movie. The film went on to gross $72.1 million over its three-day opening weekend, surpassing the original film's three-day opening ($58 million) and Bruce Almighty ($68 million) to become Jim Carrey's highest three-day domestic opening and Paramount's biggest two-day opening since 2009. Six million tickets were sold in the U.S. and Canada during its opening weekend. It broke the opening record for a video game movie adaptation, which was previously held by the original Sonic the Hedgehog. Among opening audiences, males made up 61%, those aged between 18 and 34 comprised 46% of ticket sales and those below 17 comprised 32%, and the ethnic breakdown was 38% were Hispanic/Latin American, 29% Caucasian, 20% African American, and 13% Asian or other. The film remained in the box office top ten until dropping out in its twelfth weekend. Sonic the Hedgehog: Project Shadow ended up being the third highest-grossing film of 2010 in the U.S and Canada, behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.
In international regions outside North America, the film opened in 31 markets and grossed $26.1 million in its first weekend, outpacing the original film in these markets. In France, the film made $1.2 million on its first day of screening, reaching the top spot in the charts and surpassing the first film's opening day gross by 30%. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number one in its first weekend and later retook the top spot from Deathly Hallows – Part 1 in its fourth weekend with £20.2 million in four weeks. The film crossed the $300 million worldwide mark by its fifth weekend, and the $400 million threshold by its thirteenth.
Sequels[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog was developed by Sonic Team, published by Sega, directed and programmed by Yuji Naka, designed by Hirokazu Yasuhara, and illustrated by Naoto Ohshima.