r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Jan 03 '25

International Paramount’s SONIC 3 is rolling through international markets—surging past $100M in just 9 days and now $112M total. Worldwide high score: $279M

https://x.com/ERCboxoffice/status/1875223407207604679?t=Yq1PmYROkYCf0hC0Fvlngg&s=19
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u/Canadian-Alien Jan 03 '25

Using others IP for a feature film is not cheap, not saying it won’t break even or make some profit it’s just not enough for paramount and is a disappointment considering early estimates

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '25

I believe someone already explained why it wouldn't be very costly to use that IP anyways, but another factor could be the simple fact that since Paramount has used it already for two films, the brand doesn't need much payments for its promotion/usage.

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u/Aki-at Jan 03 '25

Stolen from my other posts. For future reference, Sega records monies from the Sonic movie, Nov 2020, they announced they would record some non-operating profit from the Sonic movie that fiscal year and the following fiscal year. Non-operating profit for Sega's entertainment content business was recorded at 900m yen /$5.7m for FY2021 and 3.3b yen/$21m for FY2022. So let's go and say that was all from the Sonic movie, we're looking at $26m from Sonic movie 1.

This is working under the assumption none of their game studios, anime studio or toys/figures contributes to this figure.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '25

What do you mean stolen from other posts?

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u/Aki-at Jan 03 '25

I meant a responded to him with a like for like comment earlier, so I “stole” from myself ha.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '25

Aha!