Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has not only won the American domestic  box office over the weekend with movie ticket sales of $71 million +, but it also had the best opening weekend of any video game movie in history As reported by Variety, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 had surpassed the record of $58 million set by the 2020 prequel, Sonic the Hedgehog. The sequel even beat the four-day total of $70 million of the first film.