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The new Sonic movie is currently on its way to making $65 million at the Box Office on its opening weekend, potentially making it the best three-day domestic opening for a video-game movie. Paramount, the studio behind the film, had estimated that it would make around $40-45 million on its opening weekend, but it has gone far beyond that estimate.

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Sun Feb 16 - Variety

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