Sonic The Hedgehog Is Struggling At The Chinese Box Office, But So Is Every Movie

The Sonic the Hedgehog movie has finally released in China, following a delay due to COVID-19 that has severely impacted its international gross, and it's not making a lot of money. As of August 12 according to the China Box Office Twitter account, the movie has made the equivalent of $2.43 million since its release over the previous weekend.

There's more to this then the Sonic movie simply not being a success in China, however, with 2020 throwing the usual rules out the window.

China Mainland Daily Box Office Top 6 for Wednesday, August 12, 2020
1. Interstellar - $622k / $138.92M
2. #1917Movie - $516k/$6.62M
3. Sheep Without A Shepherd - $464k/ $186.57M
4. Dolittle - $369k/ $17.35M
5. FordvFerrari - $161k/$1.7M
6. #SonicTheHedgehog - $68k/ $2.43M

— China Box Office (@ChinaBox_Office) August 12, 2020

Since cinemas in China started to partially re-open in July, few new Hollywood films have done particularly well--Doolittle being, oddly, the stand-out, although it's still earning below what it would in a typical year. Bad Boys For Life, the top-grossing film in the world for 2020 so far, is expected to earn just $7 million in China.

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