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2025 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Animation / Adventure / Comedy • Paramount Pictures

New game. New rules.

🍅 88% 97%

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3.1

7.0

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$62.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$236.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$489.60M

Global total

Budget$122M

Domestic legs3.8x

2025 rankN/A

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Cast & crew

Full Fowler filmography

Jeff Fowler

Jeff Fowler Director

Ben Schwartz

Ben Schwartz Starring

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey Starring

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves Starring

Idris Elba

Idris Elba Starring

ScreenplayPat Casey, Josh Miller, John Whittington Produced byNeal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher CinematographyBrandon Trost MusicTom Holkenborg Prod. DesignDan Leigh SeriesSonic the Hedgehog

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$268M–$292M

$245M $280M $316M

$236.10M so far

The prediction model updated after a -38% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $245M–$316M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$187M

Baseline

Animation Animated Sequel — 3.00 baseline opening

0%

CinemaScore

A: Animation avg is A

+2%

Audience

Strong — RT 97%, LB 3.10, IMDB 7.0

+31%

Seasonality

Christmas

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

-5%

2nd Weekend

-38% drop

+13%

Genre

Animation Sequel legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 20-22 1 $60.1M — 3,761 $15,980 $60.1M

2 Dec 27-29 1 $37.0M −38.4% 3,769 $9,820 $136.6M

3 Jan 3-5 2 $21.4M −42.3% 3,746 $5,702 $187.7M

4 Jan 10-12 3 $11.4M −46.8% 3,582 $3,170 $204.9M

5 Jan 17-19 5 $8.6M −24.2% 3,306 $2,603 $216.5M

6 Jan 24-26 5 $5.3M −38.2% 3,097 $1,717 $225.9M

7 Jan 31-2 6 $3.3M −38.7% 2,665 $1,222 $230.6M

8 Feb 7-9 9 $1.8M −45.0% 2,061 $869 $233.1M

9 Feb 14-16 15 $848.3K −52.6% 933 $909 $234.5M

10 Feb 21-23 20 $366.7K −56.8% 591 $620 $235.3M

11 Feb 28-2 25 $222.1K −39.4% 402 $552 $235.6M

12 Mar 7-9 26 $140.3K −36.8% 326 $430 $235.8M

13 Mar 14-16 26 $82.3K −41.3% 142 $580 $236.0M

14 Mar 21-23 27 $44.8K −45.5% 111 $404 $236.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 20 #1 $25.4M — $25.4M 3,761 $6,767 1

Sat Dec 21 #1 $19.3M −24% $44.8M 3,761 $5,137 2

Sun Dec 22 #1 $15.3M −21% $60.1M 3,761 $4,076 3

Mon Dec 23 #1 $10.0M −34% $70.2M 3,761 $2,672 4

Tue Dec 24 #1 $7.5M −25% $77.7M 3,761 $1,994 5

Wed Dec 25 #3 $10.4M +38% $88.0M 3,769 $2,747 6

Thu Dec 26 #2 $11.6M +12% $99.6M 3,769 $3,065 7

Fri Dec 27 #1 $12.6M +9% −50% $112.2M 3,769 $3,345 8

Sat Dec 28 #1 $13.5M +7% −30% $125.7M 3,769 $3,582 9

Sun Dec 29 #2 $10.9M −19% −29% $136.6M 3,769 $2,893 10

Mon Dec 30 #1 $7.7M −29% −23% $144.3M 3,769 $2,048 11

Tue Dec 31 #1 $7.3M −6% −3% $151.6M 3,769 $1,930 12

Wed Jan 1 #2 $8.9M +23% −14% $160.5M 3,769 $2,374 13

Thu Jan 2 #2 $5.8M −35% −50% $166.3M 3,769 $1,540 14

Fri Jan 3 #2 $6.9M +19% −45% $173.2M 3,746 $1,842 15

Sat Jan 4 #2 $9.0M +30% −34% $182.2M 3,746 $2,390 16

Sun Jan 5 #2 $5.5M −39% −50% $187.7M 3,746 $1,469 17

Mon Jan 6 #2 $1.7M −68% −77% $189.4M 3,746 $467 18

Tue Jan 7 #2 $2.0M +12% −73% $191.4M 3,746 $521 19

Wed Jan 8 #3 $1.1M −43% −88% $192.5M 3,746 $297 20

Thu Jan 9 #3 $1.0M −7% −82% $193.5M 3,746 $276 21

Fri Jan 10 #3 $2.2M +113% −68% $195.7M 3,582 $615 22

Sat Jan 11 #3 $5.4M +147% −39% $201.1M 3,582 $1,516 23

Sun Jan 12 #2 $3.7M −31% −32% $204.9M 3,582 $1,039 24

Mon Jan 13 #4 $631.7K −83% −64% $205.5M 3,582 $176 25

Tue Jan 14 #3 $1.2M +82% −41% $206.7M 3,582 $321 26

Wed Jan 15 #5 $659.6K −43% −41% $207.3M 3,582 $184 27

Thu Jan 16 #5 $586.1K −11% −43% $207.9M 3,582 $164 28

Fri Jan 17 #5 $1.7M +194% −22% $209.6M 3,306 $521 29

Sat Jan 18 #3 $3.8M +121% −30% $213.4M 3,306 $1,150 30

Sun Jan 19 #3 $3.1M −19% −17% $216.5M 3,306 $932 31

Mon Jan 20 #2 $2.5M −20% +288% $219.0M 3,306 $741 32

Tue Jan 21 #4 $810.7K −67% −30% $219.8M 3,306 $245 33

Wed Jan 22 #6 $456.0K −44% −31% $220.2M 3,306 $138 34

Thu Jan 23 #6 $375.7K −18% −36% $220.6M 3,306 $114 35

Fri Jan 24 #5 $1.1M +193% −36% $221.7M 3,097 $355 36

Sat Jan 25 #4 $2.7M +146% −29% $224.4M 3,097 $873 37

Sun Jan 26 #4 $1.5M −44% −51% $225.9M 3,097 $489 38

Mon Jan 27 #5 $304.3K −80% −88% $226.2M 3,097 $98 39

Tue Jan 28 #5 $498.6K +64% −39% $226.7M 3,097 $161 40

Wed Jan 29 #5 $367.0K −26% −20% $227.1M 3,097 $118 41

Thu Jan 30 #5 $239.9K −35% −36% $227.3M 3,097 $77 42

Fri Jan 31 #6 $670.7K +180% −39% $228.0M 2,665 $252 43

Sat Feb 1 #6 $1.6M +138% −41% $229.6M 2,665 $600 44

Sun Feb 2 #6 $989.1K −38% −35% $230.6M 2,665 $371 45

Mon Feb 3 #7 $165.7K −83% −46% $230.7M 2,665 $62 46

Tue Feb 4 #7 $264.9K +60% −47% $231.0M 2,665 $99 47

Wed Feb 5 #8 $171.4K −35% −53% $231.2M 2,665 $64 48

Thu Feb 6 #7 $160.4K −6% −33% $231.3M 2,665 $60 49

Fri Feb 7 #9 $407.2K +154% −39% $231.8M 2,061 $198 50

Sat Feb 8 #9 $959.3K +136% −40% $232.7M 2,061 $465 51

Sun Feb 9 #7 $424.3K −56% −57% $233.1M 2,061 $206 52

Mon Feb 10 #11 $135.7K −68% −18% $233.3M 2,061 $66 53

Tue Feb 11 #12 $164.3K +21% −38% $233.4M 2,061 $80 54

Wed Feb 12 #14 $108.9K −34% −36% $233.5M 2,061 $53 55

Thu Feb 13 #14 $74.7K −31% −53% $233.6M 2,061 $36 56

Fri Feb 14 #15 $236.9K +217% −42% $233.9M 933 $254 57

Sat Feb 15 #15 $335.3K +42% −65% $234.2M 933 $359 58

Sun Feb 16 #15 $276.1K −18% −35% $234.5M 933 $296 59

Mon Feb 17 #13 $268.6K −3% +98% $234.7M 933 $288 60

Tue Feb 18 #15 $83.2K −69% −49% $234.8M 933 $89 61

Wed Feb 19 #15 $64.1K −23% −41% $234.9M 933 $69 62

Thu Feb 20 #15 $51.2K −20% −31% $234.9M 933 $55 63

Fri Feb 21 #20 $71.1K +39% −70% $235.0M 591 $120 64

Sat Feb 22 #18 $175.3K +147% −48% $235.2M 591 $297 65

Sun Feb 23 #18 $120.3K −31% −56% $235.3M 591 $204 66

Mon Feb 24 #22 $20.3K −83% −92% $235.3M 591 $34 67

Tue Feb 25 #22 $30.7K +51% −63% $235.4M 591 $52 68

Wed Feb 26 #19 $20.1K −35% −69% $235.4M 591 $34 69

Thu Feb 27 #22 $17.7K −12% −65% $235.4M 591 $30 70

Fri Feb 28 #25 $39.9K +126% −44% $235.4M 402 $99 71

Sat Mar 1 #22 $105.6K +165% −40% $235.5M 402 $263 72

Sun Mar 2 #21 $76.6K −27% −36% $235.6M 402 $190 73

Mon Mar 3 #24 $20.9K −73% +3% $235.6M 402 $52 74

Tue Mar 4 #23 $26.8K +28% −13% $235.7M 402 $67 75

Wed Mar 5 #24 $25.0K −7% +25% $235.7M 402 $62 76

Thu Mar 6 #22 $21.8K −13% +23% $235.7M 402 $54 77

Fri Mar 7 #26 $30.4K +40% −24% $235.7M 326 $93 78

Sat Mar 8 #23 $69.0K +127% −35% $235.8M 326 $212 79

Sun Mar 9 #25 $40.9K −41% −47% $235.8M 326 $125 80

Mon Mar 10 #25 $16.6K −59% −21% $235.9M 326 $51 81

Tue Mar 11 #25 $25.4K +53% −5% $235.9M 326 $78 82

Wed Mar 12 #23 $22.0K −13% −12% $235.9M 326 $68 83

Thu Mar 13 #22 $19.0K −14% −13% $235.9M 326 $58 84

Fri Mar 14 #26 $25.7K +35% −16% $236.0M 142 $181 85

Sat Mar 15 #26 $32.1K +25% −53% $236.0M 142 $226 86

Sun Mar 16 #26 $24.5K −24% −40% $236.0M 142 $173 87

Mon Mar 17 #26 $7.5K −69% −55% $236.0M 142 $53 88

Tue Mar 18 #26 $9.1K +22% −64% $236.0M 142 $64 89

Wed Mar 19 #26 $7.4K −19% −66% $236.0M 142 $52 90

Thu Mar 20 #27 $6.6K −11% −65% $236.0M 142 $47 91

Fri Mar 21 #27 $14.0K +111% −45% $236.1M 111 $126 92

Sat Mar 22 #29 $18.5K +32% −42% $236.1M 111 $167 93

Sun Mar 23 #28 $12.3K −33% −50% $236.1M 111 $111 94

Mon Mar 24 #25 $5.5K −55% −27% $236.1M 111 $49 95

Tue Mar 25 #25 $7.9K +45% −13% $236.1M 111 $72 96

Wed Mar 26 #24 $7.5K −6% +0% $236.1M 111 $67 97

Thu Mar 27 #25 $7.2K −4% +9% $236.1M 111 $65 98

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$235.4M

Dec 20Jan 6Jan 24Feb 10Feb 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $366.7K

$60.1M

$37.0M

$21.4M

$11.4M

$8.6M

$5.3M

$3.3M

$1.8M

$848.3K

$366.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,769 → 591 −84.3%

3,761 open591 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.8%

−38.4%

W1→2

−42.3%

W2→3

−46.8%

W3→4

−24.2%

W4→5

−38.2%

W5→6

−38.7%

W6→7

−45.0%

W7→8

−52.6%

W8→9

−56.8%

W9→10

Steepest −56.8%Best hold −24.2%

Run milestones

$200M in 23 days

$100M

Day 8

Dec 27

$200M

Day 23

Jan 11

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#4 Biggest video game moviesAll-time $236.1M #5 Biggest Christmas openingsAll-time $60.1M #18 Biggest December openingsAll-time $60.1M

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