Paramount Pictures has announced that the Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise has earned more than $1 billion at the global box office. The movie franchise--based on Sega's long-running video game series--kicked off back in February 2020 and has since expanded with two sequels,

The Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise has surpassed $1 billion at the global box office. The milestone figure was announced in a post on Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog X account. “Woo-hoo! The Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise zooms past $1 billion at the global box office! Thank you to the best fans in the world,” it reads.

It’s no secret that the Sonic the Hedgehog movies have been popular, but Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has catapulted Sega’s iconic character and his flicks over the $1 billion mark in gross sales worldwide. The movie came out in the middle of December and saw a great response immediately,

As 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' continues to flourish at the box office, the Sega movie franchise has grossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

The Sonic film franchise has now surpassed $1bn at the global box office, following the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 prior to Christmas. The latest film earned over $187m in the US, for a worldwide total of $336.