On March 30, two big blockbusters calibrated for an audience in love with video games and pop culture were released in cinemas in France. On one side was Morbius from Sony Pictures and Marvel; and on the other, Sonic 2, produced by Paramount Pictures. Two heroes who therefore clashed at the box office and the result is clear: it is SEGA’s blue hedgehog which largely dominates with nearly 750,000 admissions in one week. It’s almost double that of Morbius, which started off with almost 404,000 tickets sold, which is far from disgusting. However, as a comparison with the other Sony Spider-Men Universe films, it is much worse since Venom 1 and Venom 2 respectively attracted 941,000 and 676,000 spectators in the same first week. And that we do not come either to say that the quality of the footage comes into play, we are part of the media which largely prefer Morbius to this filth that are the two Venom films. It remains to be seen how attendance for these films will fare internationally, given that the first Sonic ended its run at $306.8 million in 2020. It was one of the last films to hit theaters just before the beginning of the COVID pandemic in the world…
Here is the Top 5 French entries from March 30 to April 5, 2022
1/ Sonic 2: 749,372 admissions (new) – 675 copies
2/ Morbius: 403,848 entries (new) – 671 copies
3/ In body: 332,971 admissions (new) – 413 copies
4/ The Batman: 168,390 admissions (2,813,946 admissions in 5 weeks) – 827 copies
5/ Notre-Dame Brûle: 134,038 admissions (659,821 admissions in 3 weeks) – 881 copies