#BOXOFFFICE: “SONIC THE HEDGEHOG” RACES TO TOP SPOT IN OPENING

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 races its way to #1 in a stellar opening, making $69 million from 4,234 theatres for Paramount Pictures! This bests the $58 million its predecessor made in 2020. It garners 68% on the Tomatometer.

Second belongs to last week’s #1 movie MORBIUS, which earns $10 million for Sony Pictures, a two week total of $56.8 million.

THE LOST CITY lands in third with $9.7 million from 3,797 theatres for Paramount Pictures, a tally of $68.9 million to date.

Michael Bay‘s AMBULANCE debuts in fourth with $8.1 million from 3,412 theatres for Universal Pictures. It gets 69% on the Tomatometer.

THE BATMAN is at the bottom of the Top Five with $6.6 million for Warner Bros., a six week total $358 million.

#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “AMBULANCE”

Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto and Montreal a chance to win Advance Passes to see AMBULANCE.

Advance screenings are Wednesday, April 6, 2022 as follows:

• Toronto: Yonge & Dundas at 7:00 PM
• Montreal: Cinema Banque Scotia at 7:00 PM 

Synopsis:

Over one day across the streets of L.A., three lives will change forever.

In this breakneck thriller from director-producer Michael Bay, decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Candyman, The Matrix Resurrections), desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t—his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Zodiac, Spider-Man: Far From Home). A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million. With his wife’s survival on the line, Will can’t say no. 

But when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop clinging to life and ace EMT Cam Thompson (Eiza González, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Baby Driver) onboard. In a high-speed pursuit that never stops, Will and Danny must evade a massive, city-wide law enforcement response, keep their hostages alive, and somehow try not to kill each other, all while executing the most insane escape L.A. has ever seen. 

Ambulance is produced by Michael Bay, p.g.a., Bradley J. Fischer, p.g.a. (Zodiac, Shutter Island) for New Republic Pictures, James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, 2022’s Scream) and William Sherak (Ready or Not, 2022’s Scream) for Project X, and Oscar® nominee Ian Bryce (Transformers franchise, Saving Private Ryan).

The screenplay is by Chris Fedak (Prodigal Son, Chuck), based on the original story and screenplay for the 2005 Danish thriller Ambulancen by Laurits Munch-Petersen and Lars Andreas Pedersen.

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Universal Pictures Canada release AMBULANCE Friday, April 8, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)