Japan Synopsis
“A whole new speed of hero.”
Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until Sonic sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik. Now it’s super-villain vs. super-sonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from using Sonic’s unique power for world domination.
Audience Engagement
8,901 audience reviews — more than 100% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Sonic the Hedgehog. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Original Film
Action + Science Fiction in Japan
324 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sonic the Hedgehog itself).
The 2019–2021 Japan Window
Sonic the Hedgehog holds position #229 of 500 Japan films in the 2019–2021 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sonic the Hedgehog premiered alongside 149 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 39m runtime, production spent $859K per minute on screen and earned $3.2M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 149 other Japan films in 2020.
The 4079th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Sonic the Hedgehog, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- live action and animation · 5
- hedgehog · 2
- bar fight · 1
- flossing · 1
- duringcreditsstinger · 26
- video game · 23
- road trip · 23
- california · 20
- cop · 13
- live action remake · 9
- san francisco · 8
- friendship · 134
- based on video game · 90
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,529 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (67th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #652 of 1,714 (top 38%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Original Film, Blur Studio, Marza Animation Planet, Paramount, SEGA |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | February 12, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt3794354 |
| Official Site | www.paramountmovies.com |