The Call of the Wild isn’t strong enough to topple Sonic The Hedgehog at the box office

February 25, 2020 10:17

The newest adaptation of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild, starring Harrison Ford and set in the 1890s gold rush, has failed to topple Sonic The Hedgehog and Birds of Prey on its first weekend out.

The film took just $843,040 across 272 screens, a far cry from the $2.779m Sonic managed across 365 screens and Birds of Prey’s $1.180m across 299 screens.

The Call of the Wild hasn’t wowed audiences

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Hannah Blackiston

Hannah Blackiston was the deputy editor of Mumbrella. She worked with the company from March 2019 to November 2020.

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