'Sonic the Hedgehog' has surpassed 'Detective Pikachu' with the best opening weekend for a video game adaptation movie.

The film - which was helmed by Jeff Fowler and is based on the Sega speedster - raked in $57 million (£43 million) at the box office, beating Rob Letterman's 2019 flick, which made $54 million (£41 million) during its launch period.

Chris Aronson, Paramount's president of domestic distribution, told Variety: "This movie exceeded [audience's] expectations.

© Bang Showbiz Sonic the Hedgehog's Jim Carrey

"That's a testament to that reset and terrific performances by Jim Carrey and the entire cast."

Carrey recently insisted he believes the redesign to 'Sonic the Hedgehog' made the film "much better".

The release date of the movie was pushed back after a fan backlash to the initial design of the hedgehog and the 'Dumb and Dumber' star, who plays villain Dr. Robotnik, felt that it "turned out to be a great thing".

He said: "It turned out to be a co-op where everybody was in on the creation. I think everybody felt good about it because ultimately (director) Jeff Fowler (had) no ego involved at all.

"He just went, 'These people grew up with it, and it's important to them that we get it right.' And I think it was just a much better movie because of it."

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The 58-year-old actor previously expressed concern about audiences getting involved in the design of characters.

He said: "I don't know quite how I feel about the audience being in on the creation of it, while it's happening. Sometimes you find that the collective consciousness decides it wants something and then when it gets it, it goes, 'OK, I don't want it'... You become a Frankenstein's monster at some point, right?"

Ben Schwarz, who voices the titular character, felt that the initial backlash demonstrated the passion that fans have for Sonic.

Ben said: "We had no idea if anybody even cared about the property. When that trailer came out, the idea that all of these people were so passionate and cared so much and had ideas was this huge rush to us because like, 'Oh, we have something special here. We can make this so special' and stuff like that.

"So it was almost like an energetic boost for us to be like, 'Okay, we're on a nice little course now, let's figure this out.'"