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'Sonic' speeds past a box office record, the success of 'Parasite' isn't slowing down and Tiffany Boone is addressing her exit from 'The Chi' following her sexual misconduct claims. Here are the top stories you should know.

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00:00Sonic speeds past a box office record,

00:02the success of Parasite isn't slowing down,

00:04and Tiffany Boone is addressing her exit from The Chi

00:07following her sexual misconduct claims.

00:09I'm Tiffany Taylor, and right now,

00:11I've got the top stories you need to know today

00:13from The Hollywood Reporter News.

00:14First, Sonic the Hedgehog, starring James Marsden,

00:16Jim Carrey, and Ben Schwartz,

00:18as the voice of Sonic sped past the competition

00:21and expectations at the box office this weekend,

00:23debuting with a $70 million haul.

00:26This marks Paramount's biggest domestic opening

00:28since Mission Impossible Fallout over a year and a half ago.

00:31Now, every Hollywood studio has its ups and downs

00:33at the box office, but Paramount has endured a dismal run,

00:37topped by big-budget misses such as Gemini Man

00:39and Terminator Dark Fate in late 2019.

00:42Sonic marks an important victory for the studio,

00:44after scoring the top opening of all time

00:47for a video game adaptation.

00:50I was not expecting that.

00:53But I was expecting not to expect something,

00:54so it doesn't count.

00:55The live-action CGI hybrid,

00:57based on the popular Sega video game,

00:59was hardly a sure bet.

01:00The family film's release date

01:02was pushed back three months,

01:03after first-time feature director Jeff Fowler

01:06announced he was redesigning the title character,

01:08after a loud outcry over the first trailer.

01:11I'm going to give you five seconds to tell me where it is.

01:15Wait, don't hurt him!

01:17Ah!

01:18Heading into the weekend,

01:19Sonic was tracking to gross roughly $45 to $50 million

01:23for the four-day holiday.

01:24Its three-day gross of $58 million beat those projections alone,

01:28while the estimated four-day gross of $70 million

01:30represents the fourth-best domestic showing

01:32for the President's Day weekend.

01:34In more box office news,

01:35the success of Bong Joon-ho's Parasite

01:37is not slowing down anytime soon.

01:39THR's Neha Joy in New York has more.

01:42Following its historic best picture victory at the 2020 Oscars,

01:45the South Korean dark comedy thriller

01:47made its biggest push yet in the U.S.,

01:49expanding from 1,060 locations to 2,001

01:53over the President's Day holiday weekend.

01:55The move proved to be a good one

01:56since Parasite raced up the chart to number seven

01:59with $6.8 million,

02:00making this the film's top weekend gross to date.

02:03Globally, the film has been a massive success.

02:06Parasite celebrated its Academy Award victory

02:08by zooming past the $200 million mark for CJ Entertainment,

02:11despite the fact that it opened in many key markets,

02:14including South Korea, months ago.

02:16This past weekend, it earned another $12.8 million

02:19for a foreign tally of $161.1 million.

02:23Its worldwide gross of $205 million includes $44.49 million

02:28in ticket sales in the U.S.,

02:29where it now ranks number four on the list

02:31of the top-grossing foreign language films of all time.

02:34Box office analysts put Parasite's final U.S. gross

02:37at $50 million or more,

02:38with some saying the film could even approach $60 million.

02:41Parasite is the first non-English language film

02:43to ever win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

02:46It also won for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay,

02:49and Best International Picture.

02:51Finally, Tiffany Boone is addressing her 2018 exit

02:54from Showtime's The Shy,

02:56following her sexual misconduct claims

02:57against her then-co-star, Jason Mitchell.

03:00Neha Joy has more on that story, too.

03:02Boone opened up on her Instagram account,

03:04further explaining her decision to leave the series,

03:06saying she deeply loved Chicago and felt honored

03:09and privileged to be a part of telling their story,

03:11and adding,

03:12you don't carelessly leave a hit show

03:14that is praised by your community.

03:16But she continues,

03:17the weight of what I was leaving behind felt like a ton,

03:19but the weight of my responsibility

03:21to speak up was even heavier.

03:23Following Boone's accusations,

03:24which came alongside similar allegations

03:26from The Shy showrunner, Ayanna Floyd Davis,

03:29against Mitchell,

03:30the actor was subsequently fired from the series.

03:32He was also let go from his job

03:34at Netflix's Desperados,

03:35and was also dropped by his management,

03:37lawyer, and agent.

03:39Boone left The Shy in its second season.

03:41She had previously expressed concerns

03:43about Mitchell's behavior to HR

03:45and to high-level producers during season one,

03:47but she says nothing was ever done

03:49to rectify the situation.

03:51She explains in part,

03:52"'Once we started filming season two,

03:53"'I quickly realized that not everyone was interested

03:56"'in creating a work environment

03:57"'that was conducive to each person

03:59"'feeling safe, seen, and heard.

04:01"'I felt that if I didn't speak up,

04:02"'other voices that were trying to be heard

04:04"'would be silenced.'"

04:05The actress now stars in Jordan Peele's

04:07Amazon show, Hunters,

04:08and the Hulu miniseries, Little Fires Everywhere.

04:11For much more on all these stories

04:12and the latest Hollywood news,

04:13head to THR.com,

04:15and be sure to subscribe to our THR News YouTube channel.

04:18Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

04:20I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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