MARZA, the only Japan CG anime company to co-produce CG films with Hollywood. How did Sonic 100 billion yen box office come to fruition?

At the end of 2024, "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" is a super-sized Hollywood movie with a production cost of 120 million dollars (about 20 billion yen), but the box office revenue exceeds 480 million dollars (about 70 billion yen). It was the second-highest-grossing film of all time behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which became the highest-grossing Japan IP at over $1.3 billion at the same level of production cost (and the No. 1 live-action film of all time). Nintendo IP and Sega IP, 30 years ago in the game industry ......