Horror movies are often a week at the box office, but Ryan Coogler’s“Sinners” He is challenging the chances and demonstrating to be the true event cinema.
In his second weekend in theaters, “Sinners” won $ 45 million in sales of cinemas in the United States and Canada, according to Studio Estimates Sunday. That is a tiny 6% of your Easter vacation launchThe smallest fall in any genre since “Avatar” in 2009. worldwide, “sinners” has now won $ 161.6 million.
For the industry, the exhibition demonstrates that the scope of the film has expanded beyond terror fans to conventional audiences that wish to see what exaggeration is about. Last weekend, men represented 56% of the audience. This weekend, the gender division was reduced to 50/50. Large large format format exhibitions, such as 70 mm IMAX screens, are also a great drawing. IMAX screens worldwide represented around 21% of the second weekend worldwide, an increase of almost 9% compared to last weekend.
The original film, starring Michael B. Jordan as twins, entered theaters in a wave of great criticism. And, to be fair, “sinners” is not simply a horror movie: it combines elements of drama, action and musical with its southern Gothic environment.
“That is one of the lowest weekend positions for a launch in general,” said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst. “It is an absolute phenomenon.”
Hollywood awaits a significant fall in the second week launching a movie. Even a 50% drop is considered a solid number, baked in the mathematics of the film. When it is something less than that, it is remarkable.
“You can buy an excellent opening weekend with marketing, but if a movie does not have the products, it will be left,” said Dergarabedian. “There is no greater successful barometer than a second weekend wait like this.”
The film was produced by Proximity Media by Coogler and Warner Bros., who handled the theatrical launch. After some disappointments at the beginning of the year, it is the second great victory for the study later “A Minecraft movie” He helped energize the box office earlier this month.
“The sinners” easily exceeded the new greatest competition this week: “The accountant 2” A sequel starring Ben Affleck and launched by Amazon MGM Studios, which opened in third place with an estimated $ 24.5 million in its first weekend. Gavin O’Connor directed the film, which played in 3,610 theaters in North America. The public gave a promising a-cinemascore.
The film that beat “The Accountant 2” for second place was a 20 -year -old Star Wars movie: “Revenge of the Sith”. The anniversary relaunch raised an estimate of $ 25.2 million during the weekend, with many informed sales, rather than duplicating last year’s launch of “The Phantom Menace”. Internationally, he won $ 17 million of 34 territories, giving him a global weekend of $ 42.2 million. It is one of the highest grossing relaunches.
“A Minecraft film” landed in fourth place with $ 22.7 million, which raised its total to national to around $ 380 million.
The terrifying adaptation to the video game “until dawn” also opened this weekend to an estimated $ 8 million. Sony Pictures released the film, starring her Rubin and Michael Cimino, who has won $ 18.1 million worldwide.
The “Minecraft” and “Sinners” victories have meant a great impulse for the April box office, which increases 102% since April 2024. The annual box office has also exceeded 10% last year after running in a two -digit deficit in March. And all this is happening just before the industry summer films season begins on May 2 with “Thunderbolts (Asterisk)” of Disney.
“There cannot be a better opening act for the summer films season than this weekend,” said Dergarabedian.
