Box Office Drop: 'Sinners' Profits Slip 8% in Second Week
Sinners is expected to lead the box office for another week.
Variety reports The movie directed by Ryan Coogler earned $13 million on Friday, representing only an eight percent decline since last week. Additionally, the film screened in more cinemas over the weekend, increasing from 3,308 locations to 3,347.
The vampire thriller led over Ben Affleck's film. The Accountant 2 the adaptation of the video game Until Dawn , and Disney’s rerelease of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith . Sinners is now expected to surpass $100 million at the domestic box office by Saturday (April 26).
In its debut weekend, the film starring Michael B. Jordan earned $48 million at the domestic box office. $63.5 million globally , surpassing A Minecraft Movie And surpassing projection estimates to claim the top position. The outlet notes, "Holds have been excellent throughout the past week."
Variety is taking a different stance this weekend following criticism from celebrities—including Ben Stiller and Patrick Schwarzenegger—who slammed the outlet for sharing a tweet that seemed to minimize Sinners ' box office success .
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"Given that it’s an initial, R-rated horror movie, this outcome is quite positive; however, the Warner Bros. release came with a production cost of $90 million prior to adding international promotional expenditures, which means achieving profit could still be distant," as noted by Variety earlier this week.
Stiller quote-tweeted Variety ," he wrote, "In which dimension would a $60 million opening weekend for an original studio film deserve such a headline?"
Arnold adopted a more sarcastic tone, penning, "It's opening weekend ..."
Directed, penned, and produced in collaboration with others by Coogler, Sinners takes place in 1932 within the Mississippi Delta region, where twin brothers named Elijah " Smoke" Moore and Elias " Stack" Moore—both portrayed by Jordan—are drawn back to their home town with hopes of starting anew. However, they find themselves facing unworldly entities instead.
The movie also features Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Li Jun Li, Buddy Guy, and Delroy Lindo.
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