Ryan Coogler's Sinners is continuing on as cinema's feel-good story of the year, demonstrating ongoing audience appeal.
Box office receipts are in for yesterday, and Sinners has remarkably defeated Marvel's Thunderbolts*, albeit just barely. Still, it bodes well for the vampire flick as it enters its fifth weekend of release. Conversely, Thunderbolts* The New Avengers is entering its third weekend of release.
The flip-flop in box office positions likely correlates with Sinners returning to select IMAX screens across the country.
While this is a remarkable accomplishment for Sinners, it won't take the top spot this weekend as that will likely be held by the latest Final Destination film, which opened to $5.5 million on advance Thursday previews.
Nevertheless, if Sinners continues to have such a low drop off from week-to-week, it's expected that the film will end its theatrical run very close to surpassing the $400 million global mark.
That's an astounding accomplishment, especially considering the fact that the beginning discourse about the film in its first week was that it wouldn't be profitable, no matter how good the reviews were, because it was an R-rated horror pic carrying a $90 million production budget.
The breakeven number for the film is estimated to be somewhere in the $230 million range and Sinners should far exceed that number.
Touted as the first must-see film of 2025, Sinners continues to exceed expectations, with its final box office total still difficult to pin down as it defies traditional trends. Some industry analysts project a finish north of $200 million, while others believe Sinners could ultimately close out with over $270 million worldwide.
With a $90 million production budget, the film currently stands at $186.7 million worldwide ($146.7M domestic/$40M international) and percentage-wise, shows very little drop-off from week to week.
About Sinners:
The night belongs to sinners. Only in theaters April 18.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
“You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.”
Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, “Sinners” stars Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku , Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Miles Caton, and Delroy Lindo.
The film is produced by Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler. The executive producers are Ludwig Göransson, Will Greenfield and Rebecca Cho.
Coogler’s behind-the-camera artisans include his “Black Panther” franchise collaborators: director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Oscar-winning production designer Hannah Beachler, editor Michael P. Shawver, Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, and Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter.