Itsglobal take is$63.5M.
From the looks of it, the entire audience was transfixed, relishing the originality of this vampire film.
Its clear:Warner Broshas an awards-season contender on their hand inSinners.
Michael B. Jordan in ‘Sinners’Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection
If it emulatesA Quiet Placeat a 3.7x multiple off its opening, thenSinnersgets to $178M.
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Also, we forgot to say thatSinnersawakened the horror box office.
Ryan Coogler has raised the bar on genre.
‘Pride and Prejudice’ (2005)Focus Features/courtesy Everett Collection
This is a big win both for original content and a big win for films based on existing IP.
AMC congratulates our studios partners for making moviegoing an event for audiences of every age.
Let the record show that Warner Bros with both titles contributed 64% of the entire weekends box office.
Among all Easter weekend openings,Sinnersranks 9th.
The top 10 locations overall are: 1.
AMC Lincoln Square New York, 2.
Regal Atlantic Station Atlanta, 3.
AMC Southlake Pavilion Atlanta, 4.
AMC Universal Citywalk Los Angeles, 5.
Regal Edwards MarqE Houston, 6.
AMC Metreon San Francisco, 7.
AMC Burbank, 8.
AMC Empire New York, 9.
Regal Irvine Spectrum Los Angeles, and 10.
AMC Grove Los Angeles.
The top cities are: 1.
Los Angeles, 2.
New York, 3.
Washington DC, 7.
San Francisco, 9.
Philadelphia, and 10.
Sunday AM updates in bold:
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The pair work together to help Miku forge emotional connections through music.
Massive walk-up here with 61% of the audience yesterday buying their ticket same-day per Screen Engine/Comscores PostTrak.
A $40M start for an original movie in a post-strike-streaming-Covid era is to be commended.
Men and women over 25 respectively gave the 2-hour and 17-minute running film 93% positive.
The under 18 crowd who made it intoSinnersgave the movie an A+.
Well get into the economics onSinnersin a bit.
We dont often think of horror pairing with bunnies, peeps, lilies and chocolate.
HadA Minecraftmovie launched this weekend, it would run into Disney/Marvel StudiosThunderbolts*two weeks from now.
In the case ofSinners, the movie is counter-programming to the MCU title in its R-rated sensibility.
Currently, AMC Lincoln Square in NYC is the top grossing multiplex with $114K.
Another 45% told PostTrak they were eager to see a sequel to the movie.
Eighty-one percent plan on telling their friends to seeSinnersin a theater, no matter what; not at home.
Some studios wouldnt make this movie at this level.
There was a rival offer to makeSinnersat $90M.
NolansDunkirkcost $100M, andInterstellarwas $165M.
Others studios were offering first dollar gross for the project.
I understand Coogler pushed his definition back to pay for any budget overages.
The movie was shot with Louisiana tax credits.
Heres how the rest of the weekend is looking:
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)Sinners(WB) 3308 theaters, Fri $19.2M, 3-day $40M/Wk 1
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Both projections could go higher as the weekend continues, per sources.
Some seeMinecraftpotentially hitting $50M; Minecraft is playing at 4,032 theaters, whileSinnersis at 3,308 sites.
Its the second time that Warner Bros has led the Easter weekend box office in the No.
Jordan and co-star Hailee Steinfeld are socially activated with 24M followers apiece.
That will take its running cume before Easter Monday to an estimated$45M.
Its 10-day total would stand at$28M.
That movie ended its U.S.-Canada run at $574.9M.A Minecraft Movieends its second week with $102.9M.
One of the two movies will wind up as No.
1 during the Easter holiday frame with respective weekend takes of $40M+.
Who can ding a studio for owning the top two slots over a holiday weekend?
The movie gets 3 stars from PostTrak audiences and a 50% definite recommend.
The rest of the week is as follows:
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