‘Sinners’ bites off a phenomenal 2nd weekend as a 20-year-old Star Wars movie takes 2nd place

Horror movies are often one-week wonders at the box office but Ryan Coogler s Sinners is defying the odds and proving to be true event cinema In its second weekend in theaters Sinners earned million in ticket sales from theaters in the U S and Canada according to studio estimates Sunday That s down a miniscule from its Easter holiday launch the smallest drop in any genre since Avatar in Worldwide Sinners has now made million For the industry the showing proves the film s reach has broadened beyond horror fans to mainstream audiences wanting to see what the hype is about Last weekend men made up of the audience This weekend the gender divide narrowed to Premium large format showings like the mm IMAX screens are also a big draw IMAX screens worldwide accounted for chosen of the second weekend globally a nearly increase from last weekend The original ensemble movie starring Michael B Jordan as twins rode into theaters on a wave of great reviews And to be fair Sinners isn t totally a horror film It blends elements of drama action and musical into its southern gothic milieu That s one of the lowest second weekend holds for an overperforming wide release ever declared Paul Dergarabedian the senior media analyst for Comscore It s an absolute phenomenon Hollywood expects considerable drop off in a movie s second week of release Even a dip is considered a solid number baked into the movie math When it s anything less than that it s notable You can buy a great opening weekend with marketing but if a movie doesn t have the goods it ll drop off Dergarabedian disclosed There s no greater barometer of success than a second weekend hold like this Sinners easily topped the biggest new competition this week The Accountant a sequel starring Ben Affleck and disclosed by Amazon MGM Studios which opened in third place with an estimated million in its first weekend Gavin O Connor directed the film which played in theaters in North America Audiences gave it a promising A- CinemaScore The film that beat The Accountant for second place was a -year-old Star Wars movie Revenge of the Sith The anniversary re-release took in an estimated million over the weekend with a multitude of sellouts disclosed more than doubling last year s release of The Phantom Menace Internationally it earned million from territories giving it a million global weekend It s one of the top grossing re-releases ever A Minecraft Movie landed in fourth place with million bringing its domestic total to around million The Minecraft and Sinners wins have meant a huge boost for the April box office which is up from April The annual box office is also up over from last year after running at a double-digit deficit in March And this is all happening right before the industry s summer movie season kicks off on May with Disney s Thunderbolts asterisk There cannot be a better opening act for the summer movie season than this weekend Dergarabedian stated