After the estimates of the industry, the third weekend of “A Minecraft Movie” is leading the “sinners” acclaimed by criticism at the Easter box office on Saturday morning, the two films of Warner Bros. have exchanged places at the top of the box office list while the horror film of Ryan Coogler is now estimated for an opening weekend of $ 45.6 million.
If this result holds, “Sinners” will pass the opening of $ 44.3 million in Jordan Peele’s film in 2022 “no” for the highest opening of an original film since the pandemic. Not only is it very likely, it would not be surprising that the total of the last weekend for “sinners” is higher than this current estimate since it takes advantage of the most spectacular critical and public criticism given to any recent memory film.
It starts with a Straight A of the public opening evening on Cinemascore, the first given to a horror film since the “aliens” of James Cameron in 1986. It then continues with a note of 5/5 and 84% “recommended” on posttrak and incredible Rotten tomatoes Scores of 98% criticism and 97% audience.
According to Posttrak, approximately three-fifths of the tickets sold for “sinners” on Friday were sales of appointments, showing at what speed this incredibly positive word of mouth is spreading. As planned for a film by the director of “Black Panther”, the black public is the first demographic group at 49% during the opening evening followed by 27% of white and 14% Latin, with extremely high scores in all demos.
This solid result is not enough to still pass “sinners” beyond the profitability threshold, because it has a net budget of $ 90 million net reported before marketing costs. But all the signs indicate the film very well, in particular with another weekend of Imax and a premium format support still before the arrival of the “Thunderbolts” of Marvel Studios. With an occasional audience that could hear about the film for the first time thanks to the post-liberation buzz, there is probably a section of the coogler fans base which has not yet seen the film because they are waiting for the ideal moment to see it on an IMAX screen.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros. ‘Another great success, “A Minecraft Movie”, is still part of the bar as the most profitable film of the 2025 with an excellent third weekend of $ 41.3 million, putting the national total of the film at $ 345 million and its world total at $ 720 million because it is now a lock to cross the brand of a billion dollars in the world. After a negative reception at his first trailer last year, the adaptation of the video game completely turned things with the family audience with his buzz focused on the same.
While “Sinners” and “Minecraft” led to the box office of its deep fracture of March and represent 64% of the brushes of this weekend, they mark a major victory for Warner Bros. The Michael of Luca and Pam Abdy cinema chiefs, who faced murmurs in the media, the reports that the CEO of Warner Discovery, David Zaslav, was planning to replace them.
“Sinners” in particular is a major victory for the two leaders, because it is part of a series of original films and focused on the authors on which by Luca and Abdy have marked major money in their efforts to reconstruct the image of Warner as a student adapted to the filmmaker following the departure of the Christian of the effort, of Luca and Abdyd for the conditions of extremely. Cooger to bring “sinners” to their slate, in particular the reference of the rights of the film to the director after 25 years.
“While we continue to strive to bring a range of movie films to moviegoers, we are delighted to see how the original film by Ryan Coogler ‘` Sinners”, and a film based on the favorite game of “Minecraft”, resonated with the public so stellar, “said Luca and Abdy in a statement on Sunday. “Films have the power to transport us in the worlds seen only on the big screen, and the images of Warner Bros. remain determined to bring singular experiences in the theater to the public in search of daring films, both original and those based on the existing beloved properties.”
The big original games by De Luca and Abdy will continue the coming year, while the criminal drama of Big Budget by Paul Thomas Anderson “One Battle After” will be released in theaters at the end of September with a similar level of support in premium format as “sinners”, followed by the stylized horror film of Maggie Gyllenhaal “The Bride!” in March 2026.
Warner Bros. is not the only studio with reasons to celebrate this Easter. The first animated version of Angel Studios, “The King of Kings”, continues its solid performance with $ 17.2 million in its second weekend and a total of 10.3 million dollars of 10 days.
The Christian public has shown in recent weeks with the success of “The Chosen: Last Supper” by Fathom that they have a lot of appetite for the cinematographic sockets of the Gospel and have again shown it because this Mofac animation production dropped only 12% compared to its opening weekend of $ 19 million.
“At Angel, our Angel Guild plays a crucial role in the selection of winners, and this film testifies to this vision,” said studios distribution Angel Brandon Pardie in a statement. “‘The King of Kings’ is an epic and emotional journey made for the big screen. The theaters respond by making room, and the audience flocks en masse, speaking loud and loud: they are there for stories that amplify the light.”
“The amateur” and “Warfare” by Disney / 20th Century and “Warfare” of the A24 complete the Top 5, with “The Amateur” totaling $ 6.8 million during its second weekend. The spying thriller with Rami Malek promises to be a theatrical failure with $ 27 million dollars and $ 64 million worldwide after two weekends against a budget of $ 60 million before marketing.
“Warfare” adds $ 4.8 million during its second weekend, which gives it a total of $ 17.1 million after two weekends. Although welcomed by the public, its graphic and realistic representation of the war in Iraq maintains its limited overview because it has not yet broken against its budget of $ 20 million.
Thanks largely to the punch of Warner, April was the Buster of drought that theaters seriously need as interior total for the year reached on Sunday $ 2 billion. After the first quarter of the year, it finished almost 12% behind that of 2024, the annual total of the year of the beginning of the year is now 6.2% before last year’s rate, while the deficit compared to the 2023 levels increased from 17% to 14.4%.
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