Looks like Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan have another hit on their hands! Their new vampire thriller, Sinners, is absolutely crushing it, holding strong at the top of the box office for the second weekend in a row. Even with a fresh wave of competition — including Ben Affleck’s much-anticipated The Accountant 2, Sony’s horror adaptation Until Dawn, and Disney’s nostalgic re-release of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith — Sinners is still leading the pack.
On Friday alone, Sinners pulled in a massive $13 million, barely dropping 8% from its opening day numbers — and that’s without counting early preview screenings. For context, that's an insanely small dip, especially when you consider how fast movies typically fall off after their debut. Plus, Warner Bros. even added a few more theaters, expanding from 3,308 to 3,347 locations, which no doubt helped keep the momentum going.
🔵 Fun Fact: IMAX and premium-large format showings accounted for 20% of Sinners’ revenue on its opening weekend. Audiences are clearly showing up for the biggest and best screen experience!
Despite its hefty $90 million production budget, Sinners is completely outperforming every industry projection out there. Last weekend, it blew away the competition, topping A Minecraft Movie and snagging the title of biggest debut for an original film since 2019. With such stellar daily holds, the movie is set to cross the $100 million mark domestically by Saturday — that's less than nine days into its run.
And get this — some box office insiders are predicting Sinners could pull off a second-weekend drop of under 10%! If that happens, it would be the best hold for a $45M+ opener since Meet the Fockers slipped just 9.5% way back in 2004...and that was during Christmas week! Sinners is achieving this without the holiday magic boost, which makes it even more of a unicorn in today's movie market.
🎯 Big Picture: This kind of performance signals something important — moviegoers are still hungry for fresh, original blockbuster content, not just reboots and sequels. When the right talent gets behind the camera and in front of it, people show up.
Meanwhile, over in sequel-land, The Accountant 2 isn’t doing too shabby either. Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal are back as deadly brothers, and the action-packed follow-up pulled in $9.4 million on Friday, including preview screenings, across 3,610 theaters. It's currently pacing toward a $25 million opening weekend, which edges out the $24 million debut of the first Accountant movie back in 2016.
The first Accountant was a solid hit, ending its global theatrical run with $155 million, and later becoming one of the top-rented digital movies in 2017. That post-theater success definitely played a big part in greenlighting this sequel. This time around, The Accountant 2 cost a steeper $80 million to produce — nearly double the original’s $45 million price tag.
And it’s connecting with audiences! CinemaScore surveys came back with an impressive A- rating, meaning word of mouth could keep this one steady for a while.
However, when you stack Accountant 2 against Amazon MGM’s past projects, there might be a little bit of side-eye happening behind the scenes. Remember last fall’s Red One starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans? It opened with $32 million against a jaw-dropping $250 million budget. Amazon later spun that as a streaming victory, arguing the real win comes from launching big movies on Prime Video. So even if The Accountant 2 doesn’t smash records theatrically, Amazon’s likely banking on long-term streaming success too.
Switching gears to a galaxy far, far away — Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is flexing some serious staying power in its re-release. Disney’s decision to bring George Lucas’ 2005 epic back to theaters is paying off, as Sith earned a stellar $11.3 million on Friday and preview screenings. It’s tracking toward a three-day haul north of $20 million, which could even push it past The Accountant 2 into the #2 spot for the weekend.
👀 Heads up, Star Wars fans: Revenge of the Sith is more than doubling the re-release numbers for The Phantom Menace's 25th anniversary ($8 million) and blowing past Return of the Jedi’s 40th anniversary re-release ($5.1 million). Talk about a glow-up for one of the prequels! (And just a little tease — Attack of the Clones will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2027. Maybe another theater party then?)
Now, let’s talk about some newcomers. Until Dawn, Sony and Screen Gems’ creepy video game-to-movie adaptation, hit theaters in 3,055 locations. Directed by David F. Sandberg (you might know him from the Shazam! movies), this horror flick snagged $3.2 million on Friday and is looking at a three-day total a little north of $7 million.
Unfortunately, Until Dawn might not have much staying power. Critics have been lukewarm, and the audience CinemaScore came in at a C+. Not terrible, but definitely not great either. On the bright side, it was a relatively low-risk bet for Sony — the film only cost around $15 million to make.
Meanwhile, A Minecraft Movie is still digging away at the box office. Warner Bros. and Legendary’s hit pulled another $5.1 million on Friday in its fourth weekend, pushing it toward a $377 million domestic total by Sunday. That’s enough to leapfrog Jurassic World Dominion ($376 million) and secure the 58th spot on the all-time North American box office list — and it's still climbing! Worldwide, it already crossed the $700 million mark earlier this week.
📈 Quick Stat: A Minecraft Movie isn't just a one-hit wonder — it’s becoming a legitimate long-term box office player, even outlasting some traditional summer blockbusters.
And last but not least, indie darling A24 is giving The Legend of Ochi a wider audience this weekend. Isaiah Saxon’s fantasy adventure expanded to 1,150 theaters and made about $610,000 on Friday. It’s on track for a weekend gross in the low seven figures. Not bad for a quirky, artsy project trying to find its niche among all these franchise juggernauts.
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