For the second weekend running, the blood-soaked period horror film starring Michael B. Jordan, Jack O'Connell, Delroy Lindo, and Hailee Steinfeld ran laps around its competition before crossing the finish line first.
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 $45 million in ticket sales from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday. That’s down a miniscule 6% from its Easter holiday launch, the smallest drop in any genre since “Avatar” in 2009. Worldwide, “Sinners” has now made $161.6 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.
Called Sinners, the vampire horror film stars Hollywood A-lister, Michael B. Jordan, playing twins Smoke and Stack, who return to their sleepy hometown in Mississippi and try to open a blues bar.
