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Sinners isn’t going anywhere. In an A.V. Club investigation of the racial bias apparent in the caveat-filled reporting on the film’s massive first weekend, Craig D. Lindsey wrote, “Maybe a strong second weekend will make both Hollywood and media outlets realize this isn’t a fluke, and that Coogler should join the untouchable ranks of superstar auteurs like Nolan, Tarantino, and Peele.” Well, that’s exactly what happened. The film brought in a jaw-dropping $45 million this past weekend, a mere 6% decline from its $48 million opening. That’s one of the smallest second weekend drops in the history of cinema for a movie playing outside the year-end holidays, per The Hollywood Reporter.
More specifically, Sinners now holds the record for smallest second-weekend drop of any film opening to more than $40 million since 2009’s Avatar, and any R-rated film, period, the outlet reports. The $90 million title’s domestic tally has now surpassed $120 million, while its worldwide total sits at an impressive $162 million as of this writing. That’s great news for both Warner Bros. and, of course, Ryan Coogler himself, who will own 100% of the movie after 25 years thanks to his unorthodox deal with the studio.
But despite all that (deserved) attention around the Michael B. Jordan-led smash hit, it wasn’t the only film to break box office records this weekend. The other traveled for two decades from a galaxy far, far away. Disney’s 20th anniversary re-release of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith flew second place this weekend with a $25 million haul. That’s one of the top opening weekends ever for a re-release, according to THR. Seems like the concept of movie theaters isn’t so “outdated” after all.
Check out the rest of the top 10, which also includes another re-release at number 9, below (courtesy of Box Office Mojo):
- Sinners, $45,000,000
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (20th anniversary re-release), $25,200,000
- The Accountant 2, $24,492,743
- A Minecraft Movie, $22,720,000
- Until Dawn, $8,015,000
- The King of Kings, $4,018,664
- The Amateur, $3,800,000
- Warfare, $2,652,229
- Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (2025 re-release), $2,620,076
- The Legend of Ochi, $1,443,157
