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‘Sinners’ Beats ‘Minecraft’ At Box Office

Sinners

Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan, dominated the weekend box office. In a surprise upset, the movie beat fellow Warners blockbuster A Minecraft Movie and topped the chart with an estimated $45.6 million from 3,308 theaters, including Imax screens, well ahead of an expected $40 million. Based on Friday’s gross of $19.2 million, Sinners looked to open to the latter figure, but a spike in walk-up Saturday business changed the landscape.

Sinners achieved its victory after earning near-perfect reviews and stellar audience scores. Overseas, it started off with $15.4 million from select markets, for a global total of $61 million.

Minecraft, now in its third weekend, jumped the $700 million mark globally. Overseas, Minecraft pulled in another huge $59 million for a global total of $720.8 million, including $344.6 million domestically and $376.2 million overseas.

The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, April 20, are as follows:

#TitleDistributor NameWeekend Total # of LocsLoc AvgCume Total% Change
1SinnersWarner Bros.$45,600,0003,308$13,785$45,600,000
2Minecraft Movie, AWarner Bros.$41,300,0004,032$10,243$344,627,000-47.39%
3King of Kings, TheAngel Studios$17,273,8693,535$4,887$45,339,117-11%
4Amateur, The20th Century Studios$7,200,0003,400$2,118$27,322,711-51%
5WarfareA24$4,855,6362,670$1,819$17,120,833-41.62%
6DropUniversal$3,350,0003,089$1,084$13,482,000-55%
7Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t SingGKIDS$2,767,704800$3,460$2,767,704
8Pride & Prejudice (2005)Focus Features$2,700,0001,393$1,938$41,292,000
9Chosen: Last Supper (Season 5) Part 3, TheFathom Entertainment$1,800,528653$2,757$11,605,420-71.54%
10Disney’s Snow WhiteDisney$1,172,0001,650$710$84,569,889-60%
11Working Man, AAmazon MGM Studios$1,168,4361,877$623$35,890,000-61%
12Wedding Banquet, TheBleecker Street$922,9061,142$808$922,906