The weekend box office is on fire, with ticket sales over 100% compared to the same executives last year.
The fire is led by Warner Bros. ‘ SinnersDirected by Ryan Coogler and with Michael B. Jordan. Before its second release, the film was to compete with Ben Affleck-Starrer The accountant 2 For first place with $ 20 million to 25 million dollars.
But the photo of Vampire of a supernatural period continues to challenge every chance and is now underway to stay easily n ° 1 at the national level with a phenomenal of $ 42 million at $ 44 million after winning $ 13 million on Friday (rival studios all bet on the higher number). Anyway, Sinners – which opened its doors to $ 48 million per week – could enjoy one of the smallest drops in history for a film playing outside the end of year holidays
Accelerated with practically perfect audience scores and best criticisms of the already acclaimed career of the coogler filmmaker, Sinners turned into a rare title which has become a feeling of aquatic colors on the run. It is expected to finish on Sunday with a 10 -day CUME which hovers about $ 120 million in a major victory for the cinema chiefs in Warners, Pamela Abdy and Michael de Luca.
The new Amazon MGM Studios action thriller The accountant 2 and the release of the 20th anniversary of Disney from Lucasfilm Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith also feed the boom (ditto for warners’ A minecraft filmwhich remains at the top of the painting of its fourth weekend). According to whom you ask, the order of the three films varies and will not be determined until Sunday or even Monday.
The accountant 2 Hope a second place with 23 million promising dollars at 25 million dollars after having marked solid opinions and exit scores, including an A-Cinemascore. It would be a victory while Amazon MGM increases its theatrical ambitions (it is now the house of the James Bond franchise).
The first An accountantPublished by Warners, opened at $ 24.7 million in 2016 on the way to bringing $ 155.5 million worldwide and becoming the most first -row digital film in 2017.
Affleck meeting and director Gavin O’Connor, Accountant 2 Currently, a 76% score of 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, compared to 53% rotten for the first film. Consumers are much more delighted, judging by the current current score of 93% of rotten tomatoes of 93% of the suite.
Affleck produced the rest via his actions as artists and Matt Damon, alongside Lynette Howell Taylor for 51 Entertainment and Mark Williams for Zero Gravity Management. The film made its world premiere in SXSW last month, winning the public prize for the headliner section.
Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Daniella Pineda, Allison Robertson and JK Simmons Co-Star Accountant 2Who sees the character of Affleck forced to intervene and help resolve the murder of an old acquaintance with the help of his distant brother and an agent of the American treasure. Together, they discover a fatal plot, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will not stop at anything to keep their secrets buried.
Revenge of the Sith Looking for a weekend of $ 21 million at $ 23 million, which would be one of the best rehabilitation openings (a rival shows the film winning 25 million dollars). The crown belongs to the years 1977 Star Warswhich brought in $ 35.9 million when he released in theaters again in 1997, not adjusted for inflation, according to Comscore.
THE Star Wars The revival comes in the middle of the 20th anniversary of the final of the prequel films of George Lucas. The prequelles, although divisor at the time, are not more and more appreciated in recent years, with a generation of children who have grown with them by considering them their favorite trilogy of Star Wars. Star Hayden Christensen received a greeting from Rock Star-Esque last week during the celebration of Star Wars in Tokyo, while he and Sith Star Ewan McGregor has resumed his roles for the Disney + series Kenobi Obi-Wan In 2022, returning their versions of the characters to the Zeitgeist.
In terms of more recent reminders in the franchise, Star Wars: The Phantom MenacHe won $ 8.7 million during his opening weekend in May 2024, while the replay of Star Wars: Back to Jedi reported $ 5.1 million at the end of April 2023.
Both Accountant 2 And Sinners are classified R and compete with Revenge of the Sith For male attention, although the latter has the advantage of also playing with families.
Screen Gem and Sony horror offer Up to dawn Seek to complete the first five with a forgettable opening in the range of $ 7 million to $ 8 million.
