Ryan Coogler’s original blockbuster is winning over more than just genre fans and IMAX enthusiasts, showing early signs of what could be a leggy box office run reminiscent of Jordan Peele’s GET OUT.
The top “original” vampire movie box office opening (so, not TWILIGHT) belongs to HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA’s $42.5 million 13 years ago. Will Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS take a bite out of that benchmark?
MINECRAFT will ride the ‘chicken jockey’ meme into the start of healthy chase weekends, while THE KING OF KINGS looks to set a new Biblical animation record and a slew of releases add variety to the spring market.
Theaters (and studios) need something to move the needle after one of the lowest-attended first quarters at the box office in the last four decades. MINECRAFT looks to be it.
Marvel returns to the summer kick-off spot with their next ensemble-driven chapter. Will THUNDERBOLTS* mark a step toward audience sentiment rebound before FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS bows in July?
Can a pre-MCU summer kick-off weekend defy historical trends and deliver a crop of solid mid-range box office openers on a typically slow frame?
