Ryan Coogler's “Sinner” is at a pace that raises at least $330 million on Warner Bros.'s global ticket sales.
For example, ticket sales at that level are comparable to “Get Out,” which won the Jordan Peel Oscar Award for $256 million in 2017, or $337 million if adjusted for inflation. Of the original horror films, “The Cinner” is the largest since 2018 when John Krasinski's “A Quiet Place” won $440 million in dollars today.
From a horror film perspective that launches the franchise, “Sinners” ranks higher than John Carpenter's original “Halloween,” which produced $47 million in 1978, or the adjusted $241 million. “Sinner” is in line with Wes Craven's first “Screams” ($358 million), far surpassing James Wang's “SAW” ($180 million) and Oren Peli's “Paranormal” ($293 million).
As part of the series, Coogler didn't imagine the “sinner,” a bold Southern vampire fantasy set in the 1930s. “I wanted the movie to feel like a complete meal. I wanted your appetizers, starters, entrees, desserts – everything there,” he told Ebony Magazine. “I wanted it to be all-round and finished.”
But if Coogler changed his mind, “The Crime” could easily start one, giving him great power in Hollywood, especially with Warner Bros.
“What's impressing everyone is how deeply the film is bringing back with audiences to keep watching and expanding it,” said David A. Gross, a film consultant who publishes a newsletter on box office numbers, on Friday.
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