{"id":55280,"date":"2025-04-27T17:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/55280\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T17:19:08","slug":"minecraft-box-office-hits-816-million-sinners-surpasses-161-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/55280\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Minecraft’ Box Office Hits $816 Million, ‘Sinners’ Surpasses $161 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWarner Bros. has dominated at the box office in April as \u201cA Minecraft Movie<\/a>\u201d and \u201cSinners<\/a>\u201d continue to shatter expectations.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver the weekend, \u201cMinecraft\u201d collected $37.8 million overseas and $60.5 million worldwide in its fourth weekend of release. Meanwhile, \u201cSinners\u201d added $13.5 million internationally and $58.5 million globally in its sophomore outing. For the second consecutive weekend, Warner has nabbed the No. 1 and 2 spots on international, domestic and global box office charts. It\u2019s an especially promising reversal in fortunes because the studio suffered a rough start to 2025 with the theatrical flops of\u00a0Robert De Niro\u2019s \u201cThe Alto Knights\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and Bong Joon Ho and Robert Pattinson\u2019s\u00a0\u201cMickey 17<\/a>\u201d (and that\u2019s after ending last year with the misfire \u201cJoker: Folie \u00e0 Deux\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA Minecraft Movie\u201d has grossed $436.6 million overseas and $816 million globally, ranking as the biggest Hollywood movie of the year to date. Top foreign markets include the United Kingdom ($67.1 million), Germany ($33.7 million), Australia ($31.8 million) and Mexico ($28.4 million).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSinners,\u201d so far, has generated $39.1 million internationally and $161.6 million worldwide against a $90 million production budget. The R-rated horror movie isn\u2019t resonating as strongly at the overseas box office, though it\u2019s still holding steady with ticket sales down just 14% from last weekend. In North America, \u201cSinners\u201d scored a massive $45 million in its second outing<\/a>, the rare film with a sophomore weekend that nearly matched its debut.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSinners,\u201d which director Ryan Coogler filmed using Imax cameras, has been a force on premium screens. In Imax alone, the movie has added $12.3 million worldwide over the weekend, boosting its overall tally to $20.6 million. Those ticket sales represent 19% of the film\u2019s overall gross.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2018Sinners\u2019 is taking on the aura of a must-see cultural phenomenon, and the way Imax screens are leading that charge is reminiscent of what we\u2019ve seen with recent cinematic events like \u2018Oppenheimer\u2019 and \u2018Dune: Part Two,\u2019\u201d said Imax\u2019s CEO, Rich Gelfond. \u201cRyan Coogler has clearly nailed the zeitgeist with this film.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, Disney proved the force remains strong with \u201cStar Wars: Episode III \u2013 Revenge of the Sith.\u201d The space opera prequel returned to theaters for its 20th anniversary, grossing a massive $17 million from 34 territories, including Germany ($4.6 million), the U.K. ($2.3 million) and Mexico ($1.7 million). \u201cRevenge of the Sith\u201d also collected $25.2 million domestically for a global weekend total of $42 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn terms of new releases, Ben Affleck\u2019s action sequel \u201cThe Accountant 2\u201d launched with $13.7 million from 71 markets. Top markets include Mexico with $1.5 million, the U.K. with $1.2 million and Australia with $1.2 million. The R-rated film also earned $24.5 million in North America, bringing its worldwide haul to $38.2 million. Amazon MGM backed \u201cThe Accountant 2,\u201d which carries a steep $80 million price tag. That means the follow-up to 2016\u2019s \u201cThe Accountant,\u201d which introduced Affleck\u2019s savant accountant who knows his way around a gun, needs to continue resonating across the globe to justify its budget. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warner Bros. has dominated at the box office in April as \u201cA Minecraft Movie\u201d and \u201cSinners\u201d continue to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[1078,77,3943,4941,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-55280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-a-minecraft-movie","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-sinners","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114411075686714230","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}