Box office analysts said, “Sinners” sold an estimated $ 46 million in tickets in North America since Thursday afternoon, box office analysts said, “In the 1930s, an original, R-remedted, slow-burning horror drama was contained in a brilliant result and black culture.” The reviews were enthusiastic.
But the film – directed, written and manufactured by Ryan Kougler – was expensive, analysts said, the cost of Warner Brothers is at least $ 150 million and in the market worldwide. The studios also agreed to demands by representatives of Mr. Kougler for unusually liberal compensation.
As a result, to make money for Warner Brothers, “sinners” will need to attract enough crowds in the coming weeks. “This is an excellent opening for a period horror film except that it is difficult to call it completely successful due to its huge budget,” a film advisor David A. Gross said in an email.
In a statement, Palm Abdi and Mike de LukaThe co-presidents of the Warner Brothers Motion Picture Group said they were “thrilled” from “stellar” voting. “Warner Bros. Pictures is committed to bringing the in-culture experiences in search of bold films for the audience, both the original and beloved are based on the current qualities,” he said.
A spokesman for a Warner Brothers said that “Sinners” is on track to be both profitable and among the most critical films of this year. “
The film, which has a striking soundtrack of Blues, Sol, Gospel, Bluegrass and Irish folk music, exclusively performed well in the IMAX theater, where tickets are sold at a premium price. IMAX gave about 20 percent of the total weekend sales from only 399 places. (“Sinners” played in a total of 3,308 theaters.)
Abroad, “sinners” collected $ 15.4 million silence from more than 70 countries. Analysts said that horror movies and stories contained in black culture may be difficult in some markets.
After a difficult winter at the box office, Ms. Abdi and Mr. D Luka Vijay’s lap Late. “A Minecraft Movie,” he had been in production in the weekend in the weekend, in the weekend, in the weekend, the weekend. Ticket sales for “a Minecraft Movie” were made with great entertainment, since coming on April 4, North America was about $ 41 million from Friday for $ 41 million cumulative $ 345 million in North America (and $ 721 million worldwide).
“Sinners,” Joe Michael B. Jordan represents a grade in the Cinemaskor Exit Poll, which reflects Jordan as a devilish tweet named Smoke and Stack, which was well -known for the word of the mouth. (In 35 years of Cinemasore Polling, no other horror film has found a high level of that grade.) According to exit polling services, the audience was about 50 percent black, suggesting that the film had a place to broaden its reach among other demographics.
Voting for “sinners”, in part, 38 -year -old Mr. Kougler, who has been forged with the film fans since he arrived in Hollywood in Bandhan, 2013. Mr. Kougler, whose credit includes “Black Panther” and “Creed” franchisees, can fill seats with their mere appearance on a marquee – an extremely rare power, especially who does not appear to anyone.
Warner Brothers were so keen to be in business with him that it agreed to spend $ 90 million to make “sinners”, carrying an eye-popping amount and R rating for an original film set in Great Depression. (Even though it has a dancing vampire.) For comparison, Jordan Peel made a original horror film “Get Out” set in modern times for $ 4.5 million in 2017.
To seal the deal with Mr. Kougler – other studios were also bidding on the project – Warner Brothers agreed to cut them gross ticket sales (before the studio cut cost). This system, once known as the dollar gross in Hollywood, was once relatively common for top stars and directors, but has all near, but ended since the DVD boom bust.
Warner Brothers also agreed to abandon their ownership of the film after 25 years. Mr. Kougler will not pay for it, despite not paying for it. This type of concession is also rare to create a studio. There were some rival film companies Horrific That Warner Bros. will remove a film, even after some time.
When he signed a deal with Mr. Kougler, Ms. Abdi and Mr. D Luka were under pressure from Mr. Jaslav to attract top filmmakers at the studio. Warner Brothers saw a migration of talent after a decision by AT & T, which was owned by the studio from 2018 to 2022, to prefer streaming on theaters.
Mr. D. Luka and Ms. Abdi, through a traditional film business, in their career daily, where sometimes losses are tolerated (wild gambling on the autors) in the hope of achieving relationships that pay returns in the long run. In other words, the “sinner” may end as a disadvantage leader – a bounceless project is still seen as a success within the company because it saves other forms of value, mostly increases the reputation of Warner in the Hollywood artistic community.
Given extraordinary reviews, Warner Bros. will definitely give an Oscar campaign to “sinners”, which can be expensive themselves.
The opening for “sinners” was the largest for a completely original film (Jordan Peel’s “Nop” in 2022 was not based on the pre-existing content, aka “intellectual property”. “Nop” cost $ 68 million to make $ 68 million more to make $ 68 million and tens of millions of markets. It was more in the opening of the opening of the opening tickets. $ 171 million collected.
Box office revenue is usually divided 50–50 between studios and theaters.
