Box Office Breakdown: Warner Bros. Plays Both Sides and Wins
The Dailies reports on the latest box office news from this week.
- 🧛 Sinners: 🆕 $45.6M domestic opening, $61M global debut. Ryan Coogler's vampire thriller snags the first-ever "A" CinemaScore for a horror film in the poll's 47-year history. Premium formats delivered 45% of ticket sales, with IMAX alone accounting for 20%. Film struggled overseas compared to its domestic performance.
- 🎮 A Minecraft Movie: (Wk 3) $41.3M domestic weekend (-47%), $344.6M domestic total, $720.8M global. Warner Bros.' video game adaptation surpasses Harry Potter's first film domestically and is now the highest-grossing Hollywood film of 2025.
- 👑 The King of Kings: (Wk 2) $17.3M domestic weekend (-11%), $45.3M domestic total. Angel Studios' animated Jesus film benefits enormously from Easter with a spectacular hold, becoming the 11th highest-grossing faith-based film ever.
- 🕵️ The Amateur: (Wk 2) $7.2M domestic weekend (-51%), $27.3M domestic total, $64.3M global. Disney's Rami Malek spy thriller continues to underperform against its $60M budget.
- ⚔️ Warfare: (Wk 2) $4.9M domestic weekend (-42%), $17.1M domestic total. A24's combat thriller needs to keep fighting to recoup its $20M budget.
- 📱 Drop: (Wk 2) $3.4M domestic weekend (-55%), $13.5M domestic total. Universal's film takes a steep dive in its second frame.
- 🎤 COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing: 🆕 $2.8M domestic opening. GKIDS' Sega mobile game adaptation performs well in limited release.
- 📚 Pride & Prejudice: (Re-release) $2.7M domestic weekend, $41.3M domestic total. Focus Features' classic maintains audience interest.
- ✝️ The Chosen: Last Supper — Part 3: (Wk 2) $1.7M domestic weekend (-72%), $11.1M domestic total.
- 👸 Disney's Snow White: (Wk 5) $1.2M domestic weekend (-60%), $84.6M domestic total. Disney's costly remake ($250M budget) continues to disappoint.
The Big Picture: The $134.6M total box office marks a massive +51.1% jump from the same weekend in 2024, though it's -10% from last week. Warner Bros. makes history with two $40M+ grossers in the same weekend, the first time a single studio has achieved this feat in over a decade. After a difficult Q1, Warner Bros' risky auteur-heavy 2025 slate is paying off, with more high-profile titles from Maggie Gyllenhaal and P.T. Anderson on the horizon.
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I'm actually very interested in seeing Sinners. Looks like a really good and interesting movie.
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They did a great episode about it on The Big Picture, including an interview with Ryan Coogler (but beware the spoilers!)
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