UPDATE: 2025-06-20 08:07 EST BY BRENNAN KLEIN

Although Saturday Projections Had It At No. 2, Sinners Surges To No. 1

This article was originally written Saturday AM and has been updated Sunday AM with up-to-date box office projections (in bold), a full chart, and further analysis.

A Minecraft Movie, which is based on the titular video game, is going head-to-head withSinners. Therelease ofA Minecraft Moviekicked off by debuting at No. 1 at the domestic box office with a $162.7 million 3-day total, which is the best ever for a video game movie. It held that position in its second weekend despite competition from a raft of new releases, includingThe King of Kings,Drop,Warfare, andThe Amateur. The newest contender for the No. 1 spot is the period-set horror movieSinners, which reteams director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan.

PerDeadline, as of Sunday morning,Sinnersis projected to debut at No. 1 at the domestic box officewith a 3-day total of$45.6 million. While it was previously projected to fall just short ofA Minecraft Movie, that holdover hit has instead fallen to No. 2 with a projected gross of$41.3 million. This ends the viral video game movie’s reign at the top of the chart, at least in terms of consecutive weekends.

UPDATE: 2025-06-22 13:55 EST BY ALEXANDER HARRISON

Sinners Opening Weekend Box Office Actuals Even Higher Than Projected

Per a report fromDeadlineon Monday,Sinners' Sunday box office numbers came in above the projected total, landing at$48 millioninstead of $45.6 million.Additionally, the film’s four-day holiday weekend is estimated at around $55 million after at least an additional $6.7 million on Easter Monday.

The chart below has been updated with the weekend actuals, and the article otherwise remains as originally written.

This total also means thatSinnershas earned the best-ever Easter opening weekend for an R-rated movie, handily besting the $33 million opening weekend earned by David Fincher’sPanic Roomin 2002. It has also earned the9thbest Easter weekend debut of all time among movies of all ratings, falling behind onlyFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,Ready Player One, 2010’sClash of the Titans,Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,The Fate of the Furious,Furious 7,The Super Mario Bros. Movie, andBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

The fact thatboth the No. 1 and the No. 2 movies this weekend are Warner Bros. Pictures productionsalso means that the studio is back in good standing after the wobbly box office performance of their splashy Bong Joon Ho sci-fi movieMickey 17, which only grossed $130.6 million against its reported $118 million budget. See the full domestic Top 5 for the weekend below:

1

$48 million

$45.6 million (weekend 1)

2

$40.5 million

$344.6 million (weekend 3)

3

$17.5 million

$45.3 million (weekend 2)

4

$7 million

$27.3 million (weekend 2)

5

$4.855 million

$17.1 million (weekend 2)

BecauseSinnershas taken the top spot on the chart, this has caused the previous weekend’s No. 1 through No. 4 titles to each slide down one spot apiece.The faith-based animated movieThe King of Kingshad by far the smallest drop, seeming to take advantage of its biblical themes to rule Easter weekend by falling only 11%. Meanwhile, the Rami Malek action movieThe Amateurfell 51% while the Alex Garland co-directed A24 movieWarfarehad a reasonably slim drop of 42%.

The only title to fall off the chart completely is the Blumhouse thrillerDrop, which fell from No. 5 to No. 6 with a $3.35 million 3-day haul seeing it drop 55%, landing above the new anime movieColorful Stage: The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing, which is set debut at No. 7 with a $2.8 million haul, though it is only playing in 800 theaters.The only other new title in the Top 10 is the 20th anniversary re-release of the Jane Austen adaptationPride & Prejudice, which debuted at No. 8 with $2.7 million.

What This Means For Sinners

The Horror Movie Could Become A Solid Success

In addition to theSinnersreleasebreaking a record for Easter weekend, it has also earnedthe ninth best opening weekend for an R-rated horror moviein general. This includes outgrossing the debuts of everyScreammovie includingScream VI, which had the franchise’s best debut with $44.4 million and legged out to a worldwide total of $166.6 million. Below, see a breakdown of every R-rated horror release that has performed better than the new vampire movie and how much they made by the end of their respective runs:

$123.4 million

$704.2 million

$91 million

$473.1 million

$76.2 million

$255.4 million

$71.1 million

$256 million

$58 million

$351.7 million

$53.8 million

$366 million

$52.6 million

$207 million

$49.4 million

$131.6 million

This is good news for the movie, because it is under significant financial pressure due to the sizableSinnersbudget, which is reportedly somewhere around $100 million. Because movies typically need to earn back two and a half times their budgets in theaters to break even, thismost likely means that the Ryan Coogler movie’s break-even point is roughly $250 million. While this opening weekend does not necessarily indicate that it will hit that milestone, it puts it on track to potentially be a solid success, especially when combined with its eventual VOD release.

Our Take On The Weekend Box Office

2025 Is Continuing To Improve

SinnersandA Minecraft Moviesimultaneously ruling the box office continues the growth that 2025 has seen since the latter title debuted in early April. Because the box office is no longer being ruled by a single tentpole hit, this offers hope that multiple upcoming movies will perform similarly well, fostering even more growth across the board as the year continues. This is entirely possible, asthe upcoming slate of movies contains promising titlessuch asThe Accountant 2, Marvel’sThunderbolts*,Final Destination: Bloodlines,Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, and thelive-actionLilo & Stitch.

A Minecraft Movie

Cast

A Minecraft Movie follows four misfits transported into the Overworld, a cubic world of creativity. To return home, they must navigate its challenges while on a magical quest with experienced crafter Steve, learning to master the intricate environment of this imaginative realm.

Sinners

Sinners follows twin brothers who, in an attempt to escape their past hardships, return to their hometown seeking a fresh start. However, they find themselves confronted by a formidable and sinister presence awaiting their comeback. The 2025 film explores themes of redemption and malevolence.