The horror film “Sinners” opened to $45.6 million this weekend to knock “A Minecraft Movie” from the top of the chart, according to industry estimates released Sunday.
Director Ryan Coogler’s film is a period piece set in the Mississippi Delta in 1932, and stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role as twin brothers. Music also plays a significant role in the film, which includes blues legend Buddy Guy in a dramatic role.
Meanwhile, “A Minecraft Movie” kept chugging along in its third weekend in North American theaters, grossing $41.3 million, Comscore reported.
Third place went to “The King of Kings,” an animated, faith-based offering from Angel Studios that took in $17.2 million over Easter weekend. The film is based on a Charles Dickens story about a boy and his father who explore the life of Christ, and boasts an all-star cast of voice actors including Kenneth Branagh, Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan, Forest Whitaker, Ben Kingsley and Oscar Isaac, who plays Jesus.
The spy thriller “The Amateur,” starring Rami Malek, was fourth with $7.2 million in its second weekend, followed by “Warfare,” a drama set in the Iraq war, which made $4.8 million Friday through Sunday in its second week of release.
Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “Drop” ($3.3 million), “Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing” ($2.76 million), a re-release of 2005’s “Pride & Prejudice” ($2.7 million), “The Chosen: The Last Supper — Season 5, Part Three” ($1.8 million) and “Disney’s Snow White” ($1.1 million).
This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $135 million. The year-to-date total is $2.071 billion — up 5.3% from the figure at this time last year, according to Comscore.
