Sinners is about to break another record as it closes out its historic run at the box office. Before the release of Sinners, there were concerns that the Ryan Coogler movie was going to struggle to be profitable at the box office because of its $90 million budget. However, the amazing reviews for Sinners led to people rushing to theaters to watch the vampire horror movie. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $48 million, which is the best opening weekend haul for an original movie since Jordan Peele’s Us in 2019.
Sinners’ success at the box office did not stop in its opening weekend, however. The film has consistently made money throughout its theatrical run, and has actually become the highest-grossing original movie in America this decade. As of this writing, Sinners has grossed just over $272 million at the box office (via Box Office Mojo). This impressive haul means it has pᴀssed Pixar’s Elemental, which grossed $154 million domestically, to become the most successful original movie at the domestic box office in the 2020s. Additionally, Sinners is about to pᴀss another film to achieve yet another impressive box office record.
Sinners Will Beat Gravity To Be The Highest Grossing Original Movie Since The 2010s
Sinners Is About To Take Over Another Decade At The Domestic Box Office
When talking about this record, it’s important to clarify that an “original” movie means created entirely from scratch and not adapted from any existing work or inspired by the life of a real individual. Therefore, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, for example, wouldn’t be considered an original movie. However, along with Elemental, other successful films released in the 2020s, such as Nope ($123M), Free Guy ($121M), IF ($111M), and Smile ($105.9M), are all considered original movies and were beaten by Sinners at the domestic box office.
Even though its theatrical run will end soon, Sinners could earn more at the domestic box office in the coming years due to potential re-releases.
Looking further back to the 2010s, Sinners has beaten several more movies at the box office. Most notably, Sinners is about to pᴀss Gravity’s domestic box office haul, which was the most successful original movie in America in the 2010s. Throughout its theatrical run, 2013’s Gravity earned an impressive $274 million at the domestic box office (via Box Office Mojo). Now that Sinners is available on digital, its box office earnings are slowing down, but it will still easily pᴀss the $274 million mark to beat Gravity.
This means that Sinners will be the highest-grossing original movie at the domestic box office since 2009. By claiming this тιтle, Coogler’s movie has once again proved that original movies can still thrive at the box office. Because of its thrilling story and deep themes, people have continued to seek out Sinners on the biggest screen possible. Even though its theatrical run will end soon, Sinners could earn more at the domestic box office in the coming years due to potential re-releases, which wouldn’t be surprising due to the film’s popularity.
Pᴀssing Gravity’s Domestic Box Office Will Be Sinners’ Last Highest Grossing Original Movie Record
Sinners Will Probably Not Pᴀss This 2009 Movie At The Domestic Box Office
Even though Sinners has become the highest-grossing original movie at the domestic box office in two separate decades, it’s highly unlikely that it will also conquer the 2000s. After Gravity, the next highest-grossing original movie at the domestic box office is 2009’s Avatar. Despite having similarities to other movies, James Cameron’s film is indeed considered an original movie. Throughout its run, Avatar earned an astonishing $785 million at the domestic box office (via Box Office Mojo). Not only was Avatar a huge hit in America, it is actually the highest-grossing movie of all time.
Even with future re-releases, it would be practically impossible for Sinners to surpᴀss Avatar’s domestic box office haul. This may be a record that is out of reach for the horror movie, but this obviously does not take away from Sinners’ success at all. Sinners has broken many box office records and has had a run that hardly anyone would have predicted a few months ago. Therefore, Sinners is undoubtedly one of the most notable box office successes of recent years.
