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Box Office Weekend Forecast: SINNERS ($41M+) to Land Among Best Non-TWILIGHT Vampire Debuts; Will MINECRAFT Rule Again Over Easter?

The top "original" vampire movie box office opening (so, not TWILIGHT) belongs to HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA's $42.5 million 13 years ago. Will Ryan Coogler's SINNERS take a bite out of that benchmark?

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Shawn Robbins
Apr 16, 2025
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This report also appears on Box Office Theory’s website.

Easter weekend has been known to deliver some good box office news in the past, and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners hopes to join that chorus of theatrical springtime successes.

Incidentally, the vampire genre has been ripe for a comeback (as evidenced by Robert Eggers’ winter hit, Nosferatu), a category whe…

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