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Ben Stiller has fiercely defended Ryan Coogler’s new vampiric horror movie against a report that even with its $61 million global debut, “profitability remains a ways away.”
Sinners, an original, genre-hopping supernatural thriller starring Michael B. Jordan and Hailee Steinfeld, opened in theaters over Easter weekend. With its impressive $61 million launch, the Warner Bros. release surged past A Minecraft Movie to lead box office figures.
Still, in a recent article published by Variety about the film’s success, the outlet noted that while its box office takings are a “great result,” “profitability remains a ways away,” given the film’s “eye-popping $90 million price tag before global marketing expenses.”
The Severance director, 59, quickly hit back at the publication’s claims, writing on X: “In what universe does a 60 million dollar opening for an original studio movie warrant this headline?”
Stiller later responded in agreement to a commenter, who argued that “60 mill seems like a killer opening weekend.”
“It is,” he wrote.
Guerrasio, J. (2025, April 21). 'Sinners' overperformed at the box office, but only made $60 million. Here's why the Michael B. Jordan movie is a win — and it's not just because it was made by the director of 'Black Panther.'. Yahoo Entertainment. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/sinners-overperformed-box-office-only-150011079.html