Box Office Round-Up ~ 4/21/25

Like Christmas movies that premiere on Halloween weekend, it was a horror film that won the Good Friday/Easter weekend at the box office. Writer/director Ryan Coogler’s vampire genre-bender Sinners opened with an impressive $48 million. It’s a nice win for Warner Bros. after a string of disappointing original and auteur-headed films, including Mickey 17 earlier this year.

A Minecraft Movie moved down to second place in its third weekend, grossing $40.4 million to pass $340 million overall domestically, making it easily the highest grossing movie of 2025 thus far. The King of Kings celebrated Easter in third place with $17.5 million, putting it on the cusp of a solid $50 million total in the U.S.

Rounding out the top five were The Amateur with $7 million and Warfare with $4.8 million, both in their second weekend in theaters. Two new titles will close out the month of April this coming weekend… The Accountant 2, starring Jon Bernthal alongside a returning Ben Affleck, and horror video game adaptation Until Dawn from director David F. Sandberg (Lights Out, Shazam!).

1.  Sinners ($48 MM)
Director: Ryan Coogler (WME))
Writers: Ryan Coogler (WME)
Cast: Michael B. Jordan (WME)
Jack O'Connell (UTA)
Hailee Steinfeld (CAA)

2.  A Minecraft Movie ($40.4 MM)
Director: Jared Hess (UTA)
Writers: Chris Bowman (Gersh), Hubbel Palmer (Gersh), Neil Widener (CAA), Gavin James (CAA), Chris Galletta (UTA), Allison Schroeder (Verve)
Cast: Jason Momoa (WME)
Jack Black (Ocean Avenue)
Sebastian Hansen (CESD)

3.  The King of Kings ($17.5 MM)
Director: Seong-ho Jang
Writers: Seong-ho Jang, Rob Edwards, Jamie Thomason, Hoseok Sung
Cast: Oscar Isaac (WME)
Pierce Brosnan (CAA)
Kenneth Branagh (WME)

4.  The Amateur ($7 MM)
Director: James Hawes (CAA)
Writers: Ken Nolan (WME), Gary Spinelli (CAA)
Cast: Rami Malek (WME)
Rachel Brosnahan (CAA)
Laurence Fishburne (CAA)

5. Warfare ($4.8 MM)
Director: Alex Garland (WME), Ray Mendoza (WME)
Writers: Alex Garland (WME), Ray Mendoza (WME)
Cast: Joseph Quinn (CAA)
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Gersh)
Cosmo Jarvis (UTA)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers