Ryan Coogler's rule-defying 'Sinners' boasts the smallest second-weekend drop for any film opening north of $40 million since 2009's 'Avatar' and the smallest ever for an R-rated horror title.

Sinners” towered over the box office again, scoring a mighty $45 million in its second weekend of release. Ticket sales declined a mere 6% from its $48 million start, making “Sinners” the rare film with a sophomore outing that nearly matched its debut.

Refresh for chart and more analysis ….Mostly everything is up this morning and everything is higher with the overall marketplace now coming in at around $146M. Outside of the Avengers years when the last weekend of April did $402M in 2019 and $313.