Ryan Coogler has no plans for a Sinners sequel, which is by design.
In a resurfaced interview posted before the Michael B. Jordan-starring film was released in theaters, the filmmaker said he thought of Sinners as a “full meal.”
“I’ve been in a space of making franchise films for a bit, so I wanted to get away from that,” Coogler told Ebony in an interview posted on April 15. “I was looking forward to working on a film that felt original and personal to me and had an appetite for delivering something to audiences that was original and unique.”
The director of Creed and Black Panther said he wanted Sinners “to feel like a full meal: your appetizers, starters, entrees and desserts, I wanted all of it there,” adding, “I wanted it to be a holistic and finished thing. That was how I was asked all about it. That was always my intention.”
Sinners was released in theaters on April 18, and during its first weekend at the box office, the film overperformed, grossing $48M domestically and $63M globally. The film also made history as the second-best Monday for an R-rated horror film at the box office, earning $7.8M after 2017’s It, which did $8.76M.
Following the film’s box office success, Coogler took to social media to express his gratitude to everyone who supported it.
“Eternal gratitude. My heart is bursting with it. I want to thank each and every one of you who bought a ticket to see Sinners,” read the letter. “Who decided to drive to see the film in different formats. Who bought popcorn and a drink, booked a sitter and carpooled, and stood in the lobby afterward and talked and made a friend. Who changed their work schedules. Who saw the film in groups.”
“I had the gift of the opportunity of making a film inspired by my family and my ancestry but it was always a film that we wanted to make for audiences, in theaters,” Coogler wrote. “We always had our minds on you, the audience, and felt a deep responsibility to entertain you, and move you in the way only cinema can.”
