Horror movies are often one-week wonders at the box office, but Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is defying the odds and proving to be true event cinema.

If any lesson, or rather a reminder, is to be taken from the success of “Sinners,” it’s to stop counting out Black stories. You’d be surprised by how many people show up and show out for them.

Warner Bros. has dominated at the box office in April as “A Minecraft Movie” and “Sinners” continue to shatter expectations. Over the weekend, “Minecraft” collected $37.8 million overseas and $60.5 million worldwide in its fourth weekend of release.