Sinners Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Released

Sinners has now earned a Rotten Tomatoes audience score. The new horror movie is the newest collaboration between director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan, who have previously worked together on Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The ensemble cast opposite Jordan (who plays a dual role as twins) includes Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, and Delroy Lindo. Ahead of the Sinners release, the movie originally earned a perfect 100% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, though that has since slumped slightly to a still-stellar 97%, which is already Certified Fresh.

Now that the movie has debuted in theaters, Rotten Tomatoes has aggregated enough verified user reviews to give the movie an official audience score on the Popcornmeter. At the time of writing, it has a 97% audience score thanks to more than 500 users who have given it an average rating of 4.8 out of 5. Although the score could fluctuate as more reviews are added, at the time of writing it perfectly matches the Tomatometer score and already has enough reviews to have earned the Verified Hot badge on top of its Certified Fresh status.

What This Means For Sinners

This Audience Score Breaks Multiple Records

Sinners reviews have helped it break multiple records by earning it a 97% Popcornmeter score. For instance, it is the best audience score of all time for both Hailee Steinfeld. Her next-highest score is the 94% earned by both 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and 2023’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. It is also the second-highest audience score ever earned by Michael B. Jordan, having been edged out by his performance in the 2019 biopic Just Mercy, which earned a Verified Hot 99% score.

Hailee Steinfeld voices Gwen Stacy in the animated Spider-Verse movies.

In addition to performing well among the Sinners cast, the horror movie has earned Ryan Coogler his best audience score in history as well. His next-highest movie is the 2021 Oscar-winner Judas and the Black Messiah, which he produced and which has a Verified Hot score of 95%. His only other Verified Hot movies as either a producer or director are Creed III (95%) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (94%).

Our Take On The Sinners Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score

It Could Help The Movie Thrive

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The fact that critics and audiences seem to agree could be very good news for the movie. The Sinners budget is reportedly somewhere around $100 million, which could mean that it needs to earn $250 million in theaters in order to break even, which is a rare feat for an original R-rated horror movie. However, if the movie’s theatrical performance is proportional to the enthusiasm of its first reviewers, it could be poised to become a smash hit and justify its risky price tag.

Source: Rotten Tomatoes