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Box Office: ‘Sinners’ Scores $45 Million in Massive Second Weekend, ‘Star Wars’ Re-Release Beats ‘Accountant 2’


"Sinners" towered over the box office again, scoring a mighty $45 million in its second weekend of release.

After a close race, “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” looks to have pulled ahead of Ben Affleck’s “ The Accountant 2 ” for second place on box office charts. It’s a respectable start for an R-rated action drama aimed at older audiences, though the sequel carries a steep $80 million price tag so it’ll need to resonate across the global to justify its budget. Isaiah Saxon directed the $10 million film about a shy farm girl who forms a close bond with a wounded baby ochi — an elusive animal species she was raised to fear.

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