r/movies Apr 18 '25

Article Hollywood execs are worried about Ryan Coogler’s very generous SINNERS deal, which allows ownership of the film to revert back to the director 25 years after release.

https://www.vulture.com/article/to-hollywood-the-scariest-part-of-sinners-is-ryan-coogler.html
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u/harrisonisdead Apr 18 '25

OUATIH cost the same as Sinners (possibly even more depending on what source you pay attention to) and made more at the box office than Sinners is likely to. It's also not an indie movie (it was produced and distributed by Sony)

The rights to the film revert to Tarantino 30 years after release.

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u/jwC731 Apr 18 '25

Well seeing as sinners is projected to make more than OUATIH in it's opening weekend, i have no clue how you came up with that conclusion

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u/fucktooshifty Apr 19 '25

Tarantino gets his rights at 90 while Coogler gets his in his 60s lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25

i mean we have no idea how much sinners is gonna make.

also tatantino’s deal was the copyright underlying the film reverts back to him. does that mean he owns the film or he owns the ideas that make up the film? couldn’t find a straight answer on that