LOS ANGELES, April 21 -- North American moviegoers feasted on Warner Bros.' vampire thriller "Sinners" as it debuted to an estimated US$45.6 million (RM200.4 million) over the Easter holiday weekend, analysts said Sunday.

The first original film from Ryan Coogler - director of Oscar-nominated "Black Panther" - has Michael B. Jordan playing twins who encounter a sinister force as they return home to Jim Crow-era Mississippi. Hailee Steinfeld and Delroy Lindo also star in the music-driven thriller.

Riding on "near-perfect reviews," according to the Hollywood Reporter, "Sinners" outperformed another Warner Bros. blockbuster, "A Minecraft Movie," which kept up its solid run with US$41.3 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported...