Ryan Coogler, the writer-director of the new film Sinners, has made five movies in his 12-year career, all of them well-received hits. Fruitvale Station is a wrenching true-crime drama, while the film Creed dynamically reimagines the Rocky franchise.

The back-to-back boost of “Minecraft” and “Sinners” has given Warner Bros. film chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy some breathing room as they try to lead the storied Burbank-based studio through a daunting recovery period.

The debut of Ryan Coogler’s movie Sinners has not only exceeded the expectations of many, but it’s been a force at the box office. The film, starring Michael B. Jordan and Hailee Steinfeld, among others,