Ryan Coogler's horror movie, Sinners, was one of the hottest topics of the 2025 movie schedule, partly because of the history-making deal he made with the studio. Coogler received first-dollar gross points, had final cut, and will own the movie outright after 25 years–an almost unheard of set of circumstances that filmmaking icon Spike Lee is reacting to, revealing the “only” one of his films he owns outright.
In a new interview promoting his latest work, his fifth collaboration with Denzel Washington, Highest 2 Lowest, Lee saluted Coogler and the executives who backed Sinners, calling the move both gutsy and brilliant. Speaking to Business Insider, the She’s Gotta Have It director shared:
