Freakier Friday has nothing to be ashamed of, by way of its monetary efficiency, nevertheless it was Weapons that actually freaked out audiences over the weekend — and in one of the best ways attainable. Sure, the much-buzzed-about thriller got here away the winner on the field workplace because of its home debut of $42.5 million (per The Numbers). Plus, author and director Zach Cregger’s No. 1 Weapons boasts the third highest-grossing opening weekend for a horror movie this yr, because the must-see film solely trails the premieres of Ultimate Vacation spot Bloodlines ($51.6 million) and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners ($45.7 million) in 2025.
The Julia Garner and Josh Brolin-led Weapons might do no flawed over its opening weekend, and the movie’s success extends far past merely its box-office returns, which resulted in a worldwide take of $70 million (through Deadline). The overwhelming majority of critics doted on Cregger’s horror masterpiece of their evaluations, which led to Weapons registering a “Licensed Recent” 95% Tomatometer ranking in opposition to 228 evaluations posted to Rotten Tomatoes. In the meantime, the followers’ enthusiasm for the movie, to not point out its watercooler-worthy ending, additionally led to Weapons registering a “Verified Scorching” 87% on the Popcornmeter, previously the RT viewers rating, and Weapons additionally managed to safe an “A-” CinemaScore.
In the meantime, film lovers additionally flocked to theaters to see Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reunite in Disney’s Freakier Friday, which ranked No. 2 on the field workplace over the weekend with a powerful $29 million en path to a worldwide take of $45 million. The long-awaited Freaky Friday (2003) sequel was additionally “Licensed Recent” by the critics, however its 73% Tomatometer hardly holds a candle to the response Weapons garnered. Nonetheless, the body-switching comedy did have the benefit of posting higher grades with audiences, as evidenced by Freakier Friday‘s “Verified Scorching” 93% Popcornmeter ranking and the movie’s “A” CinemaScore.
‘Sketch’ Ekes Its Method Into the Weekend’s Prime 10
Whereas No. 1 Weapons and No. 2 Freakier Friday dominated the weekend, one other new launch struggled simply to squeeze its method into the Prime 10. Author and director Seth Worley’s genre-mashing No. 10 Sketch, which is dubbed a fantasy/horror/comedy, had hassle discovering its audience, and, because of this, solely made $2.4 million. In the meantime, focusing once more on the weekend’s large winners, final week’s field workplace champion, The Unbelievable 4: First Steps, completed at No. 3 over the weekend with $15.5 million.
The Dangerous Guys 2 checked in at No. 4 with $10.4 million, whereas The Bare Gun rounded out the Prime 5 with $8.4 million. Superman dropped out of the Prime 5 for the primary time since hitting theaters in July. Nonetheless, the primary big-screen entry within the DCU nonetheless managed to rank No. 6 with $7.8 million, and James Gunn’s opus will reportedly quickly be out there on digital (Aug. 26), though Warner Bros. has not confirmed the movie’s VOD launch date on the time of this writing. It is also price noting that Superman ($578.8 million) is inching ever nearer to the $600 million mark on the worldwide field workplace.
Home Weekend Field Workplace Prime 10 (Aug. 8-10)
- Weapons ($42.5 million)
- Freakier Friday ($29 million)
- The Unbelievable 4: First Steps ($15.5 million)
- The Dangerous Guys 2 ($10.4 million)
- The Bare Gun ($8.4 million)
- Superman ($7.8 million)
- Jurassic World Rebirth ($4.7 million)
- F1 ($2.8 million)
- Collectively ($2.6 million)
- Sketch ($2.5 million)
No one 2 joins the 2025 field workplace subsequent on Aug. 15 because the summer time film season continues to wind down. Bob Odenkirk returns as murderer Hutch Mansell, who’s making an attempt to take pleasure in some high quality time on a household trip when all hell begins breaking unfastened. The unique No one (2021) debuted through the COVID-19 pandemic however nonetheless managed to make $6.8 million over its opening weekend 4 years in the past. Comparatively, the sequel is just eyeing a home debut of $8 million to $12 million (per BoxofficePro). Nonetheless, No one 2 is opening in opposition to lesser competitors, together with Chuck Russell’s (A Nightmare on Elm Avenue 3: Dream Warriors, The Masks) horror movie Witchboard and the Sydney Sweeney-led Americana.
Weapons
- Launch Date
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August 8, 2025
- Runtime
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128 minutes
- Producers
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Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz