US Edition'Weapons' Horror Film Scores a Box Office Victory
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AUG 9 – Warner Bros.' horror film "Weapons" debuted with $18.2 million from 3,202 locations and earned an A- Cinema Score, outperforming initial expectations.
- Warner Bros. and New Line’s 2025 horror film Weapons drew $18.2 million from its first day of release, playing in 3,202 theaters nationwide.
- Weapons, directed by Zach Cregger and starring Alden Ehrenreich and Julia Garner, follows a teacher who discovers 17 of 18 children ran off simultaneously at 2:17 a.m.
- Weapons scored a 96% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, an A- CinemaScore, and is projecting a $40 million opening weekend, outperforming Disney's Freakier Friday and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
- Freakier Friday, the 2025 sequel starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, opened with $12.7 million on Friday from 3,975 theaters and holds an A grade from CinemaScore.
- Weapons' strong debut signals a continued successful run for Warner Bros. this summer and suggests a tough box office competition ahead for other new releases like Freakier Friday.
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'Weapons' horror film scores a box office victory
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