US Edition‘Weapons’ Has The Best Horror Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score This Decade
MAYBROOK, AUG 6 – Weapons is the second-best-selling horror film of 2025 with a 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and a wide release in 3,200 theaters worldwide, Fandango reports.
- The horror film Weapons, directed by Zach Cregger, releases worldwide this Friday in 3,200 theaters equipped with IMAX and PLFs.
- Weapons follows a small town where 17 children mysteriously vanish at exactly 2:17 AM, leaving one student as the only survivor from their class.
- The story employs a chapter-like structure switching character perspectives, including a concerned teacher Justine Gandy and a father Archer Graff investigating the disappearance amid local hostility.
- Weapons holds a rare 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score with 49 reviews and is noted for its mixture of horror, humor, and elaborate storytelling praised as "immensely satisfying" by Screen International.
- The film’s positive early reception and strong ticket pre-sales suggest it could achieve a mid-$30M to $40M box office opening, marking it as a potential new horror hit for 2025.
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Baroque, brutal, bizarre – Zach Cregger's second film is a lot of everything but still manages to be both humorous and scary. It's a unique and playful creation that oozes both the Brothers Grimm and the Coen, says Fredrik Sahlin.
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