‘Weapons’ scores box office victory in opening weekend
- By Web Desk -
- Aug 11, 2025
Zach Cregger’s hotly anticipated mystery horror flick, ‘Weapons’, starring Josh Brolin, topped the Box Office in its debut weekend.
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As per the numbers quoted by movie trade outlets, ‘Weapons’, about the mysterious disappearance of multiple children of the same class, has earned $42.5 million in the domestic 3202 theatres, since its release on Friday, August 8, in addition to $27.5 million overseas, taking the opening weekend estimates of Josh Brolin-starrer to a whopping $70 million.
The feat has also added to Warner Bros.’ record, being the seventh No. 1 opening of the year for the distributor, as well as the sixth film in a row to debut with over $40 million domestically.
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Just behind ‘Weapons’ is Disney’s chaotic sequel of Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, ‘Freakier Friday’, which grossed $44.5 million in its global ticket sales for the debut weekend, including $29 million from 3,975 North American theatres.
Meanwhile, in the third place, is Marvel’s ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’, starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, adding $15.5 million of domestic earnings in the third weekend, to the overall total of $230 million. Its global box office, since its July 25 premiere, currently stands at $434 million.