Weapons is again on prime. Zach Cregger’s new horror film is a runaway hit, having lately turn out to be the twentieth highest-grossing horror film ever on the home field workplace. After it debuted on August 8, it held No. 1 on the home chart for 2 consecutive weekends earlier than being knocked to No. 2 by KPop Demon Hunters.
Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, which was given a short sing-along launch after smashing streaming information (it’s now the No. 1 most-watched film in historical past on the streamer), is now not in theaters, permitting 2025’s Weapons the chance to climb again to No. 1. Nonetheless, it was not assured to prime the chart throughout its fourth weekend.
The horror film is dealing with off in opposition to various new releases, together with Darren Aronofsky’s Austin Butler-led crime film Caught Stealing, the comedy remake The Roses, the Troma remake The Poisonous Avenger, and the fiftieth anniversary re-release of Jaws. On Friday morning, Caught Stealing was projected to be neck and neck with Weapons.
Per Selection, as of Satuday morning, Weapons is now projected to return to the highest of the chart on the home field workplace. With an estimated 4-day complete of $11.8 million, it’s monitoring far forward of the adjusted debut projections of Caught Stealing, which has a 4-day estimate of $9.5 million.
Caught Stealing is however monitoring forward of The Roses, which is projected to hit simply over $7 million. Each films might very nicely fall behind Jaws. The Steven Spielberg basic is predicted so as to add $9.7 million to its all-time complete over the 4-day weekend. In the meantime, The Poisonous Avenger isn’t anticipated to debut within the Prime 10 in any respect.
What This Means For Weapons
This weekend marks a reversal of fortune for Weapons after Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters slayed it on the field workplace. Throughout its third body, the Zach Cregger horror film was thwarted from hitting No. 1 for 3 consecutive weekends, which might have damaged a file for a 2025 horror film.
Nonetheless, by reclaiming the No. 1 title, Weapons is now the primary horror film of the yr to prime the home field workplace chart on three weekends generally. It has now surpassed the file held by Ryan Coogler’s smash hit Sinners, which was No. 1 for 2 consecutive weekends earlier than being knocked down by Marvel’s Thunderbolts*.
Whereas the present trajectory of Weapons reveals that it’s unlikely to surpass the home haul of Sinners ($278.6 million), as of Labor Day, its anticipated cumulative home gross of $134 million will see it drawing near outgrossing Closing Vacation spot Bloodlines ($138.1 million) and changing into the second highest-grossing home horror film of the yr.
Our Take On The Weekend Field Workplace
Austin Butler as Hank Thompson sitting down exhausted in Caught Stealing
In the end, Weapons has thrived on the chart as a result of there was a dearth of recent releases which were connecting with audiences through the second half of August. Nonetheless, that’s probably about to alter with the discharge of the upcoming The Conjuring: Final Rites on September 5.
Final Rites, which would be the finish of the present section of the Conjuring Universe, will nearly actually debut at No. 1, probably ending Weapons’ reign on prime of the home chart for good. Nonetheless, it should preserve the horror style’s dominance over the field workplace for one more week forward of the kickoff of the Halloween season.
Signal Up
Weapons
7/10
Launch Date
August 8, 2025
Runtime
128 minutes
Director
Zach Cregger
Writers
Zach Cregger
Producers
Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz
