“Weapons ”reloads for another bloodbath at the box office
- - “Weapons ”reloads for another bloodbath at the box office
Ryan ColemanAugust 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Alden Ehrenreich in 'Weapons'
You can run — and keep running, and run some more — but you can't hide.
Weapons took decisive care of its competition for a second week in a row at the box office. The twisty missing-children mystery from Barbarian director Zach Cregger followed up on its impressive $42.5 million U.S. premiere with a $25 million weekend two take. Globally, the film earned $43.4 million, handing it the crown both at home and abroad.
Last week, Weapons smoked Disney's widely publicized nostalgia sequel Freakier Friday in their debuts to the tune of $13.5 million. That gap slightly narrowed this week, with the Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis comedy taking in $14.5 million domestically, earning it the No. 2 spot, and $23.8 globally, where it fell to No. 5.
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Lindsay Lohan in 'Freakier Friday' and Bob Odenkirk in 'Nobody 2'
The sequel to Bob Odenkirk's 2021 comedic hit parade, literally — the punch- and slap-filled Nobody, also fell short of the gold this week, earning No. 3 in its premiere with a domestic haul of $9.2 million and No. 2 globally with $32 million.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Marvel's big summer tentpole and the first headlining team-up of the beloved comic squad since 2015, continues to slow its pace in its fourth week of release. The super-flick starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn earned $8.8 million domestically and $18 million globally, where it fell to the very bottom of the top 10.
That film now boasts a $247 million domestic haul, nothing to thumb your nose at, but nothing compared to the DCU's big Marvel counterprogramming for the summer season, Superman. The Man of Steel film is holding strong domestically with a $5.2 million take in week 6, grabbing a $340 million haul.
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Elsewhere on the global leaderboard, Japan's dark animated fantasy Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle opened to $31.3 million, totaling a staggering $192.2 million from only nine markets. That earns the latest entry in the anime franchise the title of highest-ever animated opening in the region, surpassing Frozen II and Inside Out 2.
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Jude Law in 'Eden' and Margaret Qualley in 'Honey Don't!'
Looking ahead, Weapons has a decent shot at a three-peat if it can withstand the whallops of a Jude Law thriller and a saucy Aubrey Plaza-Margaret Qualley caper.
Next weekend sees the opening of Eden, Ron Howard's survival thriller based on the true story of a group of European émigrés whose lives erupt in chaos after settling in the Galápagos. Law is joined by Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, and Fantastic Four's Kirby in the cast. Also opening is Honey Don't!, the latest solo endeavor from Ethan Coen and starring Qualley, Chris Evans, and Plaza in her return to the big screen after the death of her husband, Jeff Baena.
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