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Weapons

2025 • R • 2h 8m • Horror / Mystery / Thriller • Warner Bros.

From the director of Barbarian comes a new nightmarish thriller that defies expectations at every terrifying turn.

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2.9

7.4

CS B+

Users 3.7 (5)

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$43.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$151.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$266.0M

All markets

Budget$30M

Domestic Legs3.49x

2025 Rank#16

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Cast & Crew

Directed byZach Cregger ScreenplayZach Cregger Produced byZach Cregger CinematographyNot specified MusicZach Cregger Prod. DesignNot specified StarringJosh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$155M–$166M

$144M $160M $177M

$151.6M so far

The prediction model updated after a -44% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $144M–$177M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$130M

Baseline

Horror Original — 3.00 baseline opening

0%

CinemaScore

B+: Horror avg is B+

+1%

Audience

Above Avg — RT 87%, LB 2.90, IMDB 7.4

+5%

Seasonality

Summer Peak

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

+10%

2nd Weekend

-44% drop

+5%

Genre

Horror Original legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 8–10 (opening) #1 $43.5M — 3,202 $13,585 $43.5M

2 Aug 15–17 #1 $24.5M −43.8% 3,450 $7,088 $88.5M

3 Aug 22–24 #2 $15.4M −37% 3,631 $4,241 $115.7M

4 Aug 29–31 #1 $10.5M −32% 3,416 $3,065 $132.7M

5 Sep 5–7 #3 $5.2M −50.1% 3,284 $1,591 $142.9M

6 Sep 12–14 #6 $2.7M −47.8% 2,310 $1,180 $147.5M

7 Sep 19–21 #10 $1.2M −54.3% 1,186 $1,050 $149.7M

8 Sep 26–28 #14 $466.2K −62.6% 512 $910 $150.7M

9 Oct 3–5 #20 $157.2K −66.3% 187 $840 $151.0M

10 Oct 10–12 #17 $220.4K +40.2% 265 $831 $151.3M

11 Oct 17–19 #31 $47.1K −78.6% 58 $811 $151.5M

12 Oct 24–26 #36 $15.4K −67.4% 43 $357 $151.5M

13 Oct 31–Nov 2 #38 $18.9K +23.1% 20 $945 $151.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 8 #1 $18.2M — $18.2M 3,202 $5,674 1

Sat Aug 9 #1 $14.0M −23% $32.2M 3,202 $4,375 2

Sun Aug 10 #1 $11.3M −19% $43.5M 3,202 $3,535 3

Mon Aug 11 #1 $5.3M −54% $48.8M 3,202 $1,639 4

Tue Aug 12 #1 $6.7M +28% $55.5M 3,202 $2,106 5

Wed Aug 13 #1 $4.5M −34% $60.0M 3,202 $1,396 6

Thu Aug 14 #1 $4.1M −9% $64.0M 3,202 $1,272 7

Fri Aug 15 #1 $7.5M +85% −59% $71.6M 3,450 $2,181 8

Sat Aug 16 #1 $9.7M +29% −31% $81.2M 3,450 $2,804 9

Sun Aug 17 #1 $7.3M −25% −36% $88.5M 3,450 $2,102 10

Mon Aug 18 #1 $2.8M −62% −47% $91.3M 3,450 $800 11

Tue Aug 19 #1 $3.9M +41% −42% $95.2M 3,450 $1,130 12

Wed Aug 20 #1 $2.7M −31% −40% $97.9M 3,450 $783 13

Thu Aug 21 #1 $2.4M −11% −41% $100.3M 3,450 $699 14

Fri Aug 22 #1 $4.7M +95% −38% $105.0M 3,631 $1,294 15

Sat Aug 23 #2 $6.5M +38% −33% $111.5M 3,631 $1,783 16

Sun Aug 24 #2 $4.2M −35% −42% $115.7M 3,631 $1,163 17

Mon Aug 25 #1 $1.5M −65% −46% $117.2M 3,631 $412 18

Tue Aug 26 #1 $2.2M +49% −43% $119.4M 3,631 $612 19

Wed Aug 27 #1 $1.4M −35% −46% $120.9M 3,631 $398 20

Thu Aug 28 #1 $1.3M −8% −45% $122.2M 3,631 $367 21

Fri Aug 29 #3 $2.7M +103% −42% $124.9M 3,416 $794 22

Sat Aug 30 #1 $3.9M +42% −40% $128.8M 3,416 $1,131 23

Sun Aug 31 #1 $3.9M +1% −8% $132.7M 3,416 $1,138 24

Mon Sep 1 #1 $2.6M −33% +75% $135.3M 3,416 $767 25

Tue Sep 2 #1 $1.1M −59% −52% $136.4M 3,416 $314 26

Wed Sep 3 #1 $784.2K −27% −46% $137.1M 3,416 $229 27

Thu Sep 4 #1 $534.5K −32% −60% $137.7M 3,416 $156 28

Fri Sep 5 #3 $1.5M +174% −46% $139.1M 3,284 $446 29

Sat Sep 6 #3 $2.5M +68% −36% $141.6M 3,284 $749 30

Sun Sep 7 #3 $1.3M −47% −67% $142.9M 3,284 $395 31

Mon Sep 8 #3 $418.7K −68% −84% $143.3M 3,284 $127 32

Tue Sep 9 #4 $634.4K +52% −41% $144.0M 3,284 $193 33

Wed Sep 10 #3 $441.1K −30% −44% $144.4M 3,284 $134 34

Thu Sep 11 #4 $331.2K −25% −38% $144.7M 3,284 $100 35

Fri Sep 12 #6 $850.3K +157% −42% $145.6M 2,310 $368 36

Sat Sep 13 #6 $1.2M +38% −52% $146.8M 2,310 $508 37

Sun Sep 14 #7 $701.1K −40% −46% $147.5M 2,310 $303 38

Mon Sep 15 #6 $234.9K −66% −44% $147.7M 2,310 $101 39

Tue Sep 16 #6 $341.4K +45% −46% $148.0M 2,310 $147 40

Wed Sep 17 — $257.2K −25% −42% $148.3M 2,310 $111 41

Thu Sep 18 #6 $184.4K −28% −44% $148.5M 2,310 $79 42

Fri Sep 19 #8 $380.3K +106% −55% $148.9M 1,186 $320 43

Sat Sep 20 #10 $550.1K +45% −53% $149.4M 1,186 $463 44

Sun Sep 21 — $315.3K −43% −55% $149.7M 1,186 $265 45

Mon Sep 22 — $115.8K −63% −51% $149.8M 1,186 $97 46

Tue Sep 23 — $168.2K +45% −51% $150.0M 1,186 $141 47

Wed Sep 24 — $119.1K −29% −54% $150.1M 1,186 $100 48

Thu Sep 25 #9 $80.1K −33% −57% $150.2M 1,186 $67 49

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$150.2M

Aug 8Aug 20Sep 1Sep 13Sep 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $220.4K

$43.5M

$24.5M

$15.4M

$10.5M

$5.2M

$2.7M

$1.2M

$466.2K

$157.2K

$220.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,631 → 1,186 −67.3%

3,202 open1,186 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +40.2%

−43.8% W1→2

−37% W2→3

−32% W3→4

−50.1% W4→5

−47.8% W5→6

−54.3% W6→7

−62.6% W7→8

−66.3% W8→9

+40.2% W9→10

Steepest −66.3%Best hold −32%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

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#16 Biggest horror filmsAll-time $151.6M #17 Biggest August openingsAll-time $43.5M

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