Tovic Salvador

'Weapons' battles to top of North American box office

Article (news)

Weapons image Zach Cregger

Agence France-Presse

<div><br/></div><p>LOS ANGELES - &quot;Weapons,&quot; a new horror film about the mysterious disappearance of a group of children from the same school class, opened atop the North American box office with $42.5 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.</p><p>&quot;This is an outstanding opening for an original horror film,&quot; analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research said of the Warner Bros. movie starring Julia Garner (&quot;Ozark&quot;) and Josh Brolin (&quot;Avengers: Infinity War&quot;).</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/8/6/-weapons-review-this-violent-clever-horror-mystery-keeps-you-guessing-1436">‘Weapons’ review: This violent, clever horror mystery keeps you guessing</a></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mLrI3Awhdq0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>Debuting in second place was Disney&#x27;s &quot;Freakier Friday&quot; starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, the much-anticipated sequel to the 2003 family film in which body-switching leads to amusing hijinks, at $29 million, Exhibitor Relations said.</p><p>&quot;This is an excellent opening. The estimated weekend figure is well above average for a comedy follow-up sequel, and it&#x27;s also well above the first film&#x27;s opening 22 years ago,&quot; Gross said.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pnomFx9Ti9g?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/metro-style/people/2025/8/10/-freakier-friday-actress-lindsay-lohan-talks-about-growth-and-mom-guilt-2151">&#x27;Freakier Friday&#x27; Actress Lindsay Lohan Talks About Growth and Mom Guilt</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/8/9/manny-jacinto-says-he-is-open-to-doing-a-film-in-the-philippines-0835">Manny Jacinto says he is open to doing a film in the Philippines</a></div><p>&quot;The Fantastic Four: First Steps,&quot; Disney&#x27;s debut of the rebooted Marvel Comics franchise, dropped to third place at $15.5 million. Its overall take in the United States and Canada stands at $230.4 million.</p><p>Actor-of-the-moment Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Emmy-winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn star as the titular team of superheroes, who must save a retro-futuristic world from the evil Galactus.</p><p>Universal&#x27;s family-friendly animation sequel &quot;The Bad Guys 2,&quot; about a squad of goofy animal criminals actually doing good in their rebranded lives, dropped to fourth, earning $10.4 million.</p><p>Finishing out the top five was Paramount&#x27;s reboot of &quot;Naked Gun,&quot; a slapstick comedy starring Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr, son of the bumbling police lieutenant from the original 1980s movie and related television series &quot;Police Squad!&quot;</p><p>The film, which co-stars Pamela Anderson, pulled in $8.4 million in its second weekend in theaters.</p><p>Rounding out the top 10 were:</p><p>&quot;Superman&quot; ($7.8 million)</p><p>&quot;Jurassic World: Rebirth&quot; ($4.7 million)</p><p>&quot;F1: The Movie&quot; ($2.8 million)</p><p>&quot;Together&quot; ($2.6 million)</p><p>&quot;Sketch&quot; ($2.5 million)</p><p>bur-sst/mlm</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p>

<p>"Weapons," a new horror film about the mysterious disappearance of a group of children from the same school class, opened atop the North American box office with $42.5 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.</p>

"Weapons," a new horror film about the mysterious disappearance of a group of children from the same school class, opened atop the North American box office with $42.5 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.