Warner Bros.’ New Line horror, the Weapons movie, roared into theaters with a $18.2M opening day ($5.7M from previews) and is pacing for a $40M weekend—surpassing your entire home run of Cregger’s debut, Barbarian, in simply three days.
Why the Weapons movie is connecting
Cregger’s sophomore movie is taking part in far broader than Barbarian, which earned a C+ CinemaScore on opening evening. The stronger viewers exit polls and excessive RT marks level to constructive phrase of mouth that might give Weapons legs past its front-loaded horror debut.
Warner’s roll continues
Weapons caps a summer run that features Last Vacation spot: Bloodlines, Superman and Apple’s F1 (distributed by WB). 12 months-to-date, Warner Bros. has amassed about $1.45B domestically—No. 1 amongst studios in 2025.
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Disney’s counterprogramming clicks; Marvel cools
Throughout the aisle, Disney’s Freakier Friday—the legacy sequel to the 2003 hit—opened to $12.7M on Friday and is pacing for a $30M weekend. It’s incomes an A CinemaScore and a 94% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes towards a modest $42M funds, setting it up for a theatrical revenue. TheWrap
In the meantime, Marvel’s The Incredible 4: First Steps continues to fall after a robust launch, eyeing about $15M in weekend three (-61% from final weekend) for roughly $229M home via Sunday, trailing Superman’s tempo because the DC movie crosses $330M home.
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