Last Updated on September 5, 2025 by Angel Melanson
Summer 2025 is ending on a bit of a low note at the box office overall thanks to a lack of major releases in August. Be that as it may, horror is doing its part to carry the load as director Zach Cregger’s Weapons is continuing its hot streak. The acclaimed film, after three weekends, has passed a major milestone, crossing the $200 million mark globally as of today.
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This past weekend, New Line’s Weapons pulled in an estimated $15.6 million domestically on its third weekend. That was good enough for second place, as Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters pulled a surprise victory with $18 million. In any event, Cregger’s follow-up to 2022’s Barbarian has now made $115.8 million domestically to go with $83.5 million overseas for a running total of $199.3 million through Sunday. By the end of this sentence, it will have passed $200 million worldwide against an over/under $40 million budget.
The film takes place after all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanishes on the same night at precisely the same time. This leaves the surrounding community to question who – or what – is behind their disappearance. The cast includes Julia Garner (Ozark), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Alden Ehrenreich (Ironheart), Amy Madigan (Streets of Fire) and Austin Abrams (Euphoria).
That makes it easily one of the biggest horror movies of 2025 thus far, overtaking Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later ($150 million worldwide) in recent days. The only horror titles that have made more this year are Final Destination Bloodlines ($286 million worldwide) and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners ($365 million worldwide), which remains one of the biggest original Hollywood hits in years. The other consideration is Jurassic World Rebirth ($844 million worldwide). We here at Fango consider the Jurassic movies horror but that’s a bit of a sticky issue.
In any event, it should be lost on nobody that two of the splashiest hits of 2025 overall are original horror movies. Both of which hail from Warner Bros., no less. Not something coming within a pre-existing franchise. That is a good omen for the future. Cregger will next take a stab at a big franchise with a reboot of the Resident Evil series for Sony but rest assured, whatever original idea he has next, he’ll surely have no trouble finding a home for it.
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