Comscore<\/a>. <\/p>\n\u201cThe top two films could not be more different, and that\u2019s what makes this weekend so appealing for moviegoers,\u201d Dergarabedian said. \u201cBoth are perfectly tailored for their audiences to react in real time over the weekend to these films and then post on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWeapons\u201d transports audiences to the small town of Maybrook, where 17 kids up and leave their homes at 2:17 a.m., leaving bewildered parents in their wake. The town is left to navigate the lingering effects of trauma through horror, paranoia and a touch of existential humor.<\/p>\n
The film is Cregger\u2019s follow-up to his solo directorial debut with the 2022 genre-bending horror, \u201cBarbarian.\u201d That critically-acclaimed film had a slower start and smaller budget, but still topped the charts during its premiere with $10 million domestically and made a splash in the genre.<\/p>\n
\u201cWeapons\u201d generated a lot of buzz for its strong reviews (95% on Rotten Tomatoes). <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Internet\u2019s exploding right now between Friday and today. You just see that people are having a great time with it,\u201d said Jeffrey Goldstein, president of Global Distribution for Warner Bros. \u201cIt starts with an exceptional movie, an exceptional marketing campaign, and the date was exceptional too.\u201d<\/p>\n
The success of the comedy-horror double premiere meant \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps\u201d surrendered its two-week run in the top spot and landed in the third position, bringing in $15.5 million domestically. The superhero movie enjoyed a strong $118 million debut, but stumbled in its second weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bad Guys 2,\u201d which got a healthy start at the No. 2 spot during its premiere weekend, came in fourth place, earning $10.4 million domestically. \u201cThe Naked Gun\u201d had a similar fate, reaching the fifth position with $8.4 million in North American theaters. <\/p>\n
\u201cJurassic World Rebirth,\u201d which came in seventh this week, is expected to hit $800 million globally by Monday, according to NBC Universal, following a successful run in theaters.<\/p>\n
Warner Bros. started off slow this year, but made a comeback with the box-office hit, \u201cA Minecraft Movie,\u201d which opened with $157 million domestically. Since then, movies like \u201cSinners,\u201d \u201cSuperman\u201d and now, \u201cWeapons,\u201d have found success. <\/p>\n
The studio set \u201ca blueprint to how to create a perfect summer lineup,\u201d Dergarabedian said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWeapons \u201dalso joins a stream of successful horror movies this year, its opening numbers coming in just behind \u201cFinal Destination: Bloodlines\u201d and \u201cSinners.\u201d<\/p>\n
Top 10 movies by domestic box office <\/p>\n
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:<\/p>\n
1. \u201cWeapons,\u201d $42.5 million.<\/p>\n
2. \u201cFreakier Friday,\u201d $29 million.<\/p>\n
3. \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps,\u201d $15.5 million.<\/p>\n
4. \u201cThe Bad Guys 2,\u201d $10.4 million.<\/p>\n
5. \u201cThe Naked Gun,\u201d $8.4 million.<\/p>\n
6. \u201cSuperman,\u201d $7.8 million.<\/p>\n
7. \u201cJurassic World Rebirth,\u201d $4.7 million.<\/p>\n
8. \u201cF1: The Movie,\u201d $2.9 million.<\/p>\n
9. \u201cTogether,\u201d $2.6 million.<\/p>\n
10. \u201cSketch,\u201d $2.5 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-58088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}