Weapons Movie Just Slayed Everyone at the Box Office This Weekend

Looks like Hollywood found its new golden boy, and his name is Zach Cregger! The horror mastermind’s latest creation, “Weapons,” just absolutely demolished the competition this weekend, raking in a jaw-dropping $42.5 million domestically while everyone else scrambled for second place like desperate wannabes at a casting call.

Remember when everyone said original movies were dead? Yeah, about that… Cregger’s buzzy flick came in more than $10 million ahead of expectations, proving that when you actually make something good instead of recycling the same tired franchises, people will show up with their wallets wide open.

The Numbers Don’t Lie – This Movie Is a Monster Hit

Globally, this baby pulled in a whopping $70 million worldwide, which is basically Hollywood speak for “cha-ching!” But here’s the real tea: the movie is set to eclipse the entire $40.8 million domestic run of Cregger’s previous hit “Barbarian” in just ONE weekend. Talk about a glow-up!

Meanwhile, poor “Freakier Friday” thought it could crash this horror party, managing a respectable but totally overshadowed $29 million opening. Sorry Lindsay Lohan fans, but when audiences have to choose between nostalgia and pure terror, apparently they’re picking fear over feels.

Critics and Audiences Are Absolutely Living for It

The critics are eating this up too, because both critics and audiences are giving it a thumbs up with Rotten Tomatoes scores of 96% critics and 88% audience, plus a rare CinemaScore grade of A-. When was the last time a horror movie got that kind of love? We’ll wait…

Everyone Else Got Left in the Dust

Disney’s “Fantastic Four: First Steps” got knocked off its throne faster than you can say “superhero fatigue,” dropping to third place with just $15.5 million. Ouch. Looks like audiences are trading their capes for jump scares this summer.

This marks the second time this year an original horror movie hit No. 1 at the box office, which honestly feels like a minor miracle in today’s sequel-obsessed landscape.

So there you have it, folks – Zach Cregger is officially the horror king of 2025, and “Weapons” just proved that sometimes the best revenge against Hollywood’s creativity drought is serving up something genuinely terrifying. Who’s laughing now?