{"id":1951898,"date":"2025-08-09T20:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1951898"},"modified":"2025-08-09T20:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:47:07","slug":"weapons-was-the-big-gun-at-box-office-on-its-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/weapons-was-the-big-gun-at-box-office-on-its-opening-day\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Weapons&#8217; was the big gun at box office on its opening day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2F109399933.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The theaters were definitely locked and loaded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeapons\u201d blasted to No.1 on Friday as its opener pulled in $18.2 million, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenumbers.com\/daily-box-office-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The flick, which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/06\/entertainment\/weapons-review-the-best-horror-movie-of-the-summer\/\">The Post praised<\/a> as \u201cthe best horror movie of the summer\u201d could be enjoying an over <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/box-office-weapons-freakier-friday-1236482095\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$30 million <\/a>opening weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Its star, Josh Brolin, who plays the father of one of 17 children who run away on the same night, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/weapons-josh-brolin-dog-stars-running-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Collider<\/a> why the film stands out amongst others in the genre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, with so much content, you\u2019re just watching things on whatever streaming service you\u2019re on, and you\u2019re just going, \u2018F\u2013k, why is this so boring, man? Why?\u2019 And just go to the next thing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all the same s\u2013t.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Julia Garner stars in the mystery horror \u201cWeapons.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFreakier Friday,\u201d which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/05\/entertainment\/freakier-friday-review-lindsay-lohan-finally-has-a-decent-comeback-movie\/\">The Post called<\/a> \u201ca decent comeback movie\u201d for its star Lindsay Lohan, landed in second place with sales of $12.7 million. <\/p>\n<p>The long-awaited sequel to 2003\u2019s\u00a0\u201cFreaky Friday\u201d \u2014 which has Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role \u2014 could be looking at an up to $32 million opening weekend haul.<\/p>\n<p>Curtis explained to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/07\/freakier-friday-movie-cast-lindsay-lohan-sequel\/85507880007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a> why the sequel took more than two decades.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reprise their roles in \u201cFreakier Friday,\u201d a sequel to the 2003 original.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere was no possible way we could have done a sequel to \u2018Freaky Friday\u2019 until Lindsay was old enough chronologically to be the mother of a 15-year-old,\u201d she told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps\u201d flew down two notches to third place, earning $4.5 million on its third Friday in theaters.<\/p>\n<p>The superhero film, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures,\u00a0saw a 66% drop during its second week at the box office and Disney CEO Bob Iger addressed the elephant in the room during a recent Q&amp;A with analysts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though, for instance, there have been\u00a0\u2018Fantastic Four\u2019 movies before, we kind of consider the one that we did an original property in many respects because we\u2019re introducing those characters to people who are not familiar with them at all,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/disney-ceo-bob-iger-film-studio-original-franchises-1236479897\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pedro Pascal plays Mister Fantastic in \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In fourth was the family animated comedy \u201cThe Bad Guys 2,\u201d down two spots from last Friday, with a $3.07 million take.<\/p>\n<p>In less than a week in theaters, the Pixar film earned $50 million globally, surpassing the entire box office earnings of the animation company\u2019s 2021 movie \u201cLuca,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/the-bad-guys-2-overtakes-pixar-luca-global-box-office-51-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Collider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Naked Gun\u201d\u00a0fell two places to fifth, with $2.37 million in sales.<\/p>\n<p>The legacy sequel, which was released last Friday, is star Liam Neeson\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/the-naked-gun-2025-movie-highest-grossing-liam-neeson-record-box-office-milestone\/#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20The%20Naked%20Gun,Black%20Bag%20(%2442.7%20million).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highest-grossing movie of the decade.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theaters were definitely locked and loaded. \u201cWeapons\u201d blasted to No.1 on Friday as its opener pulled in $18.2 million, according to The Numbers. The flick, which The Post praised as \u201cthe best horror movie of the summer\u201d could be enjoying an over $30 million opening weekend. 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