The enigmatic horror film starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Alden Ehrenreich wins again in weekend two with a $43 million global take. Weapons reloads for

The enigmatic horror film starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Alden Ehrenreich wins again in weekend two with a $43 million global take.

*Weapons *reloads for another bloodbath at the box office

The enigmatic horror film starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Alden Ehrenreich wins again in weekend two with a $43 million global take.

By Ryan Coleman

Published on August 17, 2025 05:57PM EDT

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Alden Ehrenreich in 'Weapons'. Credit:

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You can run — and keep running, and run some more — but you can't hide.

*Weapons *took decisive care of its competition for a second week in a row at the box office. The twisty missing-children mystery from *Barbarian *director Zach Cregger followed up on its impressive $42.5 million U.S. premiere with a $25 million weekend two take. Globally, the film earned $43.4 million, handing it the crown both at home and abroad.

Last week, *Weapons *smoked Disney's widely publicized nostalgia sequel *Freakier Friday *in their debuts to the tune of $13.5 million. That gap slightly narrowed this week, with the Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis comedy taking in $14.5 million domestically, earning it the No. 2 spot, and $23.8 globally, where it fell to No. 5.

Lindsay Lohan in 'Freakier Friday' and Bob Odenkirk in 'Nobody 2'.

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The sequel to Bob Odenkirk's 2021 comedic hit parade, literally — the punch- and slap-filled *Nobody*, also fell short of the gold this week, earning No. 3 in its premiere with a domestic haul of $9.2 million and No. 2 globally with $32 million.

*The Fantastic Four: First Steps*, Marvel's big summer tentpole and the first headlining team-up of the beloved comic squad since 2015, continues to slow its pace in its fourth week of release. The super-flick starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn earned $8.8 million domestically and $18 million globally, where it fell to the very bottom of the top 10.

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That film now boasts a $247 million domestic haul, nothing to thumb your nose at, but nothing compared to the DCU's big Marvel counterprogramming for the summer season, *Superman*. The Man of Steel film is holding strong domestically with a $5.2 million take in week 6, grabbing a $340 million haul.

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Elsewhere on the global leaderboard, Japan's dark animated fantasy *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle *opened to $31.3 million, totaling a staggering $192.2 million from only nine markets. That earns the latest entry in the anime franchise the title of highest-ever animated opening in the region, surpassing *Frozen II *and *Inside Out 2.*

Jude Law in 'Eden' and Margaret Qualley in 'Honey Don't!'.

Looking ahead, *Weapons *has a decent shot at a three-peat if it can withstand the whallops of a Jude Law thriller and a saucy Aubrey Plaza-Margaret Qualley caper.

Next weekend sees the opening of *Eden*, Ron Howard's survival thriller based on the true story of a group of European émigrés whose lives erupt in chaos after settling in the Galápagos. Law is joined by Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, and *Fantastic Four*'s Kirby in the cast. Also opening is *Honey Don't!*, the latest solo endeavor from Ethan Coen and starring Qualley, Chris Evans, and Plaza in her return to the big screen after the death of her husband, Jeff Baena.

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