Weapons becomes first horror film to top 2025 box office 3 weeks in a row, but Netflix may have s...

Industry watchers say that Netflix may have scored its first box office win with &34;KPop Demon Hunters,&34; but the streaming giant doesn't release its numbers

Industry watchers say that Netflix may have scored its first box office win with "KPop Demon Hunters," but the streaming giant doesn't release its numbers.

*Weapons *becomes first horror film to top 2025 box office 3 weeks in a row, but Netflix may have scored its first No. 1

Industry watchers say that Netflix may have scored its first box office win with "KPop Demon Hunters," but the streaming giant doesn't release its numbers.

By Ryan Coleman

Published on August 24, 2025 05:23PM EDT

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Josh Brolin in 'Weapons'. Credit:

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- *Weapons *scored the top spot at the domestic box office this weekend, becoming the first horror movie of 2025 to do so three weeks in a row.

- Industry watchers are reporting that Netflix's animated musical *KPop Demon Hunters *may have surpassed *Weapons*' $15.6 million take, however, with its own $18-20 million premiere, but the streamer doesn't release its numbers.

- *Freakier Friday *continues to silver medal, while next week, films starring Aubrey Plaza, Olivia Colman, and Peter Dinklage vie for the crown.

Zack Cregger's gonzo horror flick *Weapons *just broke a 2025 box office record — or did it?

The missing-child mystery's $15.6 million week-three take makes it the first horror film of 2025 to top the domestic box office for three consecutive weeks, per Comscore. But the weekend's true winner may have been Netflix's *KPop Demon Hunters*, industry watchers report. The animated musical earned somewhere between $18 million to $20 million this weekend for its limited sing-along run, according to box office trackers The Numbers, but because the streaming giant isn't transparent with box office figures, we're left with estimates.

*KPop Demon Hunters *taking the No. 1 spot would be huge for Netflix, representing its first-ever theatrical win. But as long as the streamer keeps its numbers to itself, *Weapons *wins the weekend, breaking a record of its own.

*Weapons*' lifetime gross is still far afield of its closest horror competitor this year, Ryan Coogler's bombastic vampire thriller *Sinners*. That film ended its celebrated theatrical run with a $278.5 million domestic gross, compared to *Weapons*' current $115.8. But *Sinners *only topped the box office twice. The bloody revival of the beloved millennial body-horror franchise, *Final Destination Bloodlines*, is the only other horror film to score the highest marks on the domestic charts this year, when it premiered in May.

Still from 'KPop Demon Hunters'.

Some caveats: *Weapons' *dominance at home may be in question, but it *certainly* wasn't the global winner; Japan's dark, animated *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle* beat *Weapons*' $28.8 million worldwide haul with its own $32.5 million.

*Weapons *has also been greatly aided by a well-timed release date — it has lacked strong theatrical competition. Disney surely hoped their *Freakier Friday *publicity bonanza would put the nostalgia sequel over the top, but other than the Jamie Lee Curtis–Lindsay Lohan big-screen reunion, which has run second behind *Weapons*, nothing has come close to overthrowing *Weapons *in the No. 1 spot (aside from, of course, the maybe/probably one-weekend spike of *KPop Demon Hunters*).

That wasn't the case for *Sinners*, which continued to perform well after weeks in theaters, but was forced to contend with not only *Thunderbolts**, Marvel's first big summer tentpole for 2025, but the live-action *Lilo & Stitch *reboot. The family-friendly juggernaut amassed over $1 billion at the global box office by the end of its run, knocking both *Sinners *and *Final Destination Bloodlines* down a peg when it opened in May.

But *Weapons*' horror milestone is still significant, especially when you place it within the context of the box office's all-time domestic grossers. The highest-grossing horror film the chart has ever tracked is 2017's *It*, but even that film only topped the list twice, being dethroned by, of all things, *Kingsman: The Golden Circle*.

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Elsewhere on this weekend's domestic and global charts, *Freakier Friday *ranked No. 2 again with a $9.2 million domestic take and No. 6 with $15.4 million globally, boosting its overall earnings to $70.5 million domestically and $113.3 million globally. *The Fantastic Four: First Steps *continues to hold strong in its fifth week of release, meanwhile, with a $5.9 million domestic take ($257.2 million total) and $11.7 million globally ($490 million total).

The expected star performers from weeks past reprised their roles on the domestic charts this weekend, but fell off globally. *Superman* earned $3.4 million domestically in its seventh week of release, bringing its domestic haul to $346.9 million and global gross to $604.4 million. *Jurassic World Rebirth*, now in week 8, earned $2.1 million domestically for a $335.8 million overall gross, and continues to stun globally with $844 million overall.****

Stills from 'The Roses,' 'Caught Stealing,' and 'The Toxic Avenger'.

Jaap Buitendijk/Searchlight Pictures; Niko Tavernise/Columbia Pictures; Yana Blajeva/Legendary Pictures

Notable openers this week included Ethan Coen's *Honey Don't!*, which stars Margaret Qualley and Aubrey Plaza brought to modest success (with respect to its modest budget) with a $3 million domestic premiere. David Mackenzie's crime thriller *Relay*, starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James, earned the tenth and final spot on this week's domestic leaderboard, pulling in $1.9 million in its debut.

The end of *Weapons*'* *winning streak may be nigh, given next week's slate of new releases.

Jay Roach's screwball comedy *The Roses*, featuring an all-star ensemble cast including Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kate McKinnon, and Andy Samberg will go head-to-head with the stylish crime comedy *Caught Stealing*, which features a drastically made over Austin Butler in Darren Aronofsky's first new film since *The Whale*. The real wild card is Macon Blair's reimagining of the cult classic film *The Toxic Avenger*, which will feature Peter Dinklage as the beloved radioactive antihero, Toxie.

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