Weapons managed to beat out Freakier Friday to claim the top spot at the box office while The Fantastic Four: First Steps had another steep weekend drop.
Weapons opened to $43.5 million, which gave Warner Bros. its 6th consecutive movie to open over $40 million for the year, a record run for a major studio. It’s over four times what director Zach Cregger’s first movie, Barbarian, opened to in 2022. The movie got an A- CinemaScore, which is extremely good for a horror movie, and combined with the critical acclaim, it seems to indicate it could have massive legs over the next few weeks. Worldwide, it has made $71.8 million.
Freakier Friday opened in second place with $28.5 million. That’s around $6 million higher than the original Freaky Friday made in 2003. Adjusted for inflation, Freaky Friday has an opening of $38.7 million. For Jamie Lee Curtis, it’s her fourth-highest opening ever behind the recent Halloween trilogy, and for Lindsay Lohan, it’s her biggest opening ever (unadjusted for inflation), topping Mean Girls. The movie received an A CinemaScore, indicating that it will likely have solid word of mouth going into the rest of the month.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps slipped to third place with another steep 60% drop, taking in $15.7 million in its third weekend. It has $230.6 million domestically and $435.5 million worldwide. It’s passed Captain America: Brave New World to become the 10th highest-grossing film worldwide for the year.
The Bad Guys 2 and The Naked Gun both fell around 50% from last weekend, rounding out the top 5 in fourth and fifth place. The Bad Guys 2 has grossed $84.3 million worldwide, while The Naked Gun has earned $56.3 million.
Further down the list, Together took a significant tumble, dropping 63% in its second weekend and earning $2.5 million, which put it in ninth place. It has $18.3 million worldwide so far. Sketch opened in 10th place with $2.4 million. Luckily for the film, the budget was only $3 million, and it’s made $4.9 million total since it opened on Wednesday last week.
The best per-theater average went to Boys Go to Jupiter, an animated film that played in one theater and took in $14,355.
