Box Office, Weapons and Second Weekend
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5.Zach's initial cast included four key actors: Pedro Pascal, Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta, Eternals), Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World, Armand), and Austin Abrams (Wolfs, Chemical Hearts). Scheduling conflicts also arose for Brian and Renate, which forced them to step away from the film.
In second place with about $44.5 million in global ticket sales, Disney’s “Freakier Friday” marked a box office comeback for Lindsay Lohan.
Weapons” scared its way to the top during its debut last weekend and stayed there, beating out “Freakier Friday” and the newcomer action movie “Nobody 2.”
From the giant floating gun to the metaphors for the political left and right, we look at what Weapons' school-shootings metaphor adds to the story
Weapons was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 8, 2025, and met with positive reviews, holding a 94% Rotten Tomatoes rating. Zach Cregger has written and directed this film.