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Thanks to winning for critics and audiences, the bustling film by director Zach Cregger arrived in more than $ 10 million before the expectations to win the weekend with $ 42.5 million in another remarkable victory for the new line and the Warner Bros. parent company, as well as for the original stories. Abroad, he also won the race with an equally impressive $ 27.5 million for a world debut of $ 70 million. Gender does not usually travel well, but Weapon It is an exception, scaring strong results in markets normally resistant to horror in Europe and Latin America.
It is the seventh launch of Warners of the year to open in the first place, an unparalleled feat, as well as its sixth consecutive title to open more than $ 40 million nationwide, also a unique record.
That was not the only holder of the weekend. In a double victory for the box office of the end of summer, the Disney body exchange comedy More strange Friday He landed at the upper end of expectations with a national start of $ 29 million in second place and became the best August opening for an image with PG classification (or a film with g -classification). Abroad, it was launched to $ 15.5 million better than expected by a global arch of $ 44.5 million, practically along with its modest budget of $ 45 million before marketing. Similar to WeaponHis strength in Latin America was a particular surprise, where he won the race in a handful of markets, including Mexico and Argentina.
And, as Weapon It is an impulse for the genre of horror challenged, the Strange Friday The sequel is the second consecutive victory after Paramount’s Naked gun For the comedies of large screen study, which have become a species in danger of extinction in the transmission era.
Both new films ran circles around Disney and Marvel superhero tentpole The Fantastic Four: First Stepswhich suffered another strong fall in its second week, falling approximately 60 percent to an estimated $ 15.5 million for a problematic national total of $ 240.3 million and $ 434.2 million worldwide.
Heading to the weekend, the previous follow -up was shown Weapon and More strange Friday Opening in the range of $ 25 million to $ 30 million, but the first one quickly advanced after obtaining an impressive score of 96 percent critics in Rotten Tomatoes and an A-Cinemascore of the public, an almost unknown qualification for a horror photo. Exceptions include Jordan Peele’s seminal horror photo Go outwho also won an A- and made Peele one of the most wanted directors during the night.
The script for the spooky photo with R rating was subject to a warm offers war when the package reached the market. New Line and Warners prevailed to the rivals after $ 38 million fell, including a $ 10 million payment day for Cregger to direct, write and produce after making waves with their debut feature film, 2022’s Barbarianthat he wrote and directed. The sources say that he commanded a $ 20 million rate for their agreement, the next resident Evil movie.
WeaponAscendant, he stars in Julia Garner as a teacher who learns that 17 of the 18 children in her classroom rose simultaneously from the bed and ran at night at the same time, at 2:17 am Josh Brolin plays a afflicted father who intends to find his missing son, and suspects that the young teacher had something to do with that. Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams and Amy Madigan also star WeaponThat has enough turn.
Rival studies say that the Warners marketing campaign for Weapon It was nothing less than brilliant, considering that I did not want to ruin the surprise and exploit the turn in marketing materials.
Other statistics: IMAX is being reproduced in coverage. In total, IMAX and other large -format premium screens became a huge 34 percent of the gross opening.
More strange Friday – Gathering Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis 23 years later Strange Friday It became a cult classic: it is a favorite of the crowd between families and cinephiles in general, winning a perfect in Cinemacore. And its audience score in Rotten Tomatoes is 93 percent, compared to 89 percent for Weapon (The latter’s audience score is 89 percent).
He Strange Friday The sequel is the first photo of events in weeks to attack girls and women, and is also benefiting from the nostalgia factor. A fun: The 2003 film appeared on the list of the 10 best films most seen in Disney+ in the last two weeks. The parents gave the movie a perfect five -star service in the postTrak output voting service; The same for children (16 percent of ticket buyers were under 16).
Directed by Nisha Ganatra, the film retires after the events of the first film, when the character of Lohan, Anna, exchanged bodies with his mother, Tess, played by Curtis. This time, in a multigenerational turn, they are exchanging places with, respectively, the daughter and future stepdaughter of Anna. Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Rosalind Chao, Chad Michael Murray, Vanessa Bayer and Mark Harmon also star.
He Strange Friday The franchise, which also includes a 1976 film, is based on Mary Rodgers’ book. Disney has had great success by taking advantage of nostalgia and attracting young adults aged 20 and 30 who grew up in their films library. For example, it is a live action tent Lilo and stitchBased on the 2002 animated film, it is the only 2025 Hollywood photo so far to clear the milestone of $ 1 billion after attracting families and not parents.
In another part of the box office table, Universal and DreamWorks Animation, modestly budgeted Bad boys 2 continued Fantastic four To arrive in fourth place, a 53 percent respectable falling at its second year exit to $ 10.4 million for a 10 -day national count of $ 43.4 million.
The male R-Sesgo qualification Naked gun He also kept well in his second weekend, falling only 50 percent to $ 8.4 million for a domestic crop of $ 33 million. It was only the second study comedy of the year to try the waters, and did so successfully when opening almost $ 17 million nationwide. While this film is considered more a direct comedy, compared to a family comedy such as More strange FridayIt is good news for everything that both work.
Naked gun Not only is it symbolic to show that comedies can still work theatrically. It was also the last film released by the previous regime of Paramount before Skydance by David Ellison closed its merger of $ 8 billion with Global Paramount on August 7. (Skydance has been the partner of co -financing and co -production of Paramount since his Paramount, but was not involved with Naked gun.
DC Studios and Warners’ Superman He continued showing a solid permanence power in his fifth weekend. It occurred in sixth place at the national level with $ 7.8 million for an American crop of $ 331.2 million, while raising another $ 5.8 million abroad for a foreign count of $ 247.6 million and $ 578.8 million worldwide. The film is practically insured to clean $ 600 million worldwide; How much more is it clear. In past times, a photo of expensive and marquee superhero that earned $ 600 million would have left unhappy Studio Brass wanting much more, but times have changed. A weakened demand for comic adaptations is especially problematic abroad, particularly in Asia. While the international box office used to increase from 60 to 70 percent of the final result for superhero titles, both Superman and Fantastic four They have won me more nationally than abroad.
Dinosaurs apparently do not face the same problem. Many in Hollywood had doubts about whether Universal and Amblin’s 2025 Summer Tentpole Jurassic World Renaissance – The nth restart of the franchise with a completely new cast – would work. The short answer: it has it. On Monday, it will become the third 2025 Hollywood title to cross $ 800 million worldwide after ending Sunday with a world count of $ 799.9 million, including $ 326.8 million in North America and $ 473.2 million abroad. In his sixth weekend, he was seventh in the country after Superman with $ 4.7 million even though he was now available at home in Premium Vod. Abroad, he took another $ 16 million.
Original Apple and Warners’ films F1: The movie It has not yet run out of gas and has remained among the 10 best artists in its seventh weekend. Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Brad Pitt, the action adventure of Formula One is one of the biggest surprises of the summer and has earned almost as much as Supermanor $ 570.7 million worldwide. The participation of the lion can come from abroad, or $ 392.1 million, but its national total until the date of $ 178.8 million is impressive taking into account that films related to formula one often have stagnated in the United States.
Despite the generosity of Weapon and More strange Friday Delivered at its openings, the weekend was still under the same picture last year when Justin Baldoni’s It ends with us He opened $ 50.1 million at the national level. Since then, the film has become infamous for provoking a continuous legal battle between the star/producer Blake Lively and Baldoni, who directed, produced and starred in the film, which was adapted from the very popular book of Colleen Hoover.
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