Warner Bros’ new release, Weapons<\/em>, has taken the top spot in North America with an estimated $42.5 million. This marks the sixth consecutive film from the studio to open with over $40 million, a notable achievement in Hollywood. The movie, directed by Zach Cregger, follows the story of a small town where a class of school children disappears mysteriously.<\/p>\n ComScore reported that the weekend earnings totaled $131 million, with the year-to-date total reaching $5.6 billion, a 7.6% increase from the same period in 2024. Weapons<\/em> debuted with an A-cinema score and played at 3,202 locations, attracting an estimated 2.8 million audience members, with a male-female split of 54%-46%.<\/p>\n The horror film, starring Julia Garner and Josh Brolin, tells the story of parents in a small town dealing with the unexplained disappearance of their children. The movie also performed well in IMAX theaters, earning $410,000, which accounts for 15% of its total box office earnings. IMAX has announced that Weapons<\/em> will continue to play at most North American locations next weekend.<\/p>\n The success of Weapons<\/em> contributes to Warner Bros’ winning streak, with the studio’s global box office earnings exceeding $2 billion in the three-month period ending June 30. This streak is expected to continue, with several highly anticipated releases lined up for the coming months.<\/p>\n In second place, Disney’s More Triggered Friday<\/em> earned an estimated $29 million from 3,975 locations. The body-swap comedy, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, is expected to perform well until the end of August, with women making up 67% of the ticket holders. Meanwhile, Disney\/Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/em> took third place, earning $15.5 million in its third weekend, despite a 60% decline in earnings.<\/p>\n The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has been experiencing a phenomenon known as "superhero fatigue," with some fans feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of interconnected storylines. However, The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/em> has managed to deliver a slimmed-down action narrative, receiving strong reviews and paving the way for future MCU releases.<\/p>\n Universal\/Dreamworks’ The Bad Guys 2<\/em> earned $10.4 million in its second weekend, while Paramount’s The Naked Gun<\/em> reboot, starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson, took fifth place, earning $3.3 million. DC Studios’ Superman<\/em> continues to perform well, earning $331.2 million after five weekends, and is expected to win the summer battle of the superheroes in 2025.<\/p>\n Neon’s Sundance horror acquisition, Together<\/em>, starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco, added $2.6 million to its total earnings, despite a 62% decline in its second weekend. Angel Studios’ Sketch<\/em> debuted in the top 10, earning $5 million from 2,157 locations, and tells the story of a grieving single father whose daughter accepts her own lifespan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Box Office Report Warner Bros’ new release, Weapons, has taken the top spot in North America with an estimated $42.5 million. This marks the sixth consecutive film from the studio to open with over $40 million, a notable achievement in Hollywood. The movie, directed by Zach Cregger, follows the story of a small town where<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19033,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19031\/revisions\/19033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Weekend Earnings<\/h2>\n
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