Weapons has hit a huge box office milestone. The new horror movie is set in a small town that has been troubled by the mysterious disappearances of 17 students from the same elementary school class. It boasts an ensemble cast that includes Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong, Cary Christopher, and Amy Madigan.

2025’s Weapons is the first movie directed by Zach Cregger since he burst onto the horror scene with the 2022 hit Barbarian after only having previously helmed comedy projects such as Miss March and The Whitest Kids U’Know. It has already exceeded the $45.3 million gross of Barbarian thanks to a 3-day global debut of $70 million.

Warner Bros. Discovery reports that Weapons brought in an additional $6.7 million at the domestic box office on Tuesday, August 12. This pushes its cumulative domestic box office haul to $55.4 million, making it only the 22nd movie of 2025 to pᴀss the $50 million domestic milestone so far.

Weapons has already surpᴀssed the domestic totals of two of the previous movies to have hit that milestone, namely One of Them Days ($50.05 million domestic) and Karate Kid: Legends ($52.5 million).

What This Means For Weapons

Weapons‘ impressive rise up the box office chart is even more impressive considering the fact that it is an original horror movie. Before it ascended the chart, only three other horror тιтles have pᴀssed the $50 million milestone, and two of them – Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later and the supernatural sequel Final Destination Bloodlines – belonged to pre-existing franchises.

This makes Weapons the first original horror movie to make more than $50 million at the domestic box office since Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, a smash hit that debuted on April 18 and quickly rose to a gross of $278.6 million in North America and $365.9 million worldwide.

The next-highest original horror movie on the chart is Heart Eyes, which grossed $30.4 million domestically, more than $20 million below Weapons‘ current haul.

Our Take On The Weapons Milestone

Because it has hit the $50 million milestone before its first full week in theaters has even come to an end, it seems likely that Weapons will continue to climb the chart and hit further important milestones. Just like Sinners, it is a well-reviewed, auteur-driven movie, so it could have a similar trajectory.

While Sinners rose the chart more quickly, having hit $64.4 million on its own first Tuesday, if Weapons follows in its footsteps, it could potentially earn between $240 and $250 million at the domestic box office alone. This would be another huge win for original horror in 2025, in addition to more than surpᴀssing the movie’s reported $38 million budget.

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