Weapons has now surpᴀssed another major 2025 film at the domestic box office. The horror movie is the second feature film from Zach Cregger, who had his breakout with Barbarian in 2022. Starring Julia Garner and Josh Brolin, Weapons focuses on the case of 17 school children fleeing their houses in the middle of the night, disappearing.
The response to Weapons has been extremely positive thus far. It maintained a perfect 100% Tomatometer score for a while, and is now at a 93% on the review aggregator site. This includes a positive review for Weapons from ScreenRant‘s Zach Moser, praising its “excellent lead performances.”
Warner Bros. has now revealed new box office data for Weapons, including beating out a major Disney тιтle. The movie brought in an additional $25 million at the domestic box office this past weekend. This puts Weapons’ domestic total at $88.5 million, just above Disney’s Snow White, which grossed $87.2 million domestically.
Weapons has not yet pᴀssed Snow White at the worldwide box office. However, Snow White made a total of $205.6 million worldwide during its entire theatrical run, whereas Weapons has brought in $148.2 million in just two weeks.
What This Means For Weapons
While Snow White was notoriously a flop for Disney, this is good news for Weapons. Beating Snow White also means that Weapons is now one of the top 15 highest-grossing movies at the domestic box office for 2025. The next movie for it to overtake is Dog Man, and that goal is definitely in sight.
This total also means that Weapons has done far better than Cregger’s first feature, Barbarian. Barbarian made back its budget tenfold, grossing $45.3 million on an estimated $4.5 million budget. But even so, Weapons has managed to far surpᴀss this worldwide total in domestic numbers alone.
Our Take On Weapons’ New Box Office Achievement
Weapons‘ box office success is great news for its director. Barbarian already proved Cregger to be one of the most important voices in the modern horror genre, but this second feature is what really shows his capacity to make big money on his projects, which will be invaluable to his future career.
Beyond Cregger’s personal victory, however, Weapons‘ win is part of an ongoingly strong year for horror. Sinners got the ball rolling as an original horror film that became a box-office smash hit, and Weapons has maintained this momentum. Hopefully, this will lead to other high-quality and super-original horror films being made in the future.
