{"id":344637,"date":"2025-08-14T19:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344637\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:30:14","slug":"weapons-just-became-the-rare-original-horror-movie-to-hit-100-million-in-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344637\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Weapons’ Just Became the Rare Original Horror Movie to Hit $100 Million in Theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not very common for a non-franchise horror movie to hit $100 million at the box office, but Zach Cregger\u2019s Weapons<\/strong> can already boast about hitting that milestone after just one week of release. The production budget for Weapons was a reported $38 million, and Weapons is already profitable in theaters with the film scaring up $100 million at the worldwide box office!<\/p>\n

You might\u2019ve heard that Warner Bros. and New Line have already been talking to Cregger about a potential Weapons prequel<\/a> centered on the Aunt Gladys character, but let\u2019s hold that thought for now and focus on the massive achievement that\u2019s in front of us this week. Weapons is only the fourth horror movie of the year so far to pass $100 million, with only 28 Years Later, Final Destination Bloodlines, and Sinners in that same class. And the class gets even smaller when we\u2019re talking about original horror, with Weapons and Sinners falling into that category.<\/p>\n

Any time an original horror movie hits $100 million in theaters it is needless to say a massive win for the genre, and it\u2019s also a win for original movies in general. There\u2019s a long-held belief in Hollywood that massive IP and big budget spectacle is the only way to get asses in seats, but then a movie like Weapons comes along and strongly suggests that audiences are hungry for quality original cinema. And it\u2019s also further proof that while other genres including comedy may be struggling in theaters, horror is truly the most death proof and reliable genre of all.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t yet seen Weapons in theaters, get out there this weekend. Trust us.<\/p>\n

Weapons\u00a0has been compared to PTA\u2019s\u00a0Magnolia\u00a0and was accurately described as an epic tale that\u2019s both unconventionally structured and \u201creally fucked up\u201d (Cregger\u2019s own words).<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Weapons, \u201cWhen all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.\u201d Dive deeper into the mystery on\u00a0MaybrookMissing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meagan Navarro wrote in her\u00a0review for Bloody Disgusting<\/a>, \u201cThis is a horror movie that trusts its audience, while delivering on practical effects-driven violence, methodically employed scares, and a biting sense of humor that\u2019ll leave you squealing & squirming in equal measure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next film from Zach Cregger is a fresh take on the\u00a0Resident Evil<\/strong>\u00a0franchise<\/a>, with Cregger directing the film for theatrical release on September 18, 2026. Filming gets underway soon.<\/p>\n

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