{"id":170118,"date":"2025-08-23T21:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/170118\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T21:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:44:10","slug":"weapons-still-no-1-at-box-office-for-third-friday-since-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/170118\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Weapons&#8217; still No. 1 at box office for third Friday since opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s still firing. <\/p>\n<p>For the third Friday in a row since its opening, \u2018Weapons\u201d is still No. 1 at the box office \u2014 raking in $4.67 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenumbers.com\/daily-box-office-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film is slated to enjoy a 15 million-dollar three-day weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/box-office-kpop-demon-hunters-weapons-1236495263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the horror-mystery \u2014 which cost $38 million to produce \u2014 became the second original R-rated film of 2025 to earn $100 million domestically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/weapons-box-office-milestone-100-million-1236351102\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as per The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Remaining in second place was \u201cFreakier Friday,\u201d with earnings of $2.8 million. <\/p>\n<p>In \u201cWeapons,\u201d Julia Garner plays a teacher whose students disappear.  \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>The long-awaited sequel to 2003\u2019s\u00a0\u201cFreaky Friday,\u201d with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reprising their mother-daughter roles, is expected to enjoy three-day weekend earnings of $9 million.<\/p>\n<p>Moving up a notch to third this Friday was \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps,\u201d with $1.6 million in sales. <\/p>\n<p>In fourth was \u201cHoney Don\u2019t!\u201d the comedy-mystery directed by Ethan Coen, which took in $1.44 million. <\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis star as a mother-daughter duo in \u201cFreakier Friday.\u201d \u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Kirby plays Sue Storm in \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps.\u201d \u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/21\/movies\/honey-dont-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times called<\/a> the film, which debuted on Friday and stars Margaret Qualley,\u00a0Aubrey Plaza,\u00a0Chris Evans and\u00a0Charlie Day, \u201cwry, weird and sometimes cruel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bad Guys 2\u201d remained in fifth, with a $1.28 million-dollar take on its fourth Friday in theaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s still firing. 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