Weapons North America Box Office Day 22 Update (Photo Credit –YouTube)
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Weapons by Zach Cregger is on track to hit $130 million at the North American box office. It has amassed $120 million+ domestically, surpassing Nope, achieving a significant feat. The horror movie earned a strong number on its fourth Friday despite losing 215 theaters in North America. Keep scrolling for the deets.
The horror original earned an A- rating on CinemaScore, and the word of mouth was strong, helping the film become a success at the box office. This is one of the highest-grossing horror movies in the post-pandemic era. It lost the top spot, #1 spot in the domestic rankings, to Caught Stealing and dropped to #3, just behind Jaws.
Weapons’ box office collection on day 22 in North America
According to Box Office Mojo‘s data, Weapons collected $2.7 million at the North American box office on its fourth Friday. Despite the loss of theaters, it still has a solid hold at the box office, witnessing a decline of just 42.6% from last Friday. It has hit a cume of $124.9 million domestically and will cross $130 million in North America this weekend.
Becomes the 8th highest-grossing horror movie post-COVID at the domestic box office
Based on the data, Josh Brolin‘s movie has emerged as the 8th highest-grossing horror movie domestically in the post-pandemic era and the 2nd highest-grossing original horror flick domestically post-COVID. For the uninitiated, Jordan Peele’s Nope collected $123.3 million at the North American box office. It is one of the most successful horror movies ever.
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The horror movie collected $94.2 million at the international box office. Adding that to the domestic cume of $124.8 million, its worldwide collection reached $219.08 million cume in 22 days. Made on a reported budget of $38 million, the film has collected 5.7 times more than the production cost and is the 15th highest-grossing film of the year worldwide. Weapons was released on August 8.
