American moviegoers are sending a loud and clear message to Hollywood: make quality, original horror movies and we will come.
This weekend, Zach Cregger’s “Weapons” topped the box office, grossing $42.5 million domestically. It’s the second time this year that an original horror was No. 1 at the box office. In April, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” raked in $45.6 million in its opening weekend.
Both “Weapons” and “Sinners” are distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, which has shown “a great formula for making big horror hits,” says Paul Dergarabedian, senior analyst at Comscore.
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“Weapons” has already surpassed Cregger’s 2022 hit “Barbarian,” which grossed $40.8 million domestically. Reviews for “Weapons” were 95% positive, while “Sinners” got 97%, according to review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.
