Buzzy horror flick Weapons returned to the top of the North American box office in its fourth week of release, earning $12.4 million over the Labor Day holiday weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.
The Warner Bros. movie, starring Julia Garner and Josh Brolin, tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of a group of children from the same school class.
Weapons, which briefly ceded the top spot to Netflix’s animated hit KPop Demon Hunters last week, has so far made $134.6 million in the United States and Canada, according to Exhibitor Relations.
In second place was the 50th anniversary re-release of Universal’s summer shark thriller Jaws, making $9.8 million over the Friday-to-Monday period.
Caught Stealing, a crime flick from Sony starring Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz, debuted in third place at $9.5 million.
Disney’s Freakier Friday, the much-anticipated sequel to the 2003 body-swapping family film, which again stars Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, came in fourth at $8.3 million.
And in fifth place was Searchlight’s The Roses, a remake of the 1989 dark comedy The War of the Roses starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, at $8 million. This time, Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman play the couple whose marriage descends into resentment.
Rounding out the top 10 were The Bad Guys 2 ($6.2 million), The Fantastic Four: First Steps ($6 million), Superman ($3.3 million), Nobody 2 ($2.4 million), and The Naked Gun ($2.25 million). AFP
