Disappearance’s Hour Triumphs at Ticket Booths
Marcus Thompson 
Key Takeaways
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- Disappearances Hour, also known as Weapons, has become the top-earning film globally, grossing over $70 million in its debut weekend.
- Horror films continue to be popular among audiences, with Disappearances Hour outperforming recent releases such as Sinners, M3GAN, and Evil Dead Rise.
- Other notable performances include Jurassic World: Dominion reaching $800 million globally, Superman earning $579 million, and F1 surpassing $570 million.
- Marvel Studios Fantastic Four achieved its best cinematic performance of 2025 with a gross of $434 million, while The Naked Gun and Mauzoes 2 also saw strong box office success.
Global Box Office Dominance: Disappearances Hour Outshines Competition
Over the weekend, the horror film Weapons, known as Disappearances Hour in Portugal, dominated the global box office. Horror films continue to be a hit with audiences. Weapons earned over $70 million, making it last week’s top earner. This significantly outpaced Disney’s Another Crazy Day, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, which grossed $44.5 million. Furthermore, Disappearances Hour surpassed recent horror hits such as Sinners, M3GAN, Evil Dead Rise, Smile, and No Evil Spoken. In other box office news, Jurassic World: Dominion achieved an impressive $800 million globally. Superman reached $579 million, and F1 earned over $570 million. Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four grossed $434 million, marking its best cinematic performance of 2025. Additionally, The Naked Gun secured $56 million in its second week, while Mauzoes 2 grossed an impressive $84 million.
| Specification | |
|---|---|
| Official Name | Weapons |
| Brief Summary | When 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. |
| Released | August 6, 2025 |
| Duration | 129 minutes |
| Genre | Horror, Mystery |
| Production Companies | New Line Cinema, Subconscious, Vertigo Entertainment, BoulderLight Pictures, Domain Entertainment |
| Countries of Origin | US |
| Actors | Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, Toby Huss, Whitmer Thomas, Callie Schuttera, June Diane Raphael, Justin Long, Sara Paxton, Scarlett Sher, Clayton Farris, Luke Speakman, Melissa Ponzio, Anny Jules, Ali Burch, Michael Gene Conti, Eric Jepson, Aaron Quick Nelson, Ashley Ames, Aubrey Brockwell, Jason Turner, Carrie Gibson, Carl Kennedy, Jared Simon, Robert Hendren, Mohammed Fahmy, Trey McGriff, Derek Chouinard, Drew Broderick, Joey Shear, Sarah Kopkin, Keith Paul Carpenter |
| Director | Zach Cregger |
| Authors | Zach Cregger |
| Producers | Zach Cregger, Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon |
| Ratings | 7.715/10 (200 reviews) |
| Homepage | https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/weapons |
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