Every August, Alamo Drafthouse prepares for a late-summer slowdown. “We joke that weekday business gets soft because parents have to think about buying their kids a new backpack,” says the theater chain’s chief revenue officer,

Zach Cregger’s horror feature “Weapons” held strong at the domestic box office to maintain the No. 1 spot for its second weekend—but 2025’s latest horror hit remains a ways off from catching “Sinners” for the title of top horror film at the box office this year.

"Weapons" stayed on top of the box office with $25 million, while "Freakier Friday" and "Nobody 2" followed with $14 million and $9.2 million respectively, ending a 13-week streak of over $100 million in domestic totals.