Disney’s body-swapping comedy Freakier Friday and New Line’s acclaimed mystery-comedy Weapons are off to the races at the late-summer box office .

The two August pics are expected to end up in a close race for No. 1 domestically and topple Marvel Studio’ struggling holdover The Fantastic Four: The First Steps from the top spot. Marvel and parent company Disney are still hopeful that Fantastic Four will rebound, but there are no assurances.

Horror could use a win after such box office bombs as Blumhouse and Atomic Monsters’ M3GAN 2.0 , which opened to only $10 million in June on its way to topping at $40 million worldwide, compared to $180 million for the first film.

Disney’s body-swapping comedy Freakier Friday and New Line’s acclaimed mystery-comedy Weapons ar

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