Weapons is one of the most talked about movies of the year, generating even more buzz after an impressive box office opening.
The horror film, starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher and Benedict Wong, earned $42.5 million in its opening weekend in August 2025.
The movie depicts the story of 17 children from Justine Gandy’s (Garner) third grade class who go missing in Maybrook, Pennsylvania. Alex Lilly (Christopher) is the only student from the class that remains unharmed, raising questions about what really happened on the night of the kids’ disappearance.
Parents of the students, including Archer Graff (Brolin), are determined to find their children after home security footage reveals all of the kids left their homes at 2:17 a.m. and ran i