“ Weapons ” creeped back to the top of box office charts, collecting a significant $25 million in its second weekend of release. Ticket sales for the R-rated horror film declined just 43% from its $43 million debut, an impressive hold for a genre that’s known to drastically fall after opening weekend.

En route to sleeper hit status, “Weapons” has grossed $89 million domestically and $148 million worldwide after two weekends of release. The film, which cost a modest $38 million, is benefitting from great reviews and electric word-of-mouth. It’s the fifth consecutive hit for Warner Bros. following “A Minecraft Movie,” “Sinners,” “Final Destination Bloodlines” and “Superman.” Fortunes have reversed for the studio after starting the year with such financial misfires as “Mickey 17” and “The

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