Action star Bob Odenkirk (not a misprint) was not enough to take down the latest audience sensation or the Disney nostalgia train this weekend. That could be a problem for next week’s releases, too, as we approach the end of another summer. The slow crawl to Labor Day weekend is upon us. There are only two more weeks for the box office to catch 2024’s $3.63 billion. The season is ending with a re-release of one of the biggest films of all time, and with another $100 million spent this weekend, we are about $300 million away from besting last year. This August may not have a Barbie, Oppenheimer , or Deadpool & Wolverine to help drive the grosses to pre-pandemic levels, but it does have its own Weapons , and that ain’t no fluke.

King of the Crop: Weapons Holds on to No. 1

Zach Creg

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