Overview
- Weapons led the U.S. box office for all of August, and Sinners is cited as a rare original blockbuster.
- A24’s prestige slate helped raise critical regard for horror, even as some viewers say its trailers promise more gore than the films deliver.
- Lowbrow franchises such as Terrifier are matching or topping receipts for art-house entries, underscoring broad audience appetite.
- The boom is spilling into bookstores with a new Penguin Horror line, fresh anthologies, and heritage reprints from the British Library.
- Some observers argue horror now outdraws comic-book movies as superhero enthusiasm cools.