Overview

• Weapons opened in theaters on August 8 to robust box office turnout and enthusiastic viewer response
• The film holds a 95–96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and garnered an A- grade on opening-day CinemaScore
• Director Zach Cregger structures the story in interlocking chapters from six viewpoints, a format influenced by Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia
• Reviewers have spotlighted the movie’s deft balance of dread-inducing horror and darkly comic moments, including physical comedy that undercuts the scares
• Julia Garner and Josh Brolin lead a strong ensemble whose performances anchor the mystery of the third-grade classroom disappearance