Overview

• Weapons crossed $100 million worldwide within its first week, recouping its reported $38 million budget and becoming one of 2025’s rare original horror breakouts.
• Trade outlets report Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are exploring a prequel centered on Aunt Gladys after learning the director originally cut her backstory chapter for length.
• Zach Cregger has said the 2021 death of his close friend Trevor Moore informed the film’s emotional core and shaped its interlocking character perspectives.
• Critics have praised the film’s structure and scares, reflected in a 94–95% Rotten Tomatoes score and comparisons to hits like Barbarian, Drag Me to Hell and 28 Days Later.
• Ongoing debate questions whether Weapons carries a defined social metaphor or opts for an open-ended, visceral horror experience, and Cregger denies it was written as an allegory for school shootings.