Box office: ‘Weapons’ back on top, ‘Jaws’ in 2nd place

LOS ANGELES – “Weapons” recaptured the top spot at the box office this weekend after losing the crown to a Netflix movie, grossing $10.2 million to lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates Sunday.

After spending its first two weeks atop the chart, the Warner Bors. horror film — which stars Julia Garner and Josh Brolin — slipped behind “KPop Demon Hunters” last weekend, when the streaming service released the popular animated musical to theaters for a special two-day engagement.

Second place this weekend went to a 50th anniversary re-release of “Jaws,” which grossed $8.1 million Friday through Sunday, Comscore reported.

This image released by Peacock shows promotional art for the film “Jaws.” (Peacock via AP)

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Director Darren Aronofsky’s “Caught Stealing,” a crime thriller starring Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz, opened in third place with $7.8 million.
“Freakier Friday” was fourth with $6.5 million Friday through Sunday in its fourth weekend in theaters, followed by “The Roses,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, which opened with $6.4 million.

Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “Fantastic Four: First Steps” ($4.8 million), “The Bad Guys 2” ($4.7 million), “Superman” ($2.5 million), “Nobody 2” ($1.83 million) and “The Naked Gun” ($1.8 million).

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Universal’s 50th rerelease of “Jaws” made a splash in theaters, securing the second spot. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film took “a bite out of the box office,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for the data firm Comscore, earning $8.1 million in 3,200 North American theaters.

“How appropriate that a movie that’s celebrating its 50 years, an all-time classic, Jaws, should be as relevant today as it was when it opened,” Dergarabedian said. “It’s so great because we need every dollar to contribute to the bottom line for this summer.”

The rerelease helped boost a summer with earnings likely coming in at $3.7 billion, just under last summer. Still, this year will miss the typical pre-pandemic summer box office benchmark of $4 billion, Dergarabedian said. (With reports from CNS, AP)

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