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Hello, Yahoo readers! My name is Brett Arnold, film critic and longtime Yahoo editor, and I’m back with another edition of Trust Me, I Watch Everything. The best horror movie in ages and one of the best movies of the year, period, is here: Zach Cregger’s Weapons hits theaters nationwide, including IMAX screens. It has company at the box office: …

Disney’s body-swapping comedy Freakier Friday and New Line’s acclaimed mystery-comedy Weapons are off to the races at the late-summer box office. The two August pics are expected to end up in a close race for No. 1 domestically and topple Marvel Studio’ struggling holdover The Fantastic Four: The First Steps from the top spot. Marvel and parent company Disney are …

The box office is getting a lot freakier this Friday, with two new movies hitting theaters and battling for the No. 1 spot: “Freakier Friday” and “Weapons.” The Disney body-swap comedy has made $3.1 million in Thursday previews at the box office, while Warner Bros.’ horror thriller has $5.7 million. “Freakier Friday,” starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis 22 …

EXCLUSIVE: New Line’s Zach Cregger R-rated horror movie Weapons is currently seeing a preview figure in the neighborhood of the label’s earlier summer spooky movie, Final Destination: Bloodlines, with $5M+. Walk up business could drive it higher by the time we get the official number tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, Disney’s sequel to 2003’s Freaky Friday —Freakier Friday— is around $3M in …

The rise of evil is more believable than its defeat. Implausible horror movies ask you to buy that a curse can be broken, a killer bested, nightmares tidied into a neat resolution. But filmmaker Zach Cregger enjoys making a mess. His buzzy breakout, 2022’s “Barbarian,” tangled several narratives in one basement, jolting audiences with a bold tone shift and a …

Other new weapons in Season 4: Shock ‘N Awesome Last season’s hero rank system returns, but it’s renamed as O.X.R. ranks. All players will start each match with a C rank, and can rise through the ranks of B, A, S, and S+. Your O.X.R. rank will increase as you kill bugs, eliminate opponents, and loot chests. These are the …

Zach Cregger’s first major film Barbarian was tense and frightening, but it was also infused with a healthy dose of absurdity. The movie’s twisted sense of humor made it easier to stomach its grotesque violence and a bit more difficult to anticipate how its unhinged story would unfold. But Barbarian also worked surprisingly well as a commentary on who really …

Disney’s highly anticipated Freakier Friday and Warner Bros.’ and New Line’s critical darling Weapons are headed for a lively late-summer showdown at the box office in what could be a boost for two genres that have struggled on the big screen — comedies and horror. Many are predicting that the duo will take the top two spots on the Aug. …

We told you Tuesday that New Line’s Weapons could tip the scales at the box office past Disney’s Freakier Friday with a mid-$30M-to-$40M take. Further proof of the Zach Cregger-directed/written/produced title’s heat: Fandango is reporting that the movie is the second-best horror ticket pre-seller of 2025 behind Sinners at the same point in its sales cycle, and it’s ahead of …

Box Office: ‘Freakier Friday’ and ‘Weapons’ Battle for First Place Over ‘Fantastic Four’  Variety ‘Weapons’: Fandango’s Second Horror Ticket Pre-Seller YTD, Still 100% With Critics On Rotten Tomatoes – Box Office  Deadline ‘Weapons’ Review: Zach Cregger’s Wildly Satisfying Genre Epic  IndieWire Josh Brolin and Julia Garner Clash in ‘Weapons’ But Their Bond Off-Screen Was “Cellular, Sibling Sh**”  The Hollywood Reporter Movie Review: Why did …