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Posted August 24, 2025 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: KPop Takes Down Weapons

After two weeks in atop the box-office weekend top ten, Weapons succumbed to the new Netflix release KPop Demon Hunters by a margin of just $2.4 million.

KPop Demon Hunters

The latest release from Netflix, KPop Demon Hunters debuted in first place over the weekend to claim the box-office weekend crown in its first weekend of release. The film brought in $18.0 million, which was enough to displace last week’s top film, Weapons and relegate it to second place this weekend. The Warner Bros. product took in $15.6 million to bring its three-week total to $115.9 million for the studio. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures saw the first of its two entries on this weekend’s list finish in third place with $9.2 million as Freakier Friday fell to third place as it brought its three-week total to $70.5 million for the studio. Meanwhile, the second film from that same studio stayed put in fourth place as The Fantastic Four: First Steps added $5.9 million to raise the film’s five-week total to $257.3 million. Similarly, Universal Pictures saw The Bad Guys 2 remain in fifth place where it added $5.1 million in its fourth week of release to brings its overall total to $66.2 million.

Falling three spots to land in sixth place this weekend was Universal Pictures International’s Nobody 2 where it made $3.7 million to bring its two-week total to $16.5 million for the studio. Dropping only one spot from last weekend, the Warner Bros. release Superman added $3.4 million over the weekend to land in seventh place. The film now sports a seven-week total of $347.1 million. Paramount Pictures International saw its The Naked Gun fall a spot to claim eighth place as it took in $3.0 million for the studio to give it a four-week total of $47.5 million. Meanwhile, Focus Features enjoyed the debut of its Honey Don’t! in ninth place with $2.9 million earned over the weekend. Finally, in its eighth week of release, the Universal Pictures product Jurassic World: Rebirth brought in $2.1 million for the studio, raising its overall total to $335.6 million.

Two films were again forced from the box-office weekend top ten this week as the ninth- and tenth-place films from seven days ago dropped from this weekend’s list. After nine weeks in release that resulted in a total of $185.9 million, the Warner Bros. release F1: The Movie couldn’t maintain its position in this weekend’s top teen race. Finally, after a week in release, the Prathyangira Cinemas product, Coolie, managed to bring in $2.5 million for the studio.

Weekend Box Office (August 22nd – August 24th)

    1. KPop Demon Hunters…$18.0 Million
    2. Weapons…$15.6 Million
    3. Freakier Friday…$9.2 Million
    4. The Fantastic Four: First Steps…$5.9 Million
    5. The Bad Guys 2…$5.1 Million
    6. Nobody 2…$3.7 Million
    7. Superman…$3.4 Million
    8. The Naked Gun…$3.0 Million
    9. Honey Don’t…$2.9 Million
    10. Jurassic World: Rebirth…$2.1 Million
Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.
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