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Weapons
Five children run across a street with houses.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byZach Cregger
Written byZach Cregger
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLarkin Seiple
Edited byJoe Murphy
Music by
  • Ryan Holladay
  • Hays Holladay
  • Zach Cregger
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 8, 2025 (2025-08-08)
Running time
128 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$38 million[2]
Box office$270 million[3][4]

Weapons is a 2025 American mystery horror film directed, written, produced, and co-scored by Zach Cregger.[5] It stars an ensemble cast including Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan. Its plot follows the case of seventeen children from the same classroom who mysteriously run away on the same night at the same time.

After the critical and commercial success of his film Barbarian (2022), Cregger began working on the spec script for Weapons. It prompted a bidding war between several studios, with New Line Cinema emerging as the victor. The 2023 Hollywood labor disputes disrupted casting. It initially ran from May to July 2023 before several actors dropped out due to conflicts. Casting resumed in February 2024 and ended in May of that year. Filming then began in Atlanta, concluding in July.

Weapons was released in theaters in the United States on August 8, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $270 million against a $38 million budget. Madigan was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Plot

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One night at 2:17 AM in the town of Maybrook, Pennsylvania, seventeen children from teacher Justine Gandy's third-grade classroom run out of their homes and disappear. Only one student, Alex Lilly, remained. Justine is placed on leave amid suspicion that she is responsible for their disappearance. Archer Graff, the father of Matthew (one of the missing children), is particularly suspicious.

Justine relapses into alcoholism and has a one-night stand with her married ex-boyfriend, police officer Paul Morgan. Concerned for Alex's welfare, Justine follows him home, discovering the windows of his house covered with newspaper and his parents sitting motionless inside. Justine stakes out Alex's house from her car, but falls asleep by nighttime. Alex's mother exits her home in a trance, enters Justine's car and cuts a lock of Justine's hair while she sleeps.

Archer grows frustrated with the police and starts his own investigation. Reviewing smart doorbell footage of Matthew and another child, he notices that their running paths converge to an unknown destination. Both Justine and Archer have nightmares about the missing children and a mysterious elderly woman.

While on patrol, Paul stops James, a homeless drug addict, from committing a burglary. While frisking James, Paul is pricked by one of his needles. Paul strikes James in anger, knocking him out. When Paul realizes his car's dashcam caught the incident, he releases James to avoid retaliation.

James burgles Alex's house and accidentally discovers the missing children in the basement. He goes to the police station to report his findings and collect the $50,000 reward, but Paul spots and chases him. While fleeing through the woods, James notices the mysterious woman. When Paul catches him, James claims to know about the children's whereabouts. The pair arrive at Alex's house, where Paul enters to investigate, leaving James handcuffed in his car. Hours later, Paul comes out and, in a frenzy, drags James inside.

After Justine implores principal Marcus Miller to check on Alex, the mysterious woman arrives at the school and introduces herself as Alex's aunt Gladys. She claims that she is helping care for Alex's family after his parents fell ill. When Marcus insists on performing a wellness check the following day, Gladys unexpectedly arrives at Marcus's home. She cuts off a lock of hair from Marcus's husband, Terry, and performs a bewitchment ritual on Marcus, who murders Terry at Gladys's command. She then sends him to kill Justine. Marcus finds her at a gas station arguing with Archer and attacks her. Archer defends Justine, who flees in her car. Marcus chases after her into traffic and is fatally run over. Archer later reconciles with Justine and shows her his findings. She deduces that the children were running toward Alex's house.

A flashback reveals that Alex's mother had invited Gladys, a distant relative, to her home, as she suffers from an incurable illness and is homeless. Alex later comes home to discover that Gladys has bewitched his parents, threatening to make them kill themselves if Alex reveals her presence to others. Needing more victims, Gladys instructs Alex to gather a personal belonging from each of his classmates, promising to leave afterwards. After Alex complies, Gladys bewitches the children, summoning them to the basement to feed off their life force.

In the present, realizing she has been discovered, Gladys informs Alex that they need to leave. Archer and Justine enter Alex's house and are attacked by the bewitched Paul and James. Justine manages to get Paul's gun and kills them both. Archer searches for Matthew in the basement, only to be bewitched by Gladys into attacking Justine. Alex evades his bewitched parents and replicates Gladys' spell, targeting her. The children chase after Gladys, who flees through the neighborhood until they catch her and tear her apart. Upon her death, her victims are freed from their bewitchment, though all but Archer remain catatonic. Justine finds Alex embracing his parents, while Archer carries Matthew home. Alex moves out of town to live with a different aunt after his parents are institutionalized. The children return home, and some begin talking again.

Cast

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Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, and Benedict Wong play Archer, Justine, Paul, James, and Marcus respectively
  • Josh Brolin as Archer Graff, a construction contractor and the father of Matthew, one of the missing children
  • Julia Garner as Justine Gandy, an elementary school teacher whose class has vanished
  • Alden Ehrenreich as Paul Morgan, a police officer and Justine's ex-boyfriend
  • Austin Abrams as James, a homeless drug addict and burglar
  • Cary Christopher as Alex Lilly, the only child from Justine's class who did not disappear
  • Toby Huss as Ed Locke, the police captain and Paul's father-in-law
  • Benedict Wong as Marcus Miller, the sympathetic school principal
  • Amy Madigan as Gladys, Alex's elderly relative
  • Sara Paxton as Erica, the mother of Bailey, one of the missing children
  • Justin Long as Gary, the father of Bailey, one of the missing children
  • June Diane Raphael as Donna Morgan, Paul's wife and Ed's daughter
  • Whitmer Thomas as Alex's father
  • Callie Schuttera as Alex's mother
  • Luke Speakman as Matthew Graff, Archer's son and one of Justine's missing students
  • Clayton Farris as Terry Miller, Marcus's husband
  • Scarlett Sher as the child narrator

Production

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Zach Cregger auctioned the rights to the film's script for $38 million.

Development

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After the financial and critical success of his film Barbarian (2022), Zach Cregger began work on a new spec script titled Weapons. It has been described as a "horror epic" with a more "personal story" for the filmmaker. He cited the films Magnolia (1999), Prisoners (2013), and the novel A Visit from the Goon Squad as inspiration.[6][7][8] Cregger was inspired to write the screenplay after the death of his close friend and collaborator, Trevor Moore.[9][10] A reference to a sketch written by Moore for The Whitest Kids U' Know was added into the finished script.[11] The screenplay entered the market on January 22, 2023, sparking interest by Netflix, New Line Cinema, TriStar Pictures and Universal Pictures.[12][13]

Cregger electronically distributed the script to studios early in morning and by 8:00 am Michael De Luca, CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures, contacted him to close the deal. The exchange took less than 90 minutes, according to Cregger.[7] New Line secured the rights within 24 hours after offering $38 million to cover all costs, including production and salaries. Cregger received $10 million as writer, director, and producer and a final cut privilege (pending test screening reactions to the film) in addition to a guaranteed theatrical release.[12] Universal offered $7 million less than Warner Bros.[14] Jordan Peele's company Monkeypaw Productions participated in the bidding war in conjunction with Universal. Peele dismissed longtime managers Joel Zadak and Peter Principato, the latter of whom was also Cregger's manager, after losing the opportunity.[15]

Cregger's CAA agent, Joe Mann, negotiated the $10 million upfront fee. Cregger deferred $2 million in return for 50 backend points on the film.[16] Revisions to the script following the sale included having Archer apologize to his employees during a scene at a construction site as well as having Alex steal the name tags for Aunt Gladys.[17]

Casting

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In May 2023, Pedro Pascal and Renate Reinsve were announced as part of the cast.[18][19] Cregger later confirmed that the original cast included Pascal and Reinsve alongside Brian Tyree Henry and Austin Abrams. Production was delayed by the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, which created schedule conflicts for the four actors, particularly for Pascal who had several projects lined up.[20]

In February 2024, Josh Brolin replaced Pascal.[21][20] In April, Julia Garner and Alden Ehrenreich were cast in the film.[22][23] In May, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher and June Diane Raphael joined the cast.[24][25] Abrams was the only cast member from the original cast to remain in the final film, explaining, "I loved the part and I didn't wanna let it go. So I just really held on 'cause I really wanted to do it."[20]

The importance of Gladys' character necessitated the correct casting for that role. Cregger recalled liking Madigan's performance in Field of Dreams (1989), and believed she would give a great performance after spotting her in a list of potential casting choices.[26] According to him, Madigan "saved" the film. When discussing the character, he stated that he gave her two options as to Gladys's origin: one where she was a regular person using witchcraft to prevent her dying from an incurable condition, and one where she was instead an immortal creature performing an approximate simulacrum of a human being, but that he did not ask her which one she chose.[27]

Filming and post-production

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Principal photography took place in the Atlanta area in May 2024[22] and wrapped in July 2024.[28] The Maybrook Elementary School location was in Tucker, Georgia.[28] According to Time Out, on the busiest days of filming, 170 children were involved. Child labor coordinators were enlisted to keep the kids engaged outside of filming.[28] The gas station scenes were filmed over the course of three days at a BP gas station and convenience store in Covington, Georgia.[28] The film initially ended with a silent shot of Matthew. After it received negative reactions at a test screening, a voiceover from the child narrator was added.[29]

Music

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Further information: Weapons (soundtrack)

The soundtrack to Weapons was released by WaterTower Music on August 1, 2025. The soundtrack contains 36 tracks composed by Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay, and the director Zach Cregger.[30][31] Additionally, the opening sequence of the film features the song "Beware of Darkness" by George Harrison[31][32] and the end credits feature the song "Under the Porch" by MGMT. The protagonist Justine also, briefly, plays the song "Gotta Get Up" by Harry Nilsson on her cell phone speaker.

Release

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Weapons was originally scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States and Canada on January 16, 2026, before being rescheduled to be released on August 8, 2025, due to strong, positive reception from test screenings.[33][34] The earliest Thursday screenings were held at 2:17 p.m., a reference to the film having 2:17 a.m. as a major plot point.[35] The film was released on VOD on September 9, 2025, and on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 14, 2025.[36][37] The film was released on HBO Max on October 24, 2025.[38]

Reception

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Box office

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Weapons grossed $151.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $117.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $270 million.[3][4] In September 2025, Variety reported the film was expected to make a theatrical profit of at least $65 million.[39]

In the United States and Canada, Weapons was released alongside Freakier Friday and Sketch, and was projected to gross $25–40 million from 3,200 theaters in its opening weekend.[14][2] It grossed $18.2 million on its first day, including $5.7 million from Thursday previews.[40][41] It went on to debut to $43.5 million, topping the box office and making Warner Bros. the first studio in history to have six consecutive films open at #1 with more than $40 million (Weapons followed A Minecraft Movie, Sinners, Final Destination Bloodlines, F1, and Superman).[42][43] The film dropped only 44% in the second weekend, grossing $24.4 million while maintaining the top spot.[44] The film dropped to second place in its third weekend behind the sing-along version of KPop Demon Hunters, which grossed $19.2 million, while Weapons grossed $15.4 million.[45]

Critical response

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Madigan was praised for her performance, receiving nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Actor Award.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 393 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Zach Cregger spins an expertly crafted yarn of terrifying mystery and thrilling intrigue in Weapons, a sophomore triumph that solidifies his status as a master of horror."[46] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[47] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it an average 4 out of 5 stars, with 65% saying they would "definitely recommend" it.[48][49]

The San Francisco Chronicle dubbed Cregger a "true horror auteur".[50] Empire gave Weapons 5/5 stars, marveling that Cregger seemed to effortlessly turn parental grief over missing children into a crowd-pleasing subject.[51] Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com gave the film 3.5/4 stars and deemed it superior to Barbarian, "One of the greatest strengths of Cregger's ambitious script is its abject refusal to connect every dot in the manner that so much 'elevated horror' has done in recent years. Still, it's not overly difficult to read the inciting incident of Weapons as a school shooting allegory."[52] Variety praised the film, "Regardless of how you feel about the bittersweet ending (and many will happily embrace the movie's darkly comic bittersweet finale), Cregger has achieved something remarkable here, crafting a cruel and twisted bedtime story of the sort the Brothers Grimm might have spun—not the kid-friendly Disney version, mind you, but the kind where characters kill on command and audiences find it difficult to sleep afterward."[53]

Tim Grierson of Screen Daily felt the finale was "superbly orchestrated" and praised Cregger for "answering the riddles he has teased throughout the runtime".[54] Lisa Wright of London Evening Standard stated that "if you enjoyed the bonkers roll out of The Substance, chances are you'll like this. It all makes for a winning watch, with more layers than your average scare fest and a twinkle in its evil eye."[55] Charles Pulliam-Moore of The Verge praised the film's meditation on "how communities often conjure up convenient boogeymen to blame, rather than confronting the things that actually endanger children."[56]

Tom Jorgensen of IGN scored the film 9/10 and called it "a righteous, fully actualized genre-bender in which writer-director Zach Cregger hones Barbarian's blend of unbearable tension and dark humor to a new level of razor-sharpness."[57] The Associated Press gave the film 4.5/5 stars, "If Barbarian came out of left field three years ago and heralded an exciting new voice in filmmaking, Weapons doesn't disappoint but it doesn't have the advantage of surprise."[58]

In her review for The New York Times, Manohla Dargis felt Cregger's structure was not completely successful, "the segmentation and overlapping just feel like a whole lot of delay tactics."[59] William Bibbiani of TheWrap praised the cinematography for finding "the eeriest camera angle in damn near every scene, whether it's overtly shocking or insidiously banal", but he found the ending contrived, especially given how Cregger "invited us to ponder more powerful possibilities for over an hour before tipping his hand."[60]

Accolades

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Weapons was shortlisted for the Academy Award's newest category of "Best Casting" for the 98th ceremony.[61]

Award Date Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
AACTA International Awards February 6, 2026 Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won [62]
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards January 10, 2026 Best Supporting Actress Nominated [63]
Academy Awards March 15, 2026 Best Supporting Actress Pending [64]
Actor Awards March 1, 2026 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Pending [65]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists December 31, 2025 Best Supporting Actress Nominated [66]
Astra Film Awards January 9, 2026 Best Actress – Drama Julia Garner Nominated [67][68]
Best Supporting Actress – Drama Amy Madigan Won
Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Nominated
Best Voice Over Performance Scarlett Sher Nominated
Best Horror or Thriller Feature Weapons Won
December 11, 2025 Best Makeup and Hairstyling Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat and Jason Collins Nominated [67]
Best Marketing Campaign Weapons Won
Best Second Unit Director Townson Wells Nominated
Astra Midseason Movie Awards July 3, 2025 Most Anticipated Film Weapons Runner-up [69]
Austin Film Critics Association December 18, 2025 Best Picture Weapons Nominated [70]
Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won
Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Nominated
Best Editing Joe Murphy Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics December 14, 2025 Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won [71]
Chicago Film Critics Association December 11, 2025 Best Supporting Actress Nominated [72]
Costume Designers Guild February 12, 2026 Excellence in Contemporary Film Trish Summerville Nominated [73]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 4, 2026 Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won [74]
Best Young Actor/Actress Cary Christopher Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Nominated
Best Hair and Make-Up Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat, and Jason Collins Nominated
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 17, 2025 Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Runner-up [75]
Dorian Awards March 3, 2026 Supporting Film Performance of the Year Pending [76]
Genre Film of the Year Weapons Pending
Campiest Flick Pending
Florida Film Critics Circle December 19, 2025 Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Nominated [77]
Georgia Film Critics Association December 27, 2025 Best Picture Weapons Nominated [78]
Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won
Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Nominated
Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema Weapons Won
Golden Globe Awards January 11, 2026 Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Amy Madigan Nominated [79]
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement Weapons Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society January 20, 2026 Best Picture Weapons Nominated [80]
Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle December 21, 2025 Best Film Weapons Nominated [81]
Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won
Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Won
Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Weapons Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle February 1, 2026 Film of the Year Weapons Nominated [82]
Supporting Actress of the Year Amy Madigan Won
Technical Achievement Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat and Jason Collins (Makeup and Hairstyling) Nominated
Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild February 14, 2026 Best Period and/or Character Make-Up in a Feature-Length Motion Picture Leo Satkovich, Mark Ross, Jason Collins, Kaylee Kehne-Swisher, Brie Bastianson Nominated [83]
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling in a Feature-Length Motion Picture Melizah Wheat, Monty Schuth, Nashi Tumlinson Nominated
Best Special Make-Up Effects in a Feature-Length Motion Picture Jason Collins, Leo Satkovich, Mike McCarty, Mark Ross, Kaylee Kehne-Swisher Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle January 6, 2026 Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won [84]
New York Film Critics Online December 15, 2025 Best Supporting Actress Runner-up [85]
Online Film Critics Society January 26, 2026 Best Picture Weapons Nominated [86][87]
Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won
Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Nominated
Best Makeup & Hairstyling Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat and Jason Collins Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards February 28, 2026 Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Zach Cregger and Miri Yoon Pending [88]
San Diego Film Critics Society December 15, 2025 Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won [89]
Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Nominated
Best Ensemble Weapons Nominated
Best Youth Performance Cary Christopher Won
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle December 14, 2025 Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won [90]
Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Nominated
Santa Barbara International Film Festival February 8, 2026 Virtuosos Award Amy Madigan Honored [91][92]
Satellite Awards March 8, 2026 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Pending [93]
Saturn Awards March 8, 2026 Best Horror Film Weapons Pending [94]
Best Film Screenwriting Zach Cregger Pending
Best Actress in a Film Julia Garner Pending
Best Supporting Actress in a Film Amy Madigan Pending
Best Film Make Up Jason Collins, Leo Satkovich, and Melizah Wheat Pending
Screen Awards December 24, 2025 Best Picture Weapons Nominated [95]
Best Director Zach Cregger Nominated
Best Supporting Performance by an Actress – Film Amy Madigan Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society December 15, 2025 Best Picture Weapons Nominated [96]
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Madigan Nominated
Best Youth Performance Cary Christopher Nominated
Villain of the Year Amy Madigan Won
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2025 Best Film Weapons Nominated [97]
Best Supporting Actress Amy Madigan Won
Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Won
Best Vocal Performance Scarlet Sher Nominated
Best Horror Film Weapons Won
Best Scene The fate of Aunt Gladys Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association March 2, 2026 Outstanding Supporting Performance Amy Madigan Runner-up[a] [98]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle February 23, 2026 Best Supporting Actress Pending [99]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 7, 2025 Best Supporting Actress Nominated [100]
Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Nominated
Best Youth Performance Cary Christopher Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards March 8, 2026 Best Original Screenplay Zach Cregger Pending [101]

Future

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Cregger discussed a potential sequel to Weapons in an interview with Variety, saying he was excited about the idea but wanted to make other films first.[102] In an interview with Fangoria, he said he had been discussing a concept for a prequel about Aunt Gladys with Warner Bros.[103]

Notes

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