Weapons

Weapons is a 2025 American supernatural mystery horror film directed, written, produced, and co-scored by Zach Cregger. 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. Casting initially ran from May to July 2023 before several actors dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, as a result of production delays during the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. Casting resumed in February 2024 and ended that May, when filming began in Atlanta, and wrapped that July. Cregger auctioned the rights to the script for $38 million. Weapons was released in theaters in the United States on August 8, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received positive reviews and grossed $267.5 million against a $38 million budget.