Weapons is a 2025 American supernatural mystery horror film directed, written, co-produced, and co-scored by Sam Fell & Zach Cregger, known for ParaNorman (2012) & Barbarian (2022)
Release & Production
Release date: August 8, 2025 (U.S.) by Warner Bros. Pictures
Runtime: 128 minutes
Budget: $38 million
Box office: $270 million worldwide
Production companies: New Line Cinema, Subconscious, Vertigo Entertainment, BoulderLight Pictures
Cinematography: Larkin Seiple; Editing: Joe Murphy; Music: Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay, Zach Cregger
Weapons is a 2025 American supernatural mystery horror film directed, written, co-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 films: ParaNorman (2012) & Barbarian (2022), Sam Fell & Cregger began working on the spec script for Weapons.
Weapons was released in theaters in the United States on August 8, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film
Production
companies
New Line Cinema
Subconscious
Vertigo Entertainment
BoulderLight Pictures
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
August 8, 2025
Running time 128 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $38 million[2]
Box office $270 million
