Spoilers for "weapons" to follow.

People have been buzzing for "weapons", followed by director Zack Kreger on his hit in Horror in 2022 "Barbarian" and If you've seen a "weapon", it's easy to see why. Simply put, this film climbs. The central concept is not only part of marketing, but the first thing you see and hear on the big screen: 17 children of the same class enter the dark at 2:17 pm, and no one knows why. Creger's script was developing in the horror industry when a war with a bidding broke out in 2023, after "Barbary" proved to be a huge hit - and according to a report in The deadline Around that time, writer and director Jordandan Chick was absolutely desperate to produce "weapons". When losing the bidding war, the whole hell collapsed into the chicken camp, if the reports were believed.

So what happened? We can never know the whole story, and from this writing, and the chick and the Creger have largely avoided questions about the bidding war in interviews. However, in that initial rock report, the story goes like this. The Cinau Line Line Cinema, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., eventually won the $ 38 million "weapons" offer, which was $ 7 million more than Peele offered on behalf of his MonkeyPaw production company (part of universal paintings). The report says:

"One version is said to have been angry, but we were also told that the chick was told that if it matched the offer of the new line, it would win the property, but he and Universal were unpleasant to the budget as a business proposal, and they left the new line.

After that, the chick missed the two largest members of his management team: ELOEL Task and Peter Princip, who first work with artists and who Also Working with Creeger (Principal is Kreger's manager). The deadline report clarifies that the chick is still presented with CAA, but first reduced ties with artists. If faithfulness switches behind the scenes as a chick tried to produce "weapons", we might never get the whole picture, but one thing seems clear: Chick wanted to help make this movie and it was a lot Unhappy to miss the opportunity.

As I said, as soon as you saw "weapons", you will understand exactly why the Jordandoran chick has so strongly taken its loss in bidding. Just as he did in "Barbarian", Zack Kreger manages to mix humor and comedy almost flawless. It is clear that he is an incredibly smart director, among the stunning cinematography of the film and its surprising restriction in certain aspects.

Crucene is back to that restraint in a second, because what I say seems to be diametrically contrary to it, but it brings me: "Weapons" has A. Huge Scale compared to "barbarian". Instead of focusing on an Erbnb rent, where everything goes terribly wrong, as he did in "Barbarian", Creger is expanding its volume all over the city and doing so with great effect. However, even with a larger scale, he wisely pulls things like the backstew of the film's antagonist, Aunt Gladys (Amy Madigan, who should get an Oscar nomination for this film). If you are at all familiar with the body of the chick, you can see the similarity here, with its debut film "Exit" followed by "Us", which also worked on a much larger scale.

Honestly, it would be great to see a chick to join the "Weapon" team, because there is a ton of professional overlap between him and Creger. Both have particularly started a comedy in the sketch-pile in "Crazy Television" and "Key and Chicken" with Kigan Michael Ki, and Creger at The Whites Kids U Stange-Before turning his focus on making great horror films. Both are known for working with a high concept that is also deeply personal; Kreger spoke extensively about how the death of his friend and colleague "White Children You Know" founder Trevor Moore influenced the "weapon", and the chick acknowledged that his debut -chorus movie "Exits" is his way of dealing with the racism he handles throughout his life. Chick, who became the first black screenwriter to win the best Oscars for the Oscars for "Exits", went so that Creger could work, but again, These similarities can help explain why the chick wanted to be part of the "weapon" so bad. And after indefinitely the excellent open weekend of the box office, in my mind there is no question that the chick is upset again.

I'm not here to say that Zack Creger or Jordandan Chick is making only movies in order to make a lot of money, but it certainly doesn't InjuredEspecially when you are able to make a relatively low budget horror movie that proves to the study that the audience long for original concepts and new scares. "Weapon", following the footsteps of another Mass Successful Release of Horror of 2025came out of the gate with a $ 71.3 million global open weekend. It's an incredible transportation, especially when you think the movie's budget was so mentioned $ 38 offered by Cineu Lini cinema.

To add an insult to the perceived injury to the chick, This box office victory marks the sixth cinema -triumph for Bors Warner in 2025With "Minecraft Movie", "Sinners", "Final Destination: Blood Lines", "F1: Movie" and "Superman" a lot Bucks at the box office throughout the year. Again, it is probably not before the mind for a creative man like a chick. What May Be before my mind, based entirely on my assumption, is that horror hit as a "weapon" is a great sign for the following things. I hope that the innovative directors like Kreger, as well as some of his horror contemporaries, such as Ozgud Perkins and Ari Aster, can be handed over empty checks to make any wild concepts they want in the future. However, I can't help, but I hope that Creeger and the chick need to cooperate one day ... and if they ever finish work on a project together, I'll sit.

The "weapon" is now in cinemas.