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Global Box Office Weekend Report 15th - 17th August 2025: Weapons remains the top global movie this weekend with War 2 the top new movie

Global Box Office Weekend Report 15th - 17th August 2025:  Weapons remains the top global movie this weekend with War 2 the top new movie
Weapons
Weapons has a good second weekend at the global box office retaining its position at the top of the global box office with $43.4 Million putting its global total to close to $150 Million.

Highest new movie is the sequel to War from 2019, War 2 which lands at number 3 with $31.5 Million.

Global Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Weapons (2nd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - War 2 (@3)
  • Longest run - KokuhĂ´ (11 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Jurassic World: Rebirth ($829,115,670)
  • Total Global top 15 this weekend - $341,146,399
  • Also new this weekend
    • Coolie
    • Das Kanu Des Manitu
  • Check out the full Global box office.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th August 2025

Weapons~2026

Weapons

  • The movie remains at Number 1 on this weeks Global box office
  • It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
  • It grosses $43,400,000 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
  • The movie is release in 74 Countries globally this weekend
  • It has a total gross of $148745000 over 2 weeks in cinemas

Nobody~2025

  • The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $32,000,000 over the weekend, a 9% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $137,250,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 1 Countries globally this weekend

War 2

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
  • It grosses $31,529,717 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $31,529,717 over 1 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 26 Countries globally this weekend

Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - : The Movie Infinity Castle

Demon Slayer   Kimetsu No Yaiba   : The Movie Infinity Castle

  • The movie goes up the chart to number 4 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $31,302,000 over the weekend, a 53% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $192,779,000 over 5 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 9 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2025
  • The movie is a sequel to Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training which took $56,918,455 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

The Shadows Edge

  • The movie is a new entry on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $30,527,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $30,527,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 3 Countries globally this weekend

This weeks top 10 Global Box Office films

  1. Weapons - $43,400,000
  2. Nobody - $32,000,000
  3. War 2 - $31,529,717
  4. Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - : The Movie Infinity Castle - $31,302,000
  5. The Shadows Edge - $30,527,000
  6. Coolie - $27,568,306
  7. Freakier Friday - $23,800,000
  8. Dead to Rights - $23,407,311
  9. The Bad Guys 2 - $21,226,000
  10. The Fantastic Four: First Steps - $18,100,000
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