These days, when a horror movie hits, it HITS. “Sinners” and “Final Destination” now have a third over-performing horror blockbuster in their 2025 ranks.

“Weapons,” the latest from “Barbarian” actor turned director Zack Cregger, is rolling in good reviews and big box office. A Julia Garner/Josh Brolin/Benedict Wong star vehicle — no, none of them is a box office “name” — it’s blowing up with a $41 million+ plus opening weekend, a big fat August blockbuster in the making.

It earned some $18.2 million Friday alone.

A smart, cryptic thriller with more than one interpretation — by design — and great performances by Julia Garner, Josh Brolin and Amy Madigan, this one racked up good advance reviews and the buzz built and here we are — $40-45 million for New Line.

Disney and Jamie Lee Curtis are cashing in on “Freaky Friday” nostalgia, with the Lindsay Lohan/Jamie Lee remake bowling over viewers as “Freakier Friday” rolled up a $12.7 million Friday, pointing to a 30 million+ plus opening weekend. Disney advertised the hell out of this family comedy, and even if the reviews weren’t stellar, there’s no denying the nostalgia, the victory lap for Jamie Lee and a welcome back to the Big Screen for Lindsay Lo, brought back from the cinematic dead by Netflix, with Disney benefiting from that with this August smash.

“Fantastic Four” should pick up another $17 million this weekend..

“The Bad Guys 2” deserves better than a 50-60% falloff and a second weekend of $10-11 million, but it is what it is. Fourth place.

“The Naked Gun: The New Version” is heading towards a second weeked of $8 million or so. Underwhelming. On the screen and at the box office. At this pace, it’s not even going to earn back its advertising budget. The damned TV spots are everywhere. It earned some good reviews…from the “easy lays” of criticism. But I’m an easy laugh and I thought the best gags were given away in the trailer. The theater I saw it in was characterized by the sound of critickets. At least it’s still in the Top Five.

“Superman” falls out of the top five, but it’s due to clear the $330 million mark this weekend. “Jurassic World“ also slides back out of the top five, and is just a few million behind it.

“Together,” a smart body horror thriller that deserves an audience, is slip sliding away, the half-hearted family action fantasy “Sketch” may cling to the top ten.

“F1” will finish its last weekend in the top ten with somewhere around $180 million in the bank.

Adios “Smurfs” (low $30s) and “How to Train Your Dragon” (low $260s), exiting the top ten, sliding off into the August sunset.

“Eddington” cleared $10 million, all-in, and that was that.

As always, I’ll update these figures as more weekend data rolls out Sat. and Sunday.