Weapons' debuted at $42.5 million, while 'Freakier Friday' premiered to $29 million. Reigning box office champ - 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' fell to third place during its third weekend. "Bad Guys" and "The Naked Gun" round out the top five.

Zach Cregger’s highly anticipated horror film, “Weapons,” and Disney’s sequel comedy, “Freakier Friday,” helped prove that horror and humor can thrive at the box office.

Whatever mysterious power made those kids run away in Weapons must have also lent some of its black magic to Warner Bros. The studio extended its unprecedented turnaround this weekend with its seventh number one opening of the year.