New Line's horror pic and Disney's family comedy delivered a double win at the late summer box office, as well as a victory for two challenged genres.

S enseless violence beat senseless remakes this weekend at the box office. Weapons beat out Freakier Friday with $42.5 million domestic and $70 million at the global box office. Zach Cregger’s follow-up to Barbarian is getting that See-It-Before-It’s-Spoiled bump, with a — forgive us — really freaky ending.

“ Weapons ,” a twisty horror film about a group of missing children, and “ Freakier Friday ,” a body swap comedy, delivered a potent one-two punch at the box office this weekend, lifting ticket sales as summer movie season draws to a close.