Every August, Alamo Drafthouse prepares for a late-summer slowdown. “We joke that weekday business gets soft because parents have to think about buying their kids a new backpack,” says the theater chain’s chief revenue officer,

Summer is ratcheting down and the only major studio-wide entry this box office frame is Universal's Bob Odenkirk action sequel 'Nobody 2'.

Weapons had an amazing hold at the box office for its second weekend. It deserves some examination as to why this did so well.