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

“ 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.

Weapons doesn’t just look good by the box office numbers. CinemaScore audiences gave the twisted horror mystery an A- average. Anything in the A range is an indication of reliable positive responses at CinemaScore, but the same looks to be reflected in the Rotten Tomatoes audience percentage. As of this writing, it has an 87% audience score.