Weekend Releases-8/1/25

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I expect The Fantastic Four: First Steps to continue to dominate the box office this weekend with only two new major titles entering the market and neither one set to make an enormous splash.

The Bad Guys 2

The first film in this series (based on a popular series of children’s books) was a decent animated film with a strong voice cast and a specific animation style. The crew is back this time as reformed criminals who are thrust back into the world of crime as they face off against a new band of ne'er-do-wells, the Bad Girls!

Naked Gun

If you had told me a decade ago that Liam Neeson was the best one to take over the Naked Gun mantle from Leslie Nielsen, I would have said you were crazy. But everything I’ve seen related to this film makes it look like Neeson was the absolutely perfect fit (if for no other reason than he shares his initials with Nielsen). Neeson seems to be able to deliver the deadpan that Nielsen was famous for and I’m hopeful that we can get him as this character for several more movies if he’s up for it.