A special two-day sing-along event of the hit animated movie grossed a chart-topping $17 million to $18 million from 1,700 American theaters over the Augiust 22-24 weekend, according to estimates provided by exhibition sources and rival studios.

On Sunday, estimates were slightly higher, $18 million to $20 million.

But since Netflix doesn’t report box offices, no one will know the actual number, nor will the film be included on Comscore’s official box office chart.

Instead, New Line and Warner horror sensation Weapons is listed as the official winner of the Aug. 22-24 frame with $15.4 million from 3,631 cinemas in its third outing for an mpressive global cume of nearly $200 million.

The sing-along was a brilliant move on the part of Netflix in continuing to promote Demon Hunters and keep its subscribers happy.

Cinemas were only allowed access to the sing-along on Saturday and Sunday, prompting speculation that Netflix used the theatrical event as marketing stunt in advance of dropping the same sing-along version on the service.

Its soundtrack has spent several weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart, with several songs, led by “Golden,” also shooting to the top of the charts.

Only AMC Theatres, the country and world’s largest circuit, refused to play the sing-along, keeping with its policy of not playing movies that are in the home.

Regal Cinemas and Cinemark Theatres — the country’s two largest circuits behind AMC Theatres — along with Alamo Drafthouse and numerous other circuits all grabbed a piece of the action.

Apple Original Films also made box office headlines over the weekend, as Joseph Kosinski’s sleeper summer blockbuster F1: The Original Movie zoomed past the $600 million mark globally to finish Sunday with a global cume of $603.4 million. Unlike Netflix, Apple is now working closely with theater owners in committing to release select titles for traditional theatrical run, such as F1, which has become Brad Pitt’s biggest film of all time. It’s also the top-grossing sports pic of all time, according to the filmmakers.

According to Comscore’s domestic chart, Disney’s Freakier Friday held at No. 2 in its third outing with $9.2 million from 3,675 locations for a global cume of $112.3 million.

Marvel and Disney’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps came in third domestically with $5.9 million for a tepid worldwide tally of $490.1 million.

Focus Features’ specialty picture Honey Don’t! opened in eighth place with $3 million from 1,300 locations, a poor start for a film directed by Ethan Coen. Starring Margaret Qualley from a script he wrote with Tricia Cooke, his wife, the film follows a small-town private investigator trying to solve a series of deaths tied to a mysterious church. Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner and Chris Evans co-star.

Bleecker Street’s indie Relay, a gritty corporate whistleblowing thriller from director David MacKenzie, also struggled in its debut. Starring Riz Ahmed, Lily James and Sam Worthington, the movie opened in tenth place with $1.9 million from 1,483 theaters.

A24’s debut of the English-language version of the Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 fell flat, debuting to just $1.5 million from 2,208 theaters to fall outside of the top 10 chart.  The family film is the top-grossing title of 2025 so far with more than $2.2 billion in worldwide ticket sales.

The dubbed version, voiced by Osar winner Michelle Yeoh, was dinged by Demon Hunters. The film’s original version already played in America, earning more than $21 million earlier this year.