With $239 million at the global box office, Weapons has overtaken the $238 million lifetime global haul of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , Fincher's 2011 adaptation of the best-selling thriller novel by Stieg Larson . The book, and its sequels, were previously adapted into a trio of Swedish-language movies starring Noomi Rapace in the lead role of the computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. Fincher's English-language film starred Rooney Mara in the central role, for which she was nominated at the Oscars. Mara was joined by Daniel Craig , Robin Wright , Christopher Plummer , and Stellan Skarsgård in supporting roles.
Produced on a reported budget of $90 million , it was decided by Sony that a sequel doesn't make financial sense. Instead, the studio rebooted the franchise with a poorly received box office bomb titled The Girl in the Spider's Web , starring Claire Foy in the lead role. Incidentally, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo remains one of Fincher's final theatrical releases ; he directed one more, the critical and commercial hit Gone Girl , before moving to streaming for good. He's currently putting together a sequel to Quentin Tarantino 's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood .
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