{"id":480128,"date":"2026-02-14T19:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/480128\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T19:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:52:07","slug":"wuthering-heights-falls-for-11-million-on-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/480128\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Wuthering Heights’ Falls For $11 Million on Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Friday box office fell in love with Emerald Fennell\u2019s sexy literary drama \u201cWuthering Heights<\/a>,\u201d which won out over fellow newcomers \u201cGOAT<\/a>\u201d and \u201cCrime 101\u201d to claim the No. 1 spot.<\/p>\n

\n\tFennell\u2019s adaptation of Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s classic gothic romance earned $11 million from 3,682 North American theaters on Friday. Domestic grosses could go as high as $40 million through the extended President\u2019s Day frame. If the international box office can also reach projections of $40 million, it would mark a very strong start for \u201cWuthering Heights,\u201d which carries a $80 million price tag.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWuthering Heights\u201d follows the forbidden love between Margot Robbie<\/a>\u2019s 19th-century socialite, Cathy, and Jacob Elordi\u2019s hunky high-society outcast, Heathcliff, who returns to Wuthering Heights to fight for Cathy\u2019s heart after a prolonged absence. Other cast members include Hong Chau, Alison Oliver, Shazad Latif, Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell. The film features original music from Charli xcx.<\/p>\n

\n\tSecond place went to Sony\u2019s new animated feature \u201cGOAT.\u201d Produced by NBA superstar Stephen Curry, the family film about professional roarball, an animal derivative of basketball, made $7.1 million domestically on Friday from 3,863 theaters. The film should pull in $25 million through the holiday frame.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cStranger Things\u201d star Caleb McLaughlin headlines the voice cast as Will Harris, a scrawny young goat who dreams of becoming a roarball star, despite the sport\u2019s dominant roster of larger animals. Other cast members include Curry, Gabrielle Union, Nick Kroll, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour and Jennifer Lewis. Tyree Dillihay and Adam Rosette serve as co-directors.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmazon MGM\u2019s \u201cCrime 101\u201d landed at No. 3 on Friday with $3.9 million domestically from 3,161 locations. The heist thriller, which boasts an all-star line-up of Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan and Halle Berry, should snatch up $13.8 million through the extended opening. From director Bart Layton, \u201cCrime 101\u201d follows a detective trying to stop a career criminal from scoring big with one last heist.<\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the top five on Friday were Sam Raimi\u2019s \u201cSend Help\u201d and Angel Studio\u2019s \u201cSolo Mio.\u201d \u201cSend Help\u201d landed No. 4, earning $1.8 million as it enters its third weekend at the domestic box office. The survival thriller, from Disney and 20th Century, should earn an estimated $9.5 million through President\u2019s Day, bringing its domestic total to around $48 million. \u201cSolo Mio\u201d took fifth and made $1.4 million on its second Friday in theaters. Its North American tally should climb to about $18 million by Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Friday box office fell in love with Emerald Fennell\u2019s sexy literary drama \u201cWuthering Heights,\u201d which won out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,28831,12358,344,82350],"class_list":{"0":"post-480128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-goat","12":"tag-margot-robbie","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-wuthering-heights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}