{"id":310433,"date":"2026-02-21T21:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/310433\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T21:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:09:08","slug":"goat-and-wuthering-heights-in-close-battle-for-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/310433\/","title":{"rendered":"‘GOAT’ and ‘Wuthering Heights’ in Close Battle for No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt\u2019s the weekend of the haves and the have-nots at the domestic box office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the \u201chaves\u201d column are holdovers GOAT, from Sony Pictures Animation, and Margot Robbie<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jacob Elordi\u2018s\u00a0Wuthering Heights<\/a>, which are in a close race for bragging rights to top the North American chart with $13 million to $15 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tWuthering Heights<\/a> prevailed in winning the long Valentine\u2019s Day\/President\u2019s Day frame a week ago with a three-day weekend gross of $32.8 million and $37.5 million for the four days. Overseas, it also did better than expected, launching to $45.5 million from more than 75 markets for a global start of $83 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarners is predicting Wuthering Heights will top GOAT at the global box office again to finish Sunday with a worldwide total in the $150 million range. In the U.S., it is expected to earn $14 million from 3,682 theaters; ditto for GOAT<\/a>, which opened to $35 million domestically for the four days last weekend in North America and $26 million for the three days. GOAT, playing in 3,842\u00a0marks another win for Sony Animation, home of the hit\u00a0Spider-Verse\u00a0universe and\u00a0KPop: Demon Hunters. (It is rolling out much more slowly overseas.)<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong newcomers, Lionsgate and Kingdom Story\u2019s faith-based sequel I Can Only Imagine 2 is looking at a solid third-place finish with $8 million to $9 million after earning a coveted A+ CinemaScore from audiences. While that\u2019s a solid start, it\u2019s roughly half as much as the original 2018 film opened to in the pre-pandemic era <\/p>\n

\n\tBaz Luhrmann<\/a>\u2018s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert<\/a> is off to a rousing start in its limited debut in 325 Imax screens after earning both glowing reviews and audience scores. From Neon, the concert doc is on course to earn $3.2 million this weekend before expanding nationwide. Luhrmann \u2014 who also directed the acclaimed biopic Elvis<\/a> \u2014 painstakingly restored 59 hours of unseen footage from the Warner Bros. archives, including discarded material from two \u201870s concert films. <\/p>\n

\n\tElvis Presley in Concert is in a close battle for sixth-place with A24\u2019s Glen Powell<\/a>-starrer How to Make a Killing<\/a> despite playing in far fewer cinemas.<\/p>\n

\n\tBilled as a black comedy, How to Make a Killing is on course for an unimpressive sixth-place finish with an estimated $3 million to $3.5 million from 1,625 locations after getting dinged by many critics<\/a>. Margaret Qualley, Ed Harris and Topher Grace also star in John Patton Ford\u2019s reimagining of the classic British film Kings and Coronets.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd New Regency\u2019s long-gestating Psycho Killer is DOA with a projected $1.4 million to $1.6 million start from 1,100 theaters. The slasher pic, which is helmed by veteran producer Gavin Polone in his feature directorial debut, won\u2019t crack the top 10 unless it can edge out Avatar: Fire and Ash. Psycho Killer\u2018s current critics score on Rotten Tomatoes is zero from 21 reviews<\/a>, including this review from The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. The audience score isn\u2019t much better (33 percent). Disney is distributing the film via 20th\u2019s long-standing relationship with New Regency.<\/p>\n

\n\tBack in the top 10, Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 Crime 101<\/a> is on course to come in fourth in its sophomore outing, followed in fifth place by 20th Century\u2019s Send Help, which continues to display strong staying power in its fourth weekend. The Disney film empire is also getting ready to celebrate Zootopia 2<\/a> clearing the $400 million mark domestically in the latest milestone for the mega-animated blockbuster. Like Avatar, Zootopia 2 opened over the year-end holidays on its way to becoming the year\u2019s top Hollywood release worldwide, as well as the top-grossing animated film of all time with more than $1.83 billion in global ticket sales, not adjusted for inflation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the weekend of the haves and the have-nots at the domestic box office. In the \u201chaves\u201d column…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3275,5668,2478,62441,5740,93,11252,58632,61,60,14208,270,36838,74051],"class_list":{"0":"post-310433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-austin-butler","9":"tag-baz-luhrmann","10":"tag-box-office","11":"tag-crime-101","12":"tag-elvis","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-glen-powell","15":"tag-goat","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-margot-robbie","19":"tag-movies","20":"tag-wuthering-heights","21":"tag-zootopia-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}