Wuthering Heights has ravished the global box office in its opening weekend, with the new Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie adaptation taking US$76.8m (\u00a356m, A$108m).<\/p>\n
Emerald Fennell\u2019s reimagining of Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s novel made US$34.8m in the North American box office from 3,682 locations, making it the year\u2019s biggest opening so far.<\/p>\n
While this is lower than early projections of a $40m to $50m opening weekend in the US and Canada, studio Warner Bros. has projected it will reach $40m by the end of the President\u2019s Day long weekend in the US.<\/p>\n
Internationally, Wuthering Heights passed predictions to make US$42m in 76 territories, with more men reportedly making up audiences outside North America, where PostTrak polling estimated 76% of ticket buyers were women.<\/p>\n
The romantic drama, starring Australians Robbie and Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff, also performed strongly in Australia, where it made A$6.07m<\/a> (US$4.3m) in its opening weekend, which Deadline attributed to the stars\u2019 \u201chome field advantage\u201d.<\/p>\n A global total of US$82m, taking in the whole US long weekend, would mean Wuthering Heights had already recouped its reported $80m production budget in its opening weekend, not accounting for the millions spent on marketing and promotion. And the film still has several big openings on the horizon, in Japan and Vietnam on 27 February, and in China on 13 March.<\/p>\n The success comes as the future of Warner Bros. hangs in the balance, with Paramount continuing to sweeten its hostile takeover bid in hopes of winning out over Netflix. Wuthering Heights is the studio\u2019s ninth No 1 opening in a row, following a 2025 slate that included A Minecraft Movie, Final Destination Bloodlines, and Weapons. The studio also boasts the two key contenders at this year\u2019s Oscars: Sinners and One Battle After Another.<\/p>\n