{"id":282616,"date":"2026-02-13T18:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/282616\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:38:08","slug":"wuthering-heights-starts-with-3-million-in-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/282616\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Wuthering Heights’ Starts With $3 Million In Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros\/MRC\u2019s theatrical release of Oscar winner Emerald Fennell\u2019s Wuthering Heights<\/a> smooched $3 million from Thursday previews at 3,000 locations.<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore you comp the movie to the $7M previews for It Ends With Us (which opened to $50M), calm your jets. First, that was a summer release. Second, distribution sources are seeing a big pop for moviegoing on Saturday, Valentine\u2019s Day, with a natural shift of foot traffic from last night to today, and into tomorrow. Let\u2019s not forget the Monday Presidents Day holiday.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe last time Valentine\u2019s Day fell on a Saturday was 11 years ago, when Fifty Shades of Grey opened to $93M over four days, with Kingsman: Secret Service in second place with $41M. I hear that there\u2019s $14M in presales already for Wuthering Heights, which is eyeing $40M-$50M over the four-day holiday in North America. Reviews are fresh for Wuthering Heights, but at 65% on Rotten Tomatoes. It Ends With Us was 55% Rotten with critics, but 87% with moviegoers.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs we told you, Warner Bros scooped up rights<\/a> to the Jacob Elordi-Margot Robbie feature take of the Emily Bront\u00eb novel for $80M, over Netflix\u2019s $150M.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: The Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere last night, Sony Pictures Animation\u2019s GOAT<\/a> did $1M in Thursday previews starting at 2 p.m. from 3030 locations. The film has earned PostTrak ratings of 5-stars for kids under 12, 4.5-stars from both parents and general. Sony sees $20M over four days, but the town believes the lack of family product in the marketplace could push the start of the Stephen Curry production higher. GOAT is 80% fresh with critics. Before P&A, its cost was between $80M-$90M+.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018GOAT\u2019 Review: Sony Animation\u2019s Lively And Fun Sports Comedy Scores Big Points For A Creature Cast To Remember<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 Chris Hemsworth-Halle Berry-Mark Ruffalo-Barry Keoghan noir Crime 101<\/a> made $1M from overall previews, not just last night. The movie is hoping for a $15M four-day start. The Bart Layton-directed movie is 86% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The production cost $90M before P&A, we understand. Remember, Amazon MGM doesn\u2019t go theatrical unless it can make back marketing costs; that\u2019s the rule of thumb on its productions. Comps are Den of Thieves: Pantera ($1.35M previews, $15M opening), A Working Man ($1.1M previews, $15.5M opening) and The Beekeeper ($2.4M previews, $16.5M 3-day).<\/p>\n

\n\tNo Rotten Tomatoes audience scores for all three films. <\/p>\n

\n\tHow the week went:<\/p>\n

Send Help (20th) 3,475 theaters, Wk $13M (-50%), Total $38.9M\/Wk 2 <\/p>\n

Solo Mio (Angel) 3,052 theaters, Wk $10.5M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n

Iron Lung (Cent) 2,916 theaters, Wk $9.2M (-48%), Total $34M\/Wk 2 <\/p>\n

Dracula (Vert) 2,050 theaters, Wk $6.0M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n

Zootopia 2 (Dis) 2,715 theaters, Wk $5.1M (-30%), Total $415.6M\/Wk 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros\/MRC\u2019s theatrical release of Oscar winner Emerald Fennell\u2019s Wuthering Heights smooched $3 million from Thursday previews…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[72030,156,17215,409,111,139,69,13536],"class_list":{"0":"post-282616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-crime-101","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-goat","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-wuthering-heights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}