Key Takeaways
Total 3-Day Weekend Gross:
$74,367,379 | -34.3% Last Week / -4.7% Weekend 8, 2025
The overall box office took a hit based on a lack of new tentpoles as the February doldrums tumble on. GOAT rose to the top with $17M, while several underwhelming newcomers kept the numbers on a relatively even keel year-over-year from this frame in 2025, when Captain America: Brave New World dwindled in -68% in its sophomore outing.
- Top Title: GOAT (Sony) | $17M / 3,863 Screens / $4,401 PSA | Week 2
- Top Opener: I Can Only Imagine 2 (Lionsgate) | $8M / 3,105 Screens / $2,576 PSA | Week 1
- Best PSA: Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It (Abramorama) | $15K / 1 Screen / $15,093 PSA | Week 1
1. GOAT
Sony Pictures | Week 2
$17M 3-Day Weekend | $58.3M Domestic Total
$102.3M Global Total
Sony’s animated sports movie GOAT made a rare second frame ascent to the top as it out-dribbled Wuthering Heights by taking in an estimated $17M from 3,863 screens for a -38% drop from last week. This puts it on pace with Sony’s 2018 family movie Peter Rabbit, which earned $17.5M in Frame 2 before closing out domestic with $115.2M. The current domestic total is $58.3M.
Here’s what the 3-Day looked like…
- Friday – $3.86M
- Saturday – $8M
- Sunday – $5M
Family films tend to have tremendous staying power these days, and stronger word-of-mouth gave GOAT the advantage. With another frame before Pixar’s Hoppers opens on March 6, GOAT will continue to be the destination flick for tykes and perfect counter-programming for Scream 7.
Overseas grosses matched domestic, taking in $17M from 10,600+ screens in 51 markets, with 30% of international still yet to open, including China, Australia, and South Korea. GOAT officially crossed the $100M barrier with a global take of $102.3M. Hollywood releases are not permitted to open in China during New Year’s festivities, so GOAT will be in direct competition with Hoppers when it launches in the Middle Kingdom on March 14.
Other Notable Performances
Warner Bros.’ romance Wuthering Heights failed to retain the top spot at the box office in its sophomore frame. It seems that its “B” CinemaScore indicated weaker word of mouth than the studio would have liked, and it came in slightly under our forecast with an estimated $14.2M, for a -57% drop, leading to a current domestic total of $60M. Internationally, the movie performed better, with a $26.3M weekend from 76 markets, bringing its global take to $151.7M. The top 3 markets are the UK ($22.5M), Italy ($9.4M), and Australia ($8.3M).
Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company’s I Can Only Imagine 2 performed below expectations, taking in an estimated $8M from 3,105 screens for a $2,576 PSA. This debut represents a -53% drop from the 2018 original’s $17.1M, more in line with the faith-based opening of Kingdom Story’s 2024 Ordinary Angels ($6.1M opening/$19.17M domestic total). Predictable “A+” CinemaScore countered the 62% Rotten Tomatoes critical rating.
A24’s comedy thriller How to Make a Killing launched to $3.56M, another speed bump in Glen Powell’s race towards superstardom after November’s The Running Man. The #6 opening was inauspicious, as was the 47% RT score, but on the plus side, it managed to out-gross 20th Century’s incoming genre title Psycho Killer, which placed outside the Top 10 with only $1.6M.
Neon released EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Baz Luhrmann’s counterpart doc to his 2022 hit biopic Elvis, which landed at $3.25M at #7 from only 325 screens for a healthy $10,000 PSA. The week-long IMAX exclusive has earned $4.34M globally.
Lunar New Year is driving China to overall grosses Hollywood can only dream about, with over $800M estimated for the Top 5 movies alone (via Deadline). Driven by Pegasus 3 at the top of the market, the Middle Kingdom could exceed the heights of last year’s festive season that accumulated $965.4M led by Ne Zha 2. For comparison, the biggest domestic frame of all-time is still Avengers: Endgame weekend in 2019 ($536.4M).
Next Weekend
The big kahuna this coming frame is, without question, Scream 7, Paramount’s next installment in the revived franchise, which sees the return of Neve Campbell (who did not appear in the last one). The new title will contend with the departures of stars Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega from the franchise with the directorial debut of original Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson. The previous two modern-day entries opened to $30M and $44.4M, respectively.
Sunday Studio Estimates | Weekend 8 – 2026
Total 3-Day Domestic Gross: $74,367,379 | (-4.7% vs 2025)
| Title | Weekend Estimate | % Change | Locations | Location Change | PSA | Domestic Total | Week | Distributor |
| GOAT | $17,000,000 | -38% | 3,863 | n/c | $4,401 | 58,301,000 | 2 | Sony Pictures |
| “Wuthering Heights” | $14,200,000 | -57% | 3,682 | n/c | $3,857 | 60,013,000 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| I Can Only Imagine 2 | $8,000,000 | 3,105 | $2,576 | 8,000,000 | 1 | Lionsgate | ||
| Crime 101 | $5,772,552 | -59% | 3,161 | n/c | $1,826 | 24,705,329 | 2 | Amazon MGM |
| Send Help | $4,500,000 | -49% | 2,800 | -175 | $1,607 | 55,528,137 | 4 | 20th Century |
| How to Make a Killing | $3,560,617 | 1,625 | $2,191 | 3,560,617 | 1 | A24 | ||
| EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert | $3,250,000 | 325 | $10,000 | 3,250,000 | 1 | Neon | ||
| Solo Mio | $2,556,550 | -60% | 2,300 | -700 | $1,112 | 21,829,105 | 3 | Angel Studios |
| Zootopia 2 | $2,300,000 | -40% | 1,820 | -380 | $1,264 | 423,921,131 | 13 | Walt Disney |
| Avatar: Fire and Ash | $1,800,000 | -49% | 1,335 | -315 | $1,348 | 399,441,400 | 10 | 20th Century |
| Psycho Killer | $1,600,000 | 1,100 | $1,455 | 1,600,000 | 1 | 20th Century | ||
| Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die | $1,550,000 | -57% | 1,672 | 62 | $927 | 6,580,121 | 2 | Briarcliff |
| Dracula | $1,327,837 | -55% | 1,275 | -512 | $1,041 | 11,450,329 | 3 | Vertical |
| Iron Lung | $1,100,000 | -68% | 1,640 | -805 | $671 | 39,992,092 | 4 | Markiplier |
| Blades of the Guardians | $760,000 | 184 | $4,130 | 760,000 | 1 | Well Go USA | ||
| Pillion | $576,432 | 64% | 89 | 65 | $6,477 | 1,505,477 | 3 | A24 |
| The Strangers: Chapter 3 | $560,000 | -75% | 857 | -1,708 | $653 | 8,214,000 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie | $550,800 | -56% | 384 | 19 | $1,434 | 2,403,326 | 2 | Neon |
| Midwinter Break | $530,000 | 808 | $656 | 530,000 | 1 | Focus Features | ||
| Kokuho | $409,593 | 261 | 256 | $1,569 | 606,541 | 15 | GKIDS | |
| The Housemaid | $350,000 | -69% | 486 | -654 | $720 | 126,160,000 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| Marty Supreme | $268,979 | -58% | 344 | -121 | $782 | 95,019,326 | 10 | A24 |
| Hamnet | $210,000 | -54% | 301 | -114 | $698 | 23,100,000 | 13 | Focus Features |
| This Is Not a Test | $150,000 | 450 | $333 | 150,000 | 1 | IFC | ||
| Sirat | $110,254 | 83% | 23 | 16 | $4,794 | 381,197 | 15 | Neon |
| No Other Choice | $75,000 | -21% | 50 | -26 | $1,500 | 9,950,354 | 9 | Neon |
| The Moment | $71,146 | -85% | 107 | -1,012 | $665 | 3,804,949 | 4 | A24 |
| The Secret Agent | $55,173 | -53% | 213 | -9 | $259 | 3,891,408 | 13 | Neon |
| Natchez | 31,827 | 128% | 15 | 5 | $2,122 | 105,454 | 16 | Oscilloscope |
| Arco | $29,000 | -35% | 25 | -30 | $1,160 | 979,971 | 15 | Neon |
| Sentimental Value | $20,000 | -57% | 178 | -28 | $112 | 5,032,790 | 16 | Neon |
| Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It | 15,093 | 1 | $15,093 | 15,093 | 1 | Abramorama | ||
| A Poet | 14,167 | -57% | 19 | -8 | $746 | 184,761 | 4 | 1-2 Special |
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