Key Takeaways
Total 3-Day Weekend Gross:
$118,655,385 | +48.9% Last Week / -34% Weekend 7, 2025
Instead of a big Marvel-style tentpole, theaters were treated to three non-IP movies all aimed at different demographics, with Wuthering Heights topping them all with a major female-fronted gross of $34.8M. Although we are down year-over-year from when Captain America: Brave New World ruled the roost this frame in 2025, the good news for theaters is the nearly +50% uptick from last weekend, giving exhibitors a Valentine’s booster shot.
- Top Title: Wuthering Heights (Warner Bros.) | $34.8M / 3,682 Screens / $9,451 PSA | Week 1
- Top Opener: Wuthering Heights (Warner Bros.) | $34.8M / 3,682 Screens / $9,451 PSA | Week 1
- Best PSA: Pillion (A24) | $350.8K / 24 Screens / $14,620 PSA | Week 2
1. Wuthering Heights
Warner Bros. | NEW
$34.8M 3-Day Opening Weekend | $40M 4-Day Holiday Weekend
$76.8M Global Total
Warner Bros. took another big swing and hit a homer with the modern adaptation of Wuthering Heights, which took in $34.8M from the 3-Day Valentine’s Day weekend from 3,682 screens for a $9,451 Per Screen Average. Monday is projected to bring the domestic total to a nice round $40M. While on the low-end of our prediction panel’s range, this performance bested both 2020’s Birds of Prey ($33M opening) and 2021’s The Suicide Squad ($26.2M), two blockbuster WB leads for Robbie.
Here’s how the 4-Day looked, including $3M in Thursday previews…
- Friday – $11M
- Saturday – $14.4M
- Sunday – $9.4M
- Monday – $5.2M (projected)
Top DMAs were led by New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, and San Francisco. AMC Theatres claimed nine of the ten highest-grossing locations for the film’s opening weekend, with AMC Lincoln Square New York topping the list.
Here’s how demographics looked…
- 68% Caucasian
- 17% Hispanic
- 6% African-American
- 5% Asian
- 4% Native-American/Other
This is a huge win for director Emerald Fennell, who has made the leap from strong arthouse fare (Promising Young Woman, Saltburn) to the mainstream. Star/producer Margot Robbie had to prove last year’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey ($6.67M total domestic) was a fluke, and she has, while Jacob Elordi is coming into his own as a full-fledged marquee name. The film gained traction ahead of release, with whispers that it could hit $50M over the holiday weekend. As our forecasting panel noted in our preview piece, however, female-skewing titles have had slightly more modest opening weekends before word-of-mouth drives business in subsequent weeks. That can either play out positively (The Housemaid) or apply the brakes (Freakier Friday) on a film’s earning potential by Week 3.
Overseas Wuthering Heights earned $42M from 14,346 screens in 76 markets, taking the global 4-Day earnings to an estimated $82M. Top 3 markets were the UK ($10.3M), Italy ($4.4M), and Australia $4.3M). Major territories yet to open are Japan (Feb 27), Vietnam (Feb 27), and China (March 13).
2. GOAT
Sony Pictures | NEW
$26M 3-Day Opening Weekend | $32M 4-Day Holiday Weekend
$41.6M Global Total
Sony’s animated basketball family movie GOAT performed slightly above expectations with $26M for the 3-Day from 3,863 screens for a $6,731 PSA, while outlook for the 4-Day is $32M. As predicted, this is right in line with how previous animated basketball-er Space Jam opened in 1996 ($27.5M), while under Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ($35.36M), the movie they comped in the advertising.
Here’s how the 4-Day looked, including $1M from Thursday previews…
- Friday – $7.1M
- Saturday – $11.8M
- Sunday – $7.1M
- Monday – $6M (projected)
Critical reaction was decent at 80% RT, but audiences were pleased at 93% audience score, “A” CinemaScore, and 5-star PostTrak kids and parents rating, all of which bodes well for word-of-mouth and staying power.
Overseas GOAT was not the greatest of all-time, earning only $15.6M through Sunday from 8,800+ screens across 42 total markets, although that only represents 60% of the international footprint with Germany, Australia, China, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea still to come. The estimated global total is $41.6M.
3. Crime 101
Amazon/MGM | NEW
$15.1M 3-Day Opening Weekend | $17.7M 4-Day Holiday Weekend
$27.1M Global Total
Amazon/MGM’s thriller Crime 101 leveraged four Marvel stars (Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Halle Berry) to open above expectations with $15.1M for the 3-Day from 3,161 screens for a $4,788 PSA. That’s right on the money with last year’s chart-topping crime thriller Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, which opened to $15M in first quarter 2025, while also comparable to Hemsworth’s January 2018 opener 12 Strong ($15.8M).
Here’s how the 4-Day looked, including $1M from Thursday previews…
- Friday – $3.9M
- Saturday – $6.8M
- Sunday – $4.4M
- Monday – $2.65M (projected)
Audiences leaned 59% male, while critical and audience scores were about even (87%/84%), although CinemaScore (“B”) and PostTrak (59% definite recommend) are more middling.
Internationally Crime 101 grossed $12M from 60 international markets, which represents 85% of the overseas footprint. Top 3 territories are the United Kingdom ($2M), Hemsworth’s native Australia ($1.4M), and Saudi Arabia ($790K) for an estimated global total of $27.1M.
Other Notable Performances
After a nearly decade-long absence, Pirates of the Caribbean helmer Gore Verbinski has made an inauspicious return with the sci-fi comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. The movie from Briarcliff starring Sam Rockwell earned a paltry $3.6M from 1,610 screens for a $2,248 PSA, opening at #7. Critical notices were positive at 84% RT, but CinemaScore was a middling “B.”
Next Weekend
Industry vet Gavin Palone, who also produced this week’s Cold Storage ($1.1M from 1,041 screens), makes his directorial debut with 20th Century’s horror programmer Psycho Killer starring Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell. Lionsgate is also bringing us the faith-based sequel I Can Only Imagine 2, the follow-up to 2018’s $83.4M domestic grosser based on the life story of Bart Millard of MercyMe.
Sunday Studio Estimates | Weekend 7 – 2026
Total 3-Day Domestic Gross: $118,655,385 | (-34% vs 2025)
| Title | Weekend Estimate | % Change | Locations | Location Change | PSA | Domestic Total | Week | Distributor |
| “Wuthering Heights” | $34,800,000 | 3,682 | $9,451 | 34,800,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. | ||
| GOAT | $26,000,000 | 3,863 | $6,731 | 26,000,000 | 1 | Sony Pictures | ||
| Crime 101 | $15,136,000 | 3,161 | $4,788 | 15,136,000 | 1 | Amazon MGM | ||
| Send Help | $8,968,000 | -1% | 2,975 | -500 | $3,014 | 47,898,525 | 3 | 20th Century |
| Solo Mio | $6,800,000 | -3% | 3,000 | -52 | $2,267 | 17,332,356 | 2 | Angel Studios |
| Zootopia 2 | $3,760,000 | -6% | 2,200 | -515 | $1,709 | 419,371,739 | 12 | Walt Disney |
| Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die | $3,620,000 | 1,610 | $2,248 | 3,620,000 | 1 | Briarcliff | ||
| Iron Lung | $3,450,000 | -49% | 2,445 | -485 | $1,411 | 37,549,110 | 3 | Markiplier |
| Avatar: Fire and Ash | $3,328,000 | -4% | 1,650 | -715 | $2,017 | 396,094,244 | 9 | 20th Century |
| Dracula | $3,000,932 | -32% | 1,787 | -263 | $1,679 | 9,001,471 | 2 | Vertical |
| The Strangers: Chapter 3 | $2,275,000 | -34% | 2,565 | n/c | $887 | 6,954,000 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie | $1,250,000 | 365 | $3,425 | 1,250,000 | 1 | Neon | ||
| The Housemaid | $1,110,000 | -35% | 2,030 | n/c | $547 | 125,368,000 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| Cold Storage | $1,100,000 | 1,041 | $1,057 | 1,100,000 | 1 | Samuel Goldwyn | ||
| Melania | $886,000 | -62% | 1,204 | -799 | $736 | 15,432,071 | 3 | Amazon MGM |
| Marty Supreme | $643,941 | -51% | 465 | -659 | $1,385 | 94,426,896 | 9 | A24 |
| The Moment | $447,922 | -73% | 1,119 | 538 | $400 | 3,407,256 | 3 | A24 |
| Hamnet | $429,000 | -44% | 415 | -510 | $1,034 | 22,616,000 | 12 | Focus Features |
| Pillion | $350,881 | 45% | 24 | 20 | $14,620 | 698,865 | 2 | A24 |
| The Secret Agent | $119,000 | -33% | 222 | -78 | $536 | 3,769,963 | 12 | Neon |
| No Other Choice | $88,250 | -57% | 76 | -120 | $1,161 | 9,813,030 | 8 | Neon |
| Song Sung Blue | $84,000 | -63% | 147 | -301 | $571 | 39,118,000 | 8 | Focus Features |
| Sirat | $56,090 | -59% | 7 | 3 | $8,013 | 228,357 | 14 | Neon |
| The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants | $49,000 | -80% | 113 | -340 | $434 | 71,034,000 | 9 | Paramount |
| Sentimental Value | $47,000 | -40% | 206 | -45 | $228 | 4,981,269 | 15 | Neon |
| Arco | $42,452 | -69% | 55 | -188 | $772 | 923,167 | 14 | Neon |
| The Testament of Ann Lee | $37,000 | -65% | 80 | -150 | $463 | 2,485,481 | 8 | Searchlight |
| A Poet | $32,672 | -37% | 27 | -6 | $1,210 | 153,669 | 3 | 1-2 Special |
| Kokuho | 26,197 | -45% | 5 | 2 | $5,239 | 174,249 | 14 | GKIDS |
| The Love That Remains | $26,000 | 75% | 25 | 17 | $1,040 | 80,733 | $3 | Janus Films |
| Natchez | $13,985 | 65% | 10 | 7 | $1,399 | 66,617 | $15 | Oscilloscope |
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