Warner Bros./Margot Robbie Wuthering Heights Box Office Roundup
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It was a healthy Valentine's Day weekend at the box office, and it will only be bolstered by the extended President's Day weekend. In first place, we have "Wuthering Heights," the latest adaptation of the classic "don't call it a romance" novel by author Emily Brontë. Per BoxOfficeMojo, the film, which stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, raked in a healthy $34.8 million over the three-day weekend, with that number rising to a solid $40 million when Monday is taken into consideration.
Worldwide, the film notched an opening of $82 million, which is a solid start for the production, which cost around $80 million to produce. We'll have to wait and see how the film holds over the coming weeks before it can officially be declared a winner or loser. Still, any opening above $30 million in February is a reason for movie houses to celebrate.
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Second place belongs to another newcomer, the family-friendly animated sports flick, "Goat," from producer and basketball legend Steph Curry. The Sony Pictures Animation joint earned $26 million ($32 million for the four-day period), which isn't bad at all for an animated movie that isn't Disney, especially one with a price tag of $48 million. Animated fare has taken something of a beating at the box office in recent years, with families opting to wait until the movies come to streaming, so it's heartening to see a non-franchise cartoon open this well.
Speaking of opening well, "Crime 101" is happily accepting the bronze medal this weekend. The Chris Hemsworth/Mark Ruffalo/Halle Berry heist thriller over-performed with $15.1 million ($17.7 over the four-day). The film's still got a long way to go to recoup its budget of around $90 million, but whether at the box office or on streaming down the line, I'm confident saying this one will end up in the black by the time the dust settles.
The next few spots go to a trio of holdovers from last week. Sam Raimi's "Send Help" was virtually even with last week, bringing in $8.9 million ($10.7 four-day), which brings its 18-day total to $49.6 million. Worldwide, the $40 million movie has earned $73.8 million worldwide. "Solo Mio" also held on spectacularly well from last week, falling just 2.9% from last week. The Kevin James movie made $6.8 million ($8 mil four-day) for a grand total of $18.5 million so far. In sixth place, "Zootopia 2" is still hanging in there with $3.7 million ($5 million four-day). To date, the Disney talking animal feature has made $420 million domestically and a spectacular $1.8 billion worldwide.
Alas, where there are winners, there are also losers, and the big loser this week was Gore Verbinski's "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die." The ambitious sci-fi action/adventure opened in seventh place to just $3.6 million ($4.1 for the four-day period). Thankfully, the movie, starring Sam Rockwell as a time-traveler on a mission to save the world from evil AI, carried a modest price tag of just $20 million, but it's still gonna be a long road to profitability for this one. It's a shame, too, since Gore Verbinski is one of my favorite directors, and this, in my opinion, is his masterpiece. Maybe it will hold on over the coming weeks, or maybe it's destined to become a cult classic down the line, just like "The Lone Ranger" and "A Cure For Wellness."
All numbers taken from BoxOfficeMojo's Weekend Estimates
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