- Steph Curry’s family film GOAT overtook Wuthering Heights at the weekend’s domestic box office.
- GOAT earned $17 million to the literary adaptation’s $14.2 million, but in their second weeks of release, Wuthering Heights is still $2 million ahead cumulatively.
- Next week, Scream 7 is poised to slash its way to the top of the domestic charts.
Where would you place your bets on a race between NBA legend Steph Curry and consumptive Victorian novelist Emily Brontë? This weekend’s box office report proves it’s no easy pick.
The animated family film GOAT, based on the life of and produced by Curry, overtook the top spot from Emerald Fennell’s sumptuous literary adaptation Wuthering Heights on this weekend’s domestic leaderboard. The former film drummed up $17 million in its second week of release, beating the latter film released the same day by just $2.8 million, per Comscore.
Last week, Wuthering Heights opened to a modest $34.8 million domestically, but raked in a remarkable $76.8 million around the world, proving it at least had a chance of recouping its estimated $80 million budget, which doesn’t factor in marketing or promotional expenses.
GOAT, meanwhile, added to its $26 million opening domestic take for a total of $58.3 million. Wuthering Heights currently boasts just over $60 million overall, meaning it beat GOAT in the cumulative race by nearly the same exact margin by which it lost this week.
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The box office picture looks very different if you view it from a global vantage this weekend. Both GOAT and Wuthering Heights fell out of the top three, with the Chinese racing film Pegasus 3 speeding to worldwide dominance with a staggering $372.8 million. The third installment in the high-octane action series sees franchise anchor Zhang Chi (Teng Shen) recruit an all-star team to compete in a cutthroat international competition.
Pegasus 3 earned that massive sum after opening only in China. Two more Chinese films took the No. 2 and No. 3 spots after similarly limited releases: Blades of the Guardians, a martial arts epic which earned $101.6 million, and the spy thriller Scare Out from master director Zhang Yimou, which earned $112.3 milllion.
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Three American films opened this weekend that charted domestically this weekend, one with enough oomph to join GOAT and Wuthering Heights in the top 3.
First was the Christian music biopic I Can Only Imagine 2, which secured the bronze with an $8 million opening haul. The film about MercyMe’s viral, faith-based hit “I Can Only Imagine” stars Milo Ventimiglia and Dennis Quaid.
A24’s How to Make a Killing did not live up to its title, earning a meager $3.5 million in its debut despite a stacked ensemble cast led by Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley. Finally, Baz Luhrmann returned to theaters for more rockin’ and a rollin’ with EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert. The concert doc chronicling the King’s Las Vegas residency in the 1970s shook up $3.2 million for a spot at No. 7.
Next week, Scream 7 is poised to slash its way to the top of the charts.
The horror sequel arrives years after the franchise was rocked by scandal and personnel shake-ups, but features the return of O.G. star Neve Campbell, who originally exited the series after a salary dispute in 2022. An October first look at the film teased much-hyped new character Tatum Prescott, the daughter of Neve’s Sidney, played by Yellowstone star Isabel May.
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