MOVIE NEWS – Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is on track to finish No. 1 at the box office for a second straight weekend, with Variety reporting a $4.6 million domestic take on Friday, February 20, 2026. That figure is down 56% from the previous Friday, but the film is still projected to remain in first place for the weekend with $14.2 million. The movie’s domestic total now reaches $60 million after two weeks in theaters.

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights appears set to repeat at No. 1 this weekend, after posting $4.6 million domestically on Friday, February 20, 2026, according to Variety. That marks a 56% drop versus the prior Friday, yet the film is still expected to lead the weekend with roughly $14.2 million. After two weeks of release, its domestic gross has climbed to $60 million.

Sony Animation‘s GOAT is on pace for second place after earning $3.8 million on Friday, and it is currently estimated to finish the weekend between $13 million and $14 million. Lionsgate‘s faith-based sequel I Can Only Imagine 2 opened in third place with $3.75 million on day one, with weekend projections landing in the $8 million to $9 million range. The other new title, A24‘s How to Make a Killing, brought in $1.6 million on opening day and is projected to reach $3.2 million for the weekend. Amazon MGM‘s Crime 101 added $1.53 million on Friday and is battling How to Make a Killing for the No. 4 position.

After a strong Valentine’s Day and Presidents’ Day frame that featured a varied lineup of openers like Wuthering Heights, GOAT, and Crime 101, this weekend is shaping up to be considerably quieter. The mixed reception around Wuthering Heights seems to have trimmed some of its box office momentum. GOAT is expected to end the weekend with $53 million to $54 million total, leaving it only about $60 million behind Wuthering Heights and potentially in position to pass it.

Among the newcomers, I Can Only Imagine 2 started well, but it is likely to debut below the $17 million opening weekend posted by I Can Only Imagine in 2018. Market conditions are clearly different now, and the COVID-19 pandemic changed moviegoing habits, but matching the original film’s $83 million domestic finish would still take a miracle. With a reported $40 million budget, A24 was likely aiming higher for How to Make a Killing. It also marks Glen Powell’s second recent disappointment both critically and commercially, following The Running Man in November 2025. Powell’s next release is The Great Beyond, directed by J.J. Abrams, which opens on November 13, 2026.

Outside the top five, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert grossed $1.4 million from just 325 screens, giving it the best per-theater average of the weekend at $4,307, according to Box Office Mojo. At the other end, 20th Century Pictures‘ Psycho Killer opened ninth with $710,000 after landing a 0% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. The market is expected to pick up again next week with the February 27 release of Scream 7, followed the week after by Pixar’s Hoppers, while Warner Bros.‘ The Bride! starts the month of March.

Source: MovieWeb