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Box Office Faceoff: GOAT and Wuthering Heights in Tight Second-Weekend Race

Divergent forecasts highlight a quieter frame before Scream 7.

Overview

  • Deadline pegs both GOAT and Wuthering Heights around $14 million in their second weekends, with GOAT tracking a roughly 50% drop and Wuthering Heights easing 55% to 60%.
  • JoBlo projects GOAT to pull ahead with about $20 million versus $15 million for Wuthering Heights, citing stronger family hold for the former and a more front‑loaded debut for the latter.
  • Through the latest counts, Wuthering Heights stands at roughly $41 million domestic, while GOAT totals about $38 million.
  • Lionsgate’s I Can Only Imagine 2 is forecast to open in the $8 million to $10 million range by Deadline, with other trackers seeing potential up to about $12 million.
  • Amazon/MGM’s Crime 101 is expected to fall around 50% to roughly $7.3 million, Disney/20th Century’s Psycho Killer is targeting about $2 million from around 1,100 theaters, and A24’s How to Make a Killing is aiming for low single digits as the market cools ahead of Scream 7 on Feb. 27.