Overview
- After five days in theaters, the film has taken in more than $117 million worldwide and led the Australian box office, following an opening weekend reported at $76.8 million.
- Critical response remains sharply split, with a current Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score around 60% and an 80% audience score, even as many praise the visuals and Charli XCX’s soundtrack.
- The adaptation compresses the novel’s scope to roughly its first half and trims or reworks key characters, a choice reviewers say reshapes the story’s themes and tone.
- Jacob Elordi’s casting as Heathcliff continues to draw criticism from fans and commentators concerned about representational erasure tied to the character’s depiction in the book.
- Analyses highlight the film’s stylized design alongside concerns over sidelining Nelly and softening class and race undercurrents central to Emily Brontë’s original.