As most of this sluggish post-Valentine’s weekend’s new releases have opened to lower than $5 million, Sony Footage Animation’s “Goat” has discovered a foothold with audiences on the field workplace, incomes an estimated $14 million second weekend to place it in a decent race with Warner Bros./MRC/LuckyChap’s “Wuthering Heights” for the No. 1 spot
Sony estimates a 49-52% second weekend drop from the unique title’s $27.2 million 3-day opening, giving it a home complete of roughly $54 million after 10 days in theaters. In comparison with current early-year animated movies, that places “Goat” on par with the 10-day complete of DreamWorks’ 2025 movie “Canine Man.” Business estimates have “Goat” doing barely higher at round $15.5 million this weekend.
With Pixar’s “Hoppers” arriving in two weeks, “Goat” is discovering the momentum it wants from sturdy viewers word-of-mouth to earn a $100 million-plus home run in theaters. If and when it will get to that milestone, it’s going to be part of Pixar’s “Elemental” and Illumination’s “Migration” as solely the third authentic movie because the pandemic to take action.
Simply behind “Goat” is “Wuthering Heights,” which can also be estimated for a second weekend of round $14 million for a 10-day complete of roughly $60 million. As TheWrap famous earlier this week“Wuthering Heights” is a part of a collection of Hollywood movies aimed toward girls that may proceed subsequent month with Common’s “Reminders of Him,” movies that gained’t be tentpole-level successes however present the secondary help that theaters used to constantly get pleasure from earlier than the pandemic.
In third is Lionsgate’s “I Can Solely Think about 2,” the only newcomer within the high 5 with an $8-9 million opening weekend from 3,105 areas. The movie is a sequel to the 2018 faith-based inspirational title “I Can Solely Think about,” which led to the launch of Jon and Andrew Erwin’s Kingdom Story Firm after grossing $83.1 million domestically.
With a price range of $18 million, the sequel ought to simply clear its break-even level, although the film is opening to roughly half the $17.1 million its predecessor incomes on its launch. However like its predecessor, “I Can Solely Think about 2” earned an A+ on CinemaScore, profitable over followers of the movie’s topic, MercyMe vocalist Bart Millard.
