The number that Stephen Curry wears on his jersey is #30, but his family film GOAT has clutched into #1…for now, at least. In the battle of the holdovers, the Sony Animation pic narrowly beat Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell’s loose adaptation of the classic Victorian novel, to the top spot at the domestic box office in its second week of release.
According to studio estimates, it added US$17.2 million to a US$58.3 million haul across North America, while its R-rated counterpart earned US$14.2 million over the same weekend. The worldwide tally now stands at US$102 million and US$151.7 million, respectively, with international markets accounting for the latter’s current US$76.8 million gross. With a production budget of US$80 million, GOAT is shaping up to be another win for the studio, following in the successful footsteps of the Spider-Verse movies and the Oscar-nominated KPop Demon Hunters.
Otherwise, the box office remains a quiet affair. In third place is Lionsgate and Kingdom Story’s I Can Only Imagine 2, which opened with US$8 million, followed by Amazon MGM’s Crime 101 (US$5.8 million) and Send Help (US$4.5 million). A24’s black comedy How to Make a Killing, starring Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick), debuted just outside the top five at No. 6, although it’s worth noting that it has fewer screenings than most.
Based on the life of and produced by Curry, GOAT focuses on an anthropomorphic goat who aspires to become the greatest of all time (thus the abbreviated title) at a basketball-like sport known as roarball. It was directed by Tyree Dillihay, co-directed by Adam Rosette, and written by Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley, with Stranger Things actor Caleb McLaughlin leading the voice cast.
As for Wuthering Heights, the romantic period drama feature was intended by Fennell to “recreate the feeling of a teenage girl reading this book for the first time.” Margot Robbie (Barbie) produces and stars in it as Catherine Earnshaw, joining Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) as Heathcliff, Hong Chau (Homecoming) as Nelly Dean, Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery) as Edgar Linton, Alison Oliver (Conversations with Friends) as Isabella Linton, Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) as Mr Earnshaw, Ewan Mitchell (House of the Dragon) as Joseph, and more.
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