MONDAY PM UPDATE: In a weekend with the first biggest global openings of 2026 with Warner Bros/MRC’s Wuthering Heights ($83M), Sony’s Goat ($50.6M) and Amazon MGM Studio’s Crime 101 ($28.2M), Disney is heralding that they’re the first major motion picture studio to cross $1 billion at the worldwide B.O. in 2026, just seven weeks into the year. Further breakdown of Mouse House pics below.
Wuthering Heights at this point in time came in lower in domestic over 4-days at $38M, and slightly ahead in foreign at $45M. More on what’s happening with Heathcliff and Cathy’s exploits around the world here. The question — how frontloaded is this young, female skewing movie going to be? The movie cost all in production package and global P&A $180M.
Sony’s foreign number on Goat is still at $15.6M, which is 21% ahead of Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, 11% above Warner Bros Space Jam: A New Legacy, and 9% higher than DreamWorks’ The Bad Guys in like-for-like markets at current exchange rates. The latter has been a serious comp for the movie as an original animated post Covid title; that movie finaling at $250.3M WW ($97.4M domestic, $152.9M unadjusted for inflation and currency swings). Note, basketball isn’t the type of thing that travels abroad at the box office, but Space Jam 2 lucked out with a $93M overseas against the theatrical day-and-date (on HBO Max) domestic final haul of $70M. Europe scored $11.1M for Goat with $4.8M in the UK, Spain $1.2M, and France $1.1M. In Latin America, Goat did $3.6 million, led by Mexico with $1.8M. Overall, the animated Stephen Curry production is playing on 8,800 screens across 42 local markets, repping a 60% footprint. Upcoming territories are Germany (Feb. 19), Australia (March 12), China (March 14), Saudi Arabia (April 23) and South Korea (April). Overall, thanks largely to domestic, Goat is a win for Sony.
Amazon MGM Studios’ Crime 101 found an audience ($11.9M international) on Valentine’s Day thanks to great reviews with a great spike in the UK ($2M on 795 screens) and Australia ($1.4M opening on 360 screens), which were of course highly competitive markets due Wuthering Heights. However, the 4-day came in lighter than forecasted at $16.3M (not the $17.8M reported on Sunday AM) The hope is that the momentum of good reviews will give the Bart Layton directed noir a bit of a tail (87% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes in North America; the best of wide entries over the holiday weekend). The movie was always seen as a No. 3 play in the U.S. as well as the U.K. The Don Winslow source material movie was No. 2 in Australia, the land of Chris Hemsworth, and No. 2 in New Zealand, and No. 1 in Saudi Arabia ($790K on 123 screens where these macho action movies do well) and No. 1 in UAE ($605K on 110 screens). Japan was vibrant ($745K on 738 screens) as cop fare has a shot there. Germany was $750K at 335 screens (not far from Gerard Butler’s Greenland 2 which did $767K). The rest were Spain ($515K on 266 screens), Mexico ($400K on 610 screens), Netherlands ($340K on 100 screens, No. 2), Italy ($310K on 207 screens), Poland ($245K on 108 screens), Kuwait with $240 on 27 screens (No. 1 there), Brazil ($206K on 463 screens), Belgium with $180K on 55 screens, Ukraine with $176K on 245 screens, a very surprising Kazakhstan ($170K on 1115 screens) which rarely registers as a top market for a Hollywood pic, Austria with $160K on 57 screens, India ($152K on 500 screens), Columbia ($145K on 190 screens) and Greece ($120K on 64 screens). Twenty markets are yet to come including Indonesia and the Philippines (Feb. 18); Thailand (Feb. 19); Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong (Feb 26); Vietnam (March 13); and Korea (April 3). Know this: Whatever the economics are on this Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Barry Keoghan and Mark Ruffalo film with a $90M production cost and another $85M+ in global marketing, Amazon is investing in theatrical, exhibitors around the globe are benefiting from it (it was extended counterprogramming for the weekend, hello), and at the end of the year, that’s when a studio’s slate is assessed with a mixture of hits and misses. Also, Amazon can afford to spend splashy in ways that other majors can’t.
Disney’s Zootopia 2 files a global 12th weekend of $15.5M or $16.7M including the 4-day ($11.7M of that from 52 territories, -16%; $5M domestic). Global cume is $1.82B with $1.409B from offshore and $420.6M domestic (through Monday). Before the New Year, China still hasn’t let go of Zootopia 2 where it’s still No. 1 MPA title for the weekend with an estimated $4.5M with an overall cume of $646.3M, ditto for Japan where the animals are still leading the B.O. among U.S. fare. Tops on Valentine’s Day in the Middle Kingdom was the Phillip Yung directed rom-com Love Go Go Go! with $4.86M and another $500K on Sunday for a $5.4M weekend.
Sam Raimi’s Send Help stays afloat with an updated $14.2M global 4-day weekend ($12.8M 3-day) with $3.8M (-50%) minted from 51 territories and $10.4M revise stateside. Foreign running cume is $24.2M. Add in $49.3M domestic and worldwide for the $40M production stands at $73.5M. The 20th Century Studios movie opened No 5 in France with $800K ($900K in previews). Strongest holds were experienced in Australia (-30%), Germany (-42%), UK (-44%), S. Arabia (-44%) and Netherlands (-47%).
20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash will approach $400M soon domestic, but for now it’s at $396.6M after $3.9M over the 4-day Presidents Day weekend. Add in $9.4M (-29%) from 52 territories abroad and the global weekend is $13.3M 4-day ($12.7M 3-day). International running cume is $1.06B and worldwide is $1.459B after nine weekends. Strongest holds were experienced in Denmark (+17%), Sweden (+6%), Czechia (0%), Philippines (-2%), Austria (-3%), China (-4%), Chile (-8%), Spain (-11%), Switzerland (-12%), Belgium (-14%), Argentina (-15%), France (-17%), Germany (-21%), Hong Kong (-21%), Mexico (-33%), Netherlands (-35%), Australia (-37%) and Poland (-43%). Through the lowest global haul of the three Avatar movies, we can’t say this enough, the global haul isn’t bad for a threequel behind the $2B of Avengers: Infinity War and arguably the Tom Holland Spider-Man: No Way Home at $1.92B.
Rounding out the top 10 are
7. The Housemaid (LG) 58 Territories WW Wkend $11.9M (Dom $1.3M 4-day, Int’l $10.67M) Global $372.3M (Dom $125.5M, Int’l $246.8M)/Wk 9
The Paul Feig directed Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried thriller may have slowed out of the top 10 stateside, but remains sexy abroad chiefly in Australia where it was No. 3 ($393K) in its eighth frame with a running total of $17.4M. New Zealand’s running cume is $1.5M.
8. Marsupilami (Multi, France) 3 territories, WW Wked $9M ($9M Intl), $22.1M/Wk 2
Wuthering Heights wasn’t No. 1 in France. This family adventure comedy from filmmaker
Philippe Lacheau remains strong in its second weekend. Jean Reno also stars. Blurb: A man is tasked to deliver a mysterious package from South America, only to find out he is carrying a baby Marsupilami.
9. Skaza o tasare Saltane (Multi, Russia) 5 terr. WW Wkend $8.1M/Wk 1
Despite the boycott by Hollywood studios on Russia due to the war in Ukraine, moviegoing continues over there (and U.S. foreign sales titles also find their way on screen, i.e. Lionsgate movies). This family fairy tale from filmmaker Sarik Andreasyan has popped in a tale about young Tsar Saltan who finds himself a queen from a simple Russian family. But she has two sinister sisters who plot against the big guy.
10. The King’s Warden aka The Man Who Lives With the King (Shoebox, Korea) 1 terr WW Wkend $7.4M, WW Cume $14M.
The historical drama from filmmaker Jang Hang-jun and starring Yoo Hae-jin and Park Ji-hoon continues to lead the box office in its second weekend. The 1457 Joseon Dynasty era follows the 6th king of Joseon, Danjong, who was exiled to Yeongwol, Gangwon Province. Hollywood studios cry post Covid that Korea isn’t as strong for them as it once was pre-Covid, not to mention local titles prevailing there. Such was the case during Wuthering Heights opening weekend there it was No. 7 with $120K, $249K with previews.