| Rank | Title (origin) | Distributor | Feb 13-15 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wuthering Heights (US) | Warner Bros | £7.6m | £7.7m | 1 |
| 2 | GOAT (US) |
Sony | £2.2m | £3.5m | 1 |
| 3 | Crime 101 (US-UK-Australia) | Sony | £1.3m | £1.4m | 1 |
| 4 | Send Help (US) | Disney | £789,349 | £3.1m | 2 |
| 5 | The Housemaid (US) |
Lionsgate | £553,625 | £31m | 8 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.36
Emerald Fennell’s Emily Bronte adaptation Wuthering Heights took flight at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend with a £7.6m start.
The Warner Bros title took an excellent £10,030 location average, even given its 761-site release – the second-widest ever for a non-event release in the territory.
Wuthering Heights brought in £7.7m, including previews. Its opening both with and without previews is ahead of those of fellow romantic titles La La Land (£6.6m) and Titanic (£4.9m), as well as period pieces such as Downton Abbey (£5.2m) and literary adaptations including Pride & Prejudice (£2.5m).
It is already Fennell’s highest-grossing film ever in the UK & Ireland, topping the £5.6m total of 2023’s Saltburn; and a highest-grossing credited role ever for Jacob Elordi, who plays Heathcliff.
It is also the biggest opening of 2026 to date, with more than double the £3m start of Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet.
Sony animated adventure GOAT opened with £2.2m from 673 locations at a £3,296 average - a strong showing in the context of Wuthering Heights’s dominance. Tyree Dillihay and Adam Rosette’s animal sports title took £3.5m including previews.
Fellow Sony title Crime 101 starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan and Halle Berry opened to £1.3m from 525 sites, at a £2,419 average. Including previews, Bart Layton’s film has £1.4m.
Sam Raimi’s horror Send Help dropped 41% on its second session, adding £789,349 to hit £3.1m for Disney.
The Housemaid is now Lionsgate’s third-highest grossing film of all time in the UK & Ireland with £31m, having overtaken La La Land (£30.6m) and just £60,000 behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. It added £553,625 on its eighth weekend in cinemas – a drop of just 40%, that is a strong result in the Wuthering Heights context.
Wuthering Heights pushed takings for the top five titles up 161% to £12.5m – the highest level since the first weekend of the year. Audiences have the option of a Charli XCX double bill next weekend, with the first holdover session of Wuthering Heights – for which Charli wrote an original soundtrack album – and Universal’s mockumentary The Moment, about the artist.
More to follow.
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