"GOAT" Defeats "Wuthering Heights" after Close Race for #1 Spot

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GOAT Unseats Wuthering Heights after Close Race for No. 1 in Quiet Winter Weekend
by Rebecca Rubin
Feb. 22, 2026


GOAT an original animated film about an animal who dreams of athletic greatness, trounced the box office competition in yet another glacial winter weekend.

Heading into the late-February frame, GOAT and Wuthering Heights were closely contending for the No. 1 spot in North America. However, GOAT pulled ahead with $17 million from 3,863 theaters, declining just 36% from its debut.

So far, GOAT has earned $58.3 million domestically and $102 million worldwide.





Wuthering Heights wasn’t far behind with $14.2 million from 3,682 venues, dropping 57% from its opening weekend.

Wuthering Heights has generated $59.5 million in North America and has been a bigger draw overseas with $91.7 million for a global tally of $151.7 million.





Lionsgate’s faith-based I Can Only Imagine 2 captured the No. 3 spot with $8 million from 3,105 venues.

Audiences awarded the film a rare “A+” grade on CinemaScore exit polls.





A24’s black comedy How to Make a Killing with Glen Powell debuted outside the top five — in sixth place with $3.5 million — however, the R-rated comedic thriller is playing on just 1,600 screens.

There’s no audience score, but critics did not like the film which holds a 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.





Neon’s concert film EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert debuted in seventh place with $3.2 million, during its limited release on 325 Imax screens.

Director Baz Luhrmann crafted the film from never-before-seen footage of the King of Rock and Roll that he discovered while making the 2022 Austin Butler-led Elvis biopic.

EPiC, which will expand in the coming weeks, is the only film in the top 10 that’s playing on less than 1,000 screens.





At No. 11, Disney’s New Regency road-trip thriller Psycho Killer cratered with $1.6 million from 1,100 theaters in its first weekend of release.

The film also doesn’t have an audience score, but was saddled with a dismal 33% Rotten Tomatoes average.

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February 20-22, 2026: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. GOAT $17,000,000 / $58,301,328
2. Wuthering Heights $14,200,000 / $59,812,788
3. I Can Only Imagine 2 $7,750,583
4. Crime 101 $5,772,552 / $24,705,329
5. Send Help $4,500,000 / $55,528,137
6. How to Make a Killing $3,560,617
7. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert $3,250,000
8. Solo Mio $2,556,550 / $21,829,105
9. Zootopia 2 $2,300,000 / $423,921,131
10. Avatar: Fire and Ash $1,800,000 / $399,441,400

[dakert]

I am looking forward to seeing EPIC when it hits theaters next week