‘Wuthering Heights’ passes £16m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert’ makes top five on previews

Wuthering Heights has topped the UK-Ireland box office for a second weekend, moving past £16m total; as Sony animation Goat passed £10m and Universal’s Elvis Presley concert film thrived in previews.

Warner Bros’ Wuthering Heights added £3.9m on its second session – a 49% drop, that brought it to £16.3m total. It has now passed the lifetime total of Warner Bros’ stablemate Sinners  (£16.2m), as well as another grand literary adaptation, Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 The Great Gatsby (£15.8m).

Sony animation GOAT saw an impressive 25% uptick on its second weekend, boosted by school half terms. The film which has a voice cast including Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, Aaron Pierre and basketball star Stephen Curry, added £2.8m, and has moved on to £10.5m total. Sony will be aiming for a cume beyond £20m, should further strong holds allow.

Amazon MGM’s Crime 101, distributed by Sony, dropped 40% on its second weekend, with £763,942 bringing it to just shy of £3m total.

On the weekend when it won the best animated film Bafta, Disney’s Zootropolis 2 saw a 51% increase on its 13^th session in cinemas. The film added £681,000, pushing it back into the top five and bringing it to £35.7m overall, overtaking animated comparisons including Ice Age III (£35.2m) and Up  (£34.8m).

Universal’s Elvis concert film EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert was the big new hit of the weekend, bringing in £525,430 in previews from just 56 sites at a huge £9,914 site average. It recorded the biggest first weekend ever for a documentary at London’s BFI Imax, and took £211,000 on Friday 20 alone – 48% above Universal projections. The film opens wide this coming weekend; it is directed by Baz Luhrmann, whose biopic Elvis made £27.8m in 2022.

The top five titles brought in a cumulative £8.6m – down 31% on the previous weekend, but a reasonable second session following the opening of Wuthering Heights, GOAT  and Crime 101. Next weekend sees new options in cinemas for audiences in the form of Paramount’s Scream 7  and Disney’s The Testament Of Ann Lee.

Secret Agent spies strong average

Studiocanal sci-fi comedy Cold Storage opened to £399,675 from 480 sites at an £833 site average. Georgina Campbell, Stranger Things star Joe Keery and Liam Neeson lead the cast.

Sam Raimi’s Disney horror Send Help dropped 57% on its third weekend in cinemas, adding £342,000 to hit £3.9m total.

Charli XCX mockumentary The Moment started with £324,353 for Universal, from 455 sites at a £719 average.

Cal McMau’s UK prison drama Wasteman opened to £279,592 from 344 sites, at a £813 average. The film, starring Tom Blyth and David Jonsson, has £330,866 including previews for Lionsgate.

Gore Verbinski’s Berlin title Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die opened to £275,953 for Entertainment Film Distributors, from 325 sites at an £849 site average.

The Housemaid is now Lionsgate’s second-highest grossing film of all time in the UK & Ireland, having added £255,767 on its ninth session to hit £31.6m total. The £34.2m of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in top spot may just be beyond it; but it still represents a stunning result for the distributor, from a £3.1m opening weekend at the end of 2025.

Kleber Mendonca Filho’s The Secret Agent opened to £246,598 for Mubi, from 142 sites at a strong £1,737 site average. The Bafta-nominated title has £416,159 including previews, and will now look to go beyond the £1m mark across its run.

On the weekend when it won the Bafta for best British film, Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet added £186,229 on its seventh weekend in cinemas for Universal - a 49% drop that saw it cross an outstanding £18m.

The SpongeBob Movie: The Search For Squarepants saw a 52% increase on its ninth weekend for Paramount, with £129,000 taking it to a decent £8.9m total.

Avatar: Fire And Ash fell 37% on its 10^th weekend in cinemas with £124,000 for Disney, and a £42.5m total, overtaking the likes of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness  (£42.2m) in the all-time chart.

Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You opened to a strong £87,000 for Picturehouse Entertainment, from just 77 sites. Its £1,129 site average was only bettered by The Secret Agent among new titles; the film is up to £127,000 in total including previews.

Despite not taking home any Baftas last night, Entertainment Film Distributors’ Marty Supreme has crossed the £16m mark at the box office, with £75,894 on its ninth weekend taking it to £16.1m total.

Wai-Lun Ng’s Hong Kong comedy Night King started with a £73,159 weekend for Trinity Film, from 83 sites at an £881 site average, and with £140,545 including previews.

On Sunday alone, Paul McCartney documentary Man On The Run took £59,298 for Trafalgar Releasing, with the film up to £203,072 including its midweek launch.

Family title Kangaroo put on £53,540 on its fourth weekend for Studiocanal – a 6% uptick on its previous session – and is up to £752,690.

Shelter starring Jason Statham leads Black Bear’s slate, having dropp 69% on its fourth weekend with £45,000 taking it to £2.4m.

Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up added £43,872 on its second weekend for Vertigo Releasing – a 34% drop that brought it to £306,708 overall.

Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice added £42,420 on its fifth weekend – a 44% drop that brought it to £1.8m total.

In a strong weekend for animated titles, Magic Light Pictures’ The Scarecrows’ Wedding fell just 10% on its third session, with £41,122 taking it to £252,095 total.

Animation Stitch Head added £40,600 on its second weekend for Kazoo Films – a 34% drop that brought the independent title to £476,000 in total.

Black Bear’s Whistle fell 83% on its second weekend, with £40,000 bringing it to £418,000 total.

H Is For Hawk starring Claire Foy added £34,018 on its fifth weekend for Lionsgate, and is up to £1.3m total.

Park Circus’s re-release of Brian Helgeland’s A Knight’s Tale brought in £32,300 from 241 sites at a £134 average, and has £47,427 including previews.

Trinity Film’s Chinese thriller Scare Out began with £26,303 from 49 sites at a £537 average, and with £58,172 including previews.

Iron Lung, from YouTuber Mark Fischbach, added £25,650 on its fourth session for Shear Entertainment, and is up to £2.1m total.

Concert film Chase Atlantic: Lost In Heaven brought in £24,910 at the weekend for Trafalgar Releasing, with £59,208 including prior screenings.

O’Romeo leads Bakrania Media’s Asian slate, with the film adding £20,612 on its second weekend to hit £181,815.

Hasan Hadi’s The President’s Cake brought in £18,270 on its second weekend for Curzon, bringing the film to £113,713 in total.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple stacked up an additional £16,270 on its sixth weekend for Sony, and is at £7.7m in total.

Bafta-nominated animation Little Amelie added £14,543 on its second weekend for Vue Lumière, and is up to £101,578.

Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow, which won the Bafta for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer this weekend, added £13,568 on its third weekend for Mubi, and is up to £219,244.

Indian romance Do Deewane Seher Mein started with £13,098 for Bakrania Media, from 50 sites at a £291 site average.

AA Films UK’s Indian courtroom drama Assi opened to £9,960 from 26 sites at a £388 average, with distribution handled by Bakrania Media.

Paramount horror Primate added £7,800 on its fourth weekend, and is up to £1.3m total.

Anime title Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: The Immortal Bloodline brought in £7,262 on its opening weekend for Anime Ltd.

The Strangers – Chapter 3 added £6,845 on its third weekend for Lionsgate, and is up to £341,589.

Korean animation Running Man: Revengers took £516 from 20 screens for Miracle63.

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