Elordi and Robbies Wuthering Heights Hits $150M!

Elordi and Robbies Wuthering Heights Hits $150M!

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and 's is showing no signs of slowing down. 

The gothic romance has surged past $150 million worldwide, cementing itself as one of the year's biggest theatrical surprises just two weekends into its run.

The Warner Bros./MRC release added $14.2 million domestically, while Sony Pictures Animation's GOAT edged out the top North American spot with $17 million, according to Deadline.

Wuthering Heights, directed by Emerald Fennell, dominated overseas, pulling in $26.3 million from 76 markets.

With a reported $80 million production budget, the R-rated romantic drama has now grossed $151.7 million worldwide, outperforming expectations and becoming a rare adult-skewing hit.

Sony's animated contender GOAT also hit a major milestone. 

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The family-friendly adventure earned $17 million from 51 international territories, bringing its overseas total to $44 million. 

Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie's provocative Wuthering Heights is showing no signs of slowing down

Elsewhere, results were less rosy.

Amazon MGM's Crime 101, starring Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo, added $6.2 million internationally in its second weekend.

The gothic romance has surged past $150 million worldwide, cementing itself as one of the year's biggest theatrical surprises just two weekends into its run

The Warner Bros./MRC release added $14.2 million domestically, while Sony Pictures Animation's GOAT edged out the top North American spot with $17 million, according to studio estimates

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The film opened last weekend with a massive $76.8 million global debut, including $34.8 million in North America across its first three days - the biggest opening of the year so far

By the end of the Presidents Day holiday, domestic totals were expected to push toward $40 million, putting the four-day global haul near $82 million.

Set against the windswept Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights has sparked intense reactions online. 

Viewers flooded social media with emotional responses, admitting they 'did not expect to love' the film and confessing to 'crying their eyes out' by the final moments. 

Some even said the movie inspired them to finally finish reading the classic novel.

Fennell has said that was exactly the goal. 

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She previously revealed she wanted audiences to have a visceral reaction in theaters, laughing, crying, gasping, while also warning that her version is a loose, eroticized interpretation that trims the novel down to its 'pretty and sexy bits.' 

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