Wuthering Heights Hits £56M, Tops Opening Weekend!

Wuthering Heights had an extremely successful opening weekend raking in US$76.8m (£56m) at the global box office.

The romantic drama from Emerald Fennell stars and as the star-crossed Catherine and Heathcliff and is a take on Emily Brontë's novel.

New statistics state that the controversial film made US$34.8m in the North American box office in its first three days which makes it the year's biggest opening so far.

According to PostTrak polling, an estimated 76 per cent of those ticket buyers were women. 

By the end of Monday's Presidents Day holiday, the total could rise to US$40m from its 3,682 locations. 

The Warner Bros./MRC production cost a reported $80m to produce, not accounting for the millions spent on marketing and promotion. 

If the four-day totals match the estimates, that makes for a strong $82million global debut. 

And the film still has several big openings on the horizon, in and Vietnam on February 27, and in on March 13. 

The film has largely divided critics and currently sitting at a mixed 63 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.

However many film fans are already hailing the sweeping period drama as the 'movie of the year', as they took to social media to share their thoughts on the moving plot, admitting they 'cried their eyes out'. 

Set against the wild Yorkshire moors,  of Cathy and Heathcliff. 

The Daily Mail won't spoil the ending - but given the novel has been studied in schools for generations and adapted countless times, viewers probably know what they're in for. 

Still, that didn't stop audiences flocking to social media after the final credits rolled, with many admitting they 'did not expect to love' the film and were left 'crying their eyes out'.

Some even confessed that the movie inspired them to finally finish reading the famous novel. 

One fan gushed: 'Wuthering Heights, movie of the year.'; 'I did not expect to love the movie. I enjoyed that... I cried my eyes out.';