"No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough." -Roger Ebert

Sony Animation’s “GOAT” Tops Quiet Box Office as “Wuthering Heights” and “I Can Only Imagine 2” Trail; A24’s “How To Make A Killing” Misses Top Five

Christopher Haskell

February 23, 2026

3–4 minutes

February 20-22, 2026

WEEK 2

$16.8M

WEEK 2

$14M

WEEK 1

$7.7M

WEEK 2

$5.5M

WEEK 4

$4.4M

Sony Pictures | Directed by Tyree Dillihay

1) GOAT

WEEK
2ND

LAST WEEK
#2

$16,855,460

Budget: $90 million
Domestic Gross: $58,156,788
Worldwide Gross: $102,156,788

Warner Bros Pictures | Directed by Emerald Fennell

2) Wuthering Heights

WEEK
2ND

LAST WEEK
#1

$14,000,120

Budget: $80 million
Domestic Gross: $59,812,788
Worldwide Gross: $152,112,788

Lionsgate | Directed by Brent McCorkle & Andrew Erwin

3) I Can Only Imagine 2

WEEK
1ST

LAST WEEK
——

$7,750,583

Budget: $18 million
Worldwide Gross: $7,750,583

A graphic featuring a yellow circular brush stroke with a black background, displaying the word 'NEW!' in bold yellow letters with a comic-style burst effect around it.

Amazon MGM Studios | Directed by Bart Layton

4) Crime 101

WEEK
2ND

LAST WEEK
#3

$5,502,810

Budget: $90 million
Domestic Gross: $24,435,587
Worldwide Gross: $45,835,587

20th Century Studios | Directed by Sam Raimi

5) Send Help

WEEK
4TH

LAST WEEK
#4

$4,402,452

Budget: $40 million
Domestic Gross: $55,430,589
Worldwide Gross: $82,950,948

A24 | Directed by John Patton Ford

6) How To Make A Killing

WEEK
1ST

LAST WEEK
——

$3,560,617

Budget: $40 million
Domestic Gross: $3,560,617
Worldwide Gross: $3,567,110

A graphic featuring a yellow circular brush stroke with a black background, displaying the word 'NEW!' in bold yellow letters with a comic-style burst effect around it.

NEON | Directed by Baz Luhrmann

7) EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

WEEK
1ST

LAST WEEK
——

$3,215,438

Budget: n/a
Domestic Gross: $3,215,438
Worldwide Gross: $5,242,438

A graphic featuring a yellow circular brush stroke with a black background, displaying the word 'NEW!' in bold yellow letters with a comic-style burst effect around it.

Angel Studios | Directed by Chuck Kinnane & Dan Kinnane

8) Solo Mio

WEEK
3RD

LAST WEEK
#5

$2,381,804

Budget: $4 million
Domestic Gross: $21,654,359
Worldwide Gross: $21,658,262

Walt Disney Pictures | Directed by Jared Bush & Byron Howard

9) Zootopia 2

WEEK
13TH

LAST WEEK
#6

$2,219,668

Budget: $150 million
Domestic Gross: $423,840,799
Worldwide Gross: $1,849,517,523

20th Century Studios | Directed by James Cameron

10) Avatar: Fire and Ash

WEEK
10TH

LAST WEEK
#8

$1,782,649

Budget: $350 million
Domestic Gross: $399,424,049
Worldwide Gross: $1,474,139,981

20th Century Studios | Directed by Gavin Polone

11) Psycho Killer

WEEK
1ST

LAST WEEK
——

$1,613,435

Budget: $10 million
Worldwide Gross: $1,613,435

A graphic featuring a yellow circular brush stroke with a black background, displaying the word 'NEW!' in bold yellow letters with a comic-style burst effect around it.

NEON | Directed by Gore Verbinski

12) Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

WEEK
2ND

LAST WEEK
#7

$1,535,937

Budget: $20 million
Worldwide Gross: $6,566,058

Vertical Entertainment | Directed by Luc Besson

13) Dracula

WEEK
3RD

LAST WEEK
#10

$1,322,569

Budget: $52 million
Domestic Gross: $11,445,061
Worldwide Gross: $40,695,299

Roadside Attractions

14) 2026 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation

WEEK
1ST

LAST WEEK
——

$1,003,062

Budget: n/a
Worldwide Gross: $1,003,062

A graphic featuring a yellow circular brush stroke with a black background, displaying the word 'NEW!' in bold yellow letters with a comic-style burst effect around it.

Roadside Attractions

15) 2026 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action

WEEK
1ST

LAST WEEK
——

$995,867

Budget: n/a
Worldwide Gross: $995,867

A graphic featuring a yellow circular brush stroke with a black background, displaying the word 'NEW!' in bold yellow letters with a comic-style burst effect around it.

A24 | Directed by Harry Lighton

16) Pillion

WEEK
3RD

LAST WEEK
#22

$576,432

Budget: $1 million
Domestic Gross: $1,505,477
Worldwide Gross: $3,234,940

NEON | Directed by Matt Johnson

17) Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

WEEK
2ND

LAST WEEK
#12

$564,159

Budget: $2 million
Worldwide Gross: $2,416,685

Lionsgate | Directed by Renny Harlin

18) The Strangers: Chapter 3

WEEK
3RD

LAST WEEK
#11

$563,481

Budget: $8.5 million
Domestic Gross: $8,217,788
Worldwide Gross: $8,577,162

Focus Features | Directed by Polly Findlay

19) Midwinter Break

WEEK
1ST

LAST WEEK
——

$506,765

Budget: n/a
Worldwide Gross: $506,765

A graphic featuring a yellow circular brush stroke with a black background, displaying the word 'NEW!' in bold yellow letters with a comic-style burst effect around it.

GKIDS | Directed by Lee Sang-il

20) Kokuho

WEEK
15TH

LAST WEEK
#47

$412,498

Budget: $8 million
Domestic Gross: $609,446
Worldwide Gross: $130,973,759

Well Go USA Entertainment | Directed by Yuen Woo-ping

21) Blades of the Guardians

WEEK
1ST

LAST WEEK
——

$361,641

Budget: $123 million
Worldwide Gross: $761,881

A graphic featuring a yellow circular brush stroke with a black background, displaying the word 'NEW!' in bold yellow letters with a comic-style burst effect around it.

Lionsgate | Directed by Paul Feig

22) The Housemaid

WEEK
10TH

LAST WEEK
#13

$337,348

Budget: $35 million
Domestic Gross: $126,147,511
Worldwide Gross: $368,990,989

A24 | Directed by Josh Safdie

23) Marty Supreme

WEEK
10TH

LAST WEEK
#18

$268,979

Budget: $70 million
Domestic Gross: $95,019,326
Worldwide Gross: $155,425,182

Black Bear | Directed by Ric Roman Waugh

24) Shelter

WEEK
4TH

LAST WEEK
#16

$242,252

Budget: $50 million
Domestic Gross: $12,620,157
Worldwide Gross: $36,020,157

Focus Features | Directed by Chloé Zhao

25) Hamnet

WEEK
13TH

LAST WEEK
#21

$218,915

Budget: $30 million
Domestic Gross: $23,109,385
Worldwide Gross: $87,011,385

#1 LAST YEAR

Walt Disney Pictures | Directed by Julius Onah

Captain America: Brave New World (Week 2)

$28,170,093

HIGHEST AVERAGE | THIS WEEK

Abramorama | Directed by Paris Barclay

Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It

$15,093 per 1 theater

HIGHEST % INCREASE | THIS WEEK

GKIDS | Directed by Lee Sang-il

Kokuho (Week 15)

+1,411.6% Increase

LOWEST % INCREASE/DECREASE | THIS WEEK

Kino Lorber | Directed by Erich von Stroheim

Queen Kelly (Week 6)

-11.6% Decrease

HIGHEST % DECREASE | THIS WEEK

Sony Pictures Classics | Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

Scarlet (Week 11)

-97.6% Decrease

NEXT WEEK PROJECTIONS

SCREAM 7

$35-45 million

VACATED THE LIST

Markiplier | Directed by Mark Fischbach

Iron Lung

WEEK
4TH

HIGHEST RANK
#2

$34,960,000

Budget: $3 million
Worldwide Gross: $43,732,753

Samuel Goldwyn Films | Directed by Jonny Campbell

Cold Storage

WEEK
2ND

HIGHEST RANK
#14

$1,529,234

Budget: n/a
Worldwide Gross: $2,292,794

Amazon MGM Studios | Directed by Brett Ratner

Melania

WEEK
4TH

HIGHEST RANK
#3

$16,131,763

Budget: $40 million
Worldwide Gross: $16,410,983

Amazon MGM Studios | Directed by Timur Bekmambetov

Mercy

WEEK
5TH

HIGHEST RANK
#1

$24,345,349

Budget: $60 million
Worldwide Gross: $53,629,261

A24 | Directed by Aidan Zamiri

The Moment

WEEK
4TH

HIGHEST RANK
#13

$3,804,949

Budget: $4 million
Worldwide Gross: $3,804,949

Bleecker Street Media | Directed by Paul Dugdale & Farah Khalid

Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience

WEEK
3RD

HIGHEST RANK
#4

$7,223,585

Budget: n/a
Worldwide Gross: $22,826,585

Seismic Releasing | Directed by Jeremiah Kipp

The Mortuary Assistant

WEEK
2ND

HIGHEST RANK
#24

$406,309

Budget: n/a
Worldwide Gross: $406,309

Sony Pictures Classics | Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

Scarlet

WEEK
11TH

HIGHEST RANK
#25

$626,864

Budget: n/a
Worldwide Gross: $2,086,389

IFC Films | Directed by Corin Hardy

Whistle

WEEK
3RD

HIGHEST RANK
#17

$1,220,834

Budget: $2 million
Worldwide Gross: $2,513,984

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