‘Scream 7’ Kills With $28.8 Million on Opening Day

“Scream 7” easily slashed its way to the top of the Friday box office, knocking off last week’s champion, “Wuthering Heights.” The seventh installment in the long-running slasher franchise grossed $28.8 million on Friday from 3,540 North American locations. Paramount and Spyglass are hoping for $60 million through opening weekend, which would mark the best … Read more

‘GOAT’ Unseats ‘Wuthering Heights’ After Close Race for No. 1

“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 … Read more

Wuthering Heights Leads Box Office, Crime 101 Bombs

“Wuthering Heights,” a steamy romantic drama starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, is heating up the box office over Valentine’s Day weekend. The R-rated film has debuted to $34.8 million from 3,682 North American theaters and is projected to earn $40 million through President’s Day on Monday. Rivals believe the four-day figure will be closer … Read more

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s Transformations

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Wuthering Heights,” now playing in theaters. “Wuthering Heights” director Emerald Fennell gave her hair and makeup department head, Sian Miller, a mood board of imagery featuring architecture, landscape, fashion, film, photography, food and kids with grass-stained knees. The vision board gave Miller a good idea of the vibe … Read more

How Margot Robbie’s Skin Became Wallpaper in ‘Wuthering Heights’

“Wuthering Heights” production designer Suzie Davies was excited to get a call from Emerald Fennell, since she’d worked on period dramas from this era before — not to mention on Fennell’s lavish “Saltburn.” “I thought it’d be fun,” Davies says. But Fennell had a different vision for adapting the Emily Bronte classic. Not only did … Read more

‘Wuthering Heights’ Starts With $3 Million In Previews

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros/MRC’s theatrical release of Oscar winner Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights smooched $3 million from Thursday previews at 3,000 locations. Before you comp the movie to the $7M previews for It Ends With Us (which opened to $50M), calm your jets. First, that was a summer release. Second, distribution sources are seeing a big … Read more

Margot Robbie Studied Rachel McAdams’ ‘Notebook’ Audition

Margot Robbie is crediting Rachel McAdams with helping her become an A-list movie star. During a BBC Radio 2 interview on the press tour for “Wuthering Heights,” the “Barbie” actor and three-time Oscar nominee revealed she used to study McAdams’ viral audition for “The Notebook” before her own auditions in order to get into the … Read more