Sony’s Animated ‘GOAT’ Tops Slow Weekend Box Office Through Feb. 22
February 22, 2026
Sony Pictures Animation’s GOAT held on to finish No. 1 at the North American box office in its second weekend, posting a projected $17 million in ticket sales through Feb. 22 — down 38% from last weekend’s $27.4 million debut. Through Sunday, the film’s total domestic gross stands at $58.3 million.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ Wuthering Heights, last weekend’s No. 1, added $14.2 million over the weekend, down 57% from its $33 million opening weekend debut. Starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, the movie has generated $59.5 million across North American screens, and $152 million globally.
Newcomers, including Lionsgate’s faith-based sequel I Can Only Imagine 2, 20th Century Studios’ crime thriller Psycho Killer, and A24’s black comedy How to Make a Killing, saw middling box office debuts of $8 million, $1.6 million and $3.5 million, respectively.
“There are very few sequels to inspirational stories,” David A. Gross, with industry newsletter FranchiseRE, wrote in a post about Imagine 2. “This story continues with the singer’s own family, his son’s diabetes, another musician’s cancer, and overcoming the odds. The opening weekend is above average, but with a big drop from the [2018 original] at $17 million.”
Gross said that while Make a Killing is the rare black comedy crime theatrical release, the genre has a weak track-record at the box office, opening domestically.
“On average, these films are well-reviewed, but in this case, critics’ reviews are lukewarm, and there is no audience rating,” Gross wrote.
Neon’s concert movie EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, directed by Elvis helmer Baz Luhrmann, bowed at No. 7 with $3.2 million.
Paramount’s Primate added $314,000 in foreign ticket sales, upping international revenue to $15.6 million; it has earned $25.6 million across North American screens. The studio’s The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants added $807,000 across 57 international markets, upping its foreign ticket sales to $96 million; it has earned $71 million across North American screens.
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