‘Wuthering Heights’ Gallops Toward $82 Million in Global Ticket Sales

Warner Bros. spent an estimated $80 million on the R-rated romance, directed by Emerald Fennell, not including hefty marketing costs.

By Brooks Barnes

Powered by women, ‘Wuthering Heights’ digs up $34.8 million at the box office for a No. 1 debut - AP News

Powered by women, ‘Wuthering Heights’ digs up $34.8 million at the box office for a No. 1 debut  AP News

'GOAT' review: Move over 'Zootopia,' there's a new king of the jungle

Fox News Digital reviews Sony Pictures Animation's "GOAT," starring Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, David Harbour, NBA all-star Stephen Curry and music superstar Jelly Roll.

The Wuthering Heights I’ve read is dripping with lust and cruelty - The Times

The Wuthering Heights I’ve read is dripping with lust and cruelty  The Times

'Wuthering Heights' Review: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi star in steamy adaptation of ill-fated romance

Fox News Digital reviews Warner Bros. Pictures' adaptation of "Wuthering Heights" starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Written and directed by Emerald Fennell.

Is Jacob Elordi really what Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights should look like? | Dave Schilling

Bad boy Heathcliff is described as ethnically ambiguous and ‘dark’ in the novel, yet is played by a pretty straightforward white Australian Elordi Tired of movies for kids? Superhero capes and flatulent animated squirrels? Me too. Fortunately, you and I are in luck. This weekend brings the wide release of Saltburn director Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. As is befitting Fennell’s established style, the movie offers over-the-top sexual titillation (though, crucially, zero nudity) and elaborate production design. Plus, a contemporary pop soundtrack from Charli xcx. A horny film version of a 19th-century novel is as adult-skewing as it gets at the box office these days. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi suck face and stand around in the rain in expensive costumes for over two hours in a movie that Fennell proudly declares a loose translation from the page. It excises a large portion of the book’s story and focuses its eye primarily on the illicit romance between Cathy Earnshaw and swarthy Heathcliff. Crucially, it should be pointed out that Heathcliff is technically Cathy’s foster brother, which allows Wuthering Heights to fit comfortably into one of the most popular genres of online video in the world. Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist Continue reading...

By Dave Schilling