Welcome to the Weekend POURcast, Your Weekly Look At The Weekend Box Office
Every week here on the Weekend POURcast, we run the board for you: what’s opening wide in theaters, what’s got real buzz, what last weekend told us about audience behavior, and where the box office is likely headed next. And maybe a peak or two at the new movies on streaming. No fluff, no fake hype, just the stuff you actually need before you commit to leaving the couch.
Last weekend in review (Feb 20–22)
Last weekend was a “pretty good, not great” kind of frame. GOAT climbed to #1 with about $16.9M, holding nicely in weekend two, while Wuthering Heights slid to #2 around $14.0M with a steeper drop. Basically, they just swapped spots as the adults recouped from the previous weekends and took the kids to the movies. The bigger story was the rest of the top five being more “solid adult and faith-based fuel” than must-see cultural event: I Can Only Imagine 2 landed in the high single digits, Crime 101 sat mid-pack, and Send Help kept hanging around.
Translation: audiences showed up, but they were not stampeding. Which is exactly why this weekend matters. A big franchise horror title tends to either (1) jolt casual moviegoing back to life for a minute, or (2) reveal we’re still in a “wait for streaming” mood.
New in theaters (Wide releases, per Box Office Mojo)
Scream 7 (Wide)
Yes. This is the big one for this weekend. Early reactions that we found are basically: “not perfect, but the franchise knows what it is,” with a lot of praise centered on Neve Campbell’s return (you find any number of articles on how much she got for coming back after missing the last one…). That matters because Scream works best when it has an emotional anchor to hang the mayhem on. The chatter also notes a more nostalgia-leaning approach this time, for better or worse, which is catnip for opening weekend turnout.
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Wide)
This one is sneaky. It actually already showed it can pull meaningful dollars per screen in limited release last weekend, and now it expands. Concert films can spike hard if the fanbase treats it like an event, and Elvis fans absolutely do. If you’re looking for counter-programming to Ghostface, this is it.
Pillion (Wide)
A24 going wide here gives this film instant “I should probably see this before Twitter tells me what it means” energy. A24 wide release movies tend to live or die on word of mouth by Saturday afternoon, so this one’s a watch-the-drop situation. If it plays, it could have legs.
The Napa Boys (Wide)
A Magnolia wide release is interesting on principle because it suggests confidence in accessibility. This feels like the kind of title that can surprise if it connects with older crowds who still actually buy tickets instead of “adding it to the list.”
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era (Wide)
Anime and event-style releases remain a consistent pocket of reliability. It may not land top five overall, but it can post a strong per-theater average and quietly steal screens.
(There’s also K-Pops! flagged as “Wide” on the schedule, though the distributor listing is unclear on the page itself, so we’re treating it as “wide, but verify your local listings.”)
Box office prognostications (Thu previews through Sun night)
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Scream 7 $38M–$48M
Horror franchise + nostalgia + “Friday night with friends” energy. If reviews trend more “fun” than “meh,” it hits the high end. -
GOAT $10M–$14M
Strong hold potential if families keep showing up. -
Wuthering Heights $8M–$12M
Likely another drop, but it should still hang around the top five. -
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert $6M–$10M
Expansion plus built-in fan urgency. -
I Can Only Imagine 2 $4M–$7M
Faith-based films can hold steadier than people expect, even when the opening is modest.
Yes, a holdover like Send Help could also fight for that #5 slot depending on screen count and drops. And you all REALLY should go see Good Luck. Have Fun. Don’t Die!
If you’re staying home: what’s new on streaming (movies only)
This week’s major streaming chatter skews more toward shows, not big “must-click” new movie originals. If you’re hunting something fresh, the best move is to scan each platform’s February movie adds and pick a “new to you” title rather than waiting for a giant premiere that may not exist this specific weekend.
Final thoughts
This is one of those weekends where the market gets a simple test: will people show up when you give them a recognizable brand with a Friday-night vibe? Scream 7 should do the heavy lifting, but the real health indicator is whether holdovers stay sturdy behind it. If GOAT and Wuthering Heights keep meaningful oxygen in the top five, we’re looking at a genuinely “alive” box office weekend, not a one-movie spike. 
