BOX OFFICE: “GOAT” tops “Wuthering,” holds off “I Can Only Imagine 2”

The only new movie to open wide this weekend, the sequel faith-based music drama “I Can Only Imagine 2,” did passable Thursday night numbers and a middling Friday and appears headed towards an $8 million opening weekend.

The Sunday audience is often make-or-break for faith-based fare, and as this one features Dennis Quaid and Milo Ventigmilia, Arielle Kebbel and Sophie Skelton and John Michael Finley and is based on the further adventures of a Christian pop singer, we’ll see.

So the weekend will belong to the animated basketball comedy “GOAT” which held audience share and added $17 million. It overcame the second weekend of the Margot Robbie “Wuthering Heights ($14) and will surpass “Wuthering” — which finishes the weekend at $58 — by Tuesday or Wed.

“Crime 101” came in fourth with a $5.8 million take.

The Rachel McAdams star vehicle directed by Sam Raimi, “Send Help,” is set to finish fifth, adding $4.5 million,  pushing it over $55 million since it opened in January.

“How to Make a Killing” did over $3.5 million on limited release and finished sixth

A newly packaged Elvis concert film earned over $3 million in limited release and finished seventh .

“Solo Mio” leaves Kevin James out of the top five, it finished 8th.

“Zootopia 2” added over $2 million and inches closer to $425 million, finishing ninth and nearing the end of its theatrical run.

“Avatar: Fire & Ash” finished tenth.

“Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” got pushed out of the top ten.

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Movie Critic, formerly with McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, published in Spin Magazine, The World and now published here, Orlando Magazine, Autoweek Magazine
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