‘Wuthering Heights’ Arrives On HBO Max This Week After $241 Million Box Office Run

BusinessHollywood & Entertainment‘Wuthering Heights’ Arrives On HBO Max This Week After $241 Million Box Office RunByTim Lammers,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment.Follow AuthorApr 28, 2026, 07:16pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more."Wuthering Heights" key art featuring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.Warner Bros. PicturesWuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, is making its streaming video on demand debut on HBO Max this week after a successful run at the box office.Fennell directed and adapted the screenplay from Brontë’s 1847 novel for Wuthering Heights, which was released in theaters on Feb. 13 before arriving on digital streaming via premium video on demand on March 31. Robbie stars as the adult version of Catherine “Cathy” Earnshaw, who, after growing up with Heathcliff, marries Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif).Forbes‘Michael 2’: Studio Is Hoping To Make A Michael Jackson Biopic SequelBy Tim LammersDistraught by the union, Heathcliff (Elordi) leaves the dilapidated Earnshaw estate, only to return years later as a wealthy man and purchases the property. As Heathcliff and Cathy reunite, they begin a torrid affair that takes strange and tragic turns.Despite the film’s provocative scenarios, that’s not to say that Wuthering Heights doesn’t have romance, Robbie told Vogue U.K. in a January interview.MORE FOR YOU“Everyone’s expecting this to be very, very raunchy. I think people will be surprised. Not to say there aren’t sexual elements and that it’s not provocative — it definitely is provocative — but it’s more romantic than provocative,” Robbie told Vogue U.K. “This is a big epic romance. It’s just been so long since we’ve had one — maybe The Notebook, also The English Patient. You have to go back decades.” F...