Spielberg’s West Side Story flops at box-office

Spielberg’s West Side Story flops at box-office

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norman lebrecht

December 13, 2021

Despite uniformly rave reviews,the first week of release netted just $10.5 million at 2,820 movie theatres, way below expectations and far short of the $100 million cost.

Disney is expected to lose much of its investment unless there is an upsurge in the holiday fortnight.

Analysts blame a widespread reluctance to resume cinema going in the latest Coid wave, especially among the young.

As for the mature audience, tell anyone over 50 that they’ve remade West Side Story and the response is usually, ‘why?’

Reuters report here.

 

 

 

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