Eric Atreides Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 https://deadline.com/2021/12/west-side-story-opening-weekend-1234888675/ Quote 20th Century Studios/Amblin/Disney’s West Side Story grossed $800K last night in Thursday night previews that began at 5PM at 2,820 locations. Industry projections for Steven Spielberg’s first feature musical are between $12M-$17M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Atreides Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 17 hours ago, Eric Feels Pretty said: This year really did suck a big fat one. The meltdowns and obituaries for adult moviegoing this weekend will be fun. And cue them to start in 3...2...1... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 I don't see any reason for studios to release films in theaters anymore outside of Spider-Man types. Audiences are not coming back and we are about to have a worse COVID wave than ever. Lockdowns are incoming and with them the final death of theaters. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 That’s even worse than Dear Evan Hansen, because this started two hours earlier. This also cost $100m+, so potentially the 5th bomb in a row for Disney/Fox. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJG Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 How will Deadline Anthony spin this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XO21 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 100m budget wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Can't wait for the usual "nothing is wrong" suspects to tell people to stop freaking out (despite scientific evidence showing why we may well need another lockdown), and the usual "actually, only superhero movies are good anyway" movies to talk about nothing but Spider-Man for next two months. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Again Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, Eric Feels Pretty said: And cue them to start in 3...2...1... I actually do think they’re fun 👀 Anyway no need to meltdown about this adult singy movie with low numbers when we have a real cinematic event lined up in 7 days. Showerthought — NWH probably sold more $$ on Th than WSS, right? 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, Krissykins said: That’s even worse than Dear Evan Hansen, because this started two hours earlier. This also cost $100m+, so potentially the 5th bomb in a row for Disney/Fox. Relax man,and wait a little bit to dig the grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Pretty much what I expected after seeing how dead last night's shows were near me tbh. FWIW it's selling much better for tonight through Sunday so In the Heights' $11M opening (in over 600 less theaters) should still happen, especially when its audience is so old for the most part. But I never thought this was gonna be a big opener regardless. Even in its pre-COVID December 18, 2020 spot (where it would've opened against Dune) this still opens to less than $20M and has good legs due to WOM/Oscar buzz from there. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJG Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, XO21 said: 100m budget wow. 130m 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, filmlover said: Pretty much what I expected after seeing how dead last night's shows were near me tbh. FWIW it's selling much better for tonight through Sunday so In the Heights' $11M opening (in over 600 less theaters) should still happen, especially when its audience is so old for the most part. But I never thought this was gonna be a big opener regardless. Even in its pre-COVID December 18, 2020 spot (where it would've opened against Dune) this still opens to less than $20M and has good legs due to WOM/Oscar buzz from there. Actually very true about tonight (no pun intended) I must say - it sold two tickets in my theater last night and has already sold 12 for the same showtime and should speed up today, too. 5m today is possible for a 12 or so weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Fucking lmao another ultra mega bomb but lets all act as if this is all normal and that theaters are in great shape and whatever. 11M OW is the most I can see happening with just 800k previews. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Again Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Yeah the true fri could actually be kind of okay. Got the most brutal 2nd and 3rd weekend competition of the year, so quite curious how it can leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Again Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Re: the state of theaters… see the username Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, AJG said: 130m $100m reported $130m “we’ve heard” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Aside from Dune, WSS is arguably the most see-it-on-the-big-screen-y movie of all of this year's Oscar contenders and since Disney has locked it in as a theatrical exclusive for a while, it should benefit from that, especially when it's looking to be a Top 3 contender and a miserable-looking January (Scream and Morbius are the only movies on anyone's radar) is coming up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john2000 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Jeesh i mean yeah theaters are dead people dont come back blah blah lets just all forget about the 200-250 mill ow opener next week.On a more serious note how about people just didnt give a single shit about this ? Its not like musicals were big before covid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOlCatSylvester Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 His power is already apparent. Endgame ripped summer 2019 to shreds, and so will Spidey this holiday season. See you all Christmas weekend when The King's Man and Matrix 4 both tank. And people wonder why Sony keeps leaning into the Marvel name for Morbius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Again Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 We’re gonna need more than 6 marvels per year to save this industry. Maybe 8. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
