West Side Story Global Box Office: Steven Spielberg’s First Musical Gets Disappointing Opening Of $15 Mn

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oi-Sanyukta Thakare

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Updated: Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 1:44 [IST]

Steven
Spielberg’s
recent
release

West
Side
Story
has
received
critical
acclaim
and
is
expected
to
be
part
of
the
Oscar
Awards
2022
nominations.
The
film
unfortunately
saw
a
disappointing
box
office
debut
of
$10.5
million
in
ticket
sales
at
the
domestic
market
in
the
US,
according
to
studio
estimates.

West
Side
Story:
Rita
Moreno
&
Ariana
DeBose
Talk
About
Attempted
Sexual
Assault
Scene
From
The
Musical

The
musical
has
been
one
of
the
best-reviewed
films
of
the
year
but
the
post-pandemic
release
and
the
musical
genre
has
proved
to
affect
the
box
office
collection
of
the
film.
The
Ansel
Elgort
and
Rachel
Zegler-starrer
pulled
in
just
$10.5
million
domestically
in
North
America
with
2,820
locations.
According
to
the
Box
Office
Mojo,
the
film
reportedly
collected
only
$3,723
per-screen
average
in
America.

Meanwhile,
the
film’s
overseas
showed
smaller
numbers.
With
a
release
in
over
37
foreign
markets,
West
Side
Story
collected
only
$4.4
million,
bringing
its
first-week
global
box
office
collection
to
$14.9
million.

Talking
about
the
musical’s
low
collection
Paul
Dergarabedian,
senior
media
analyst
for
data
firm
Comscore
told
Forbes, “To
draw
moviegoers
to
adult
dramas
in
huge
numbers
right
now
seems
like
a
pretty
heavy
lift.
That
will
wane
over
time,
but
it
is
concerning
for
filmmakers
and
studios.
But
I
don’t
think
this
is
the
final
act
for

West
Side
Story.
A
lot
of
people
counted
out

The
Greatest
Showman.”

West
Side
Story
Movie
Review:
Steven
Spielberg’s
First
Musical
Is
A
Spectacular
Revival
With
A
Few
Missteps

Meanwhile,
the
collection
is
expected
to
be
affected
more
by
next
week
releases
which
include
the
awaited
MCU
film

Spider-Man:
No
Way
Home.

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