Cats Box Office Failure
Lets Talk About Why Cats Failed at the Box Office The musical debacle is set to lose at least 71 million.
Cats box office failure. Chris DElia Reacts to Cats Box Office Failure. Cats dismal box office performance its headed for a hundred million dollar loss is just further evidence that the folks that made it never understood why the original was so popular in the first place. The US100 million film version of Andrew Lloyd Webbers smash-hit musical Cats currently in cinemas has bombed at the box office been savaged by critics and withdrawn from Oscar consideration.
Cats appears set to make movie hiss-tory as a major box office failure for Universal Pictures. Despite the great renaissance of musicals at the box office following 2002s Oscar Best Picture winner Chicago 306M-plus WW sometimes the greatest of. Cats cost nearly 100 million to make but is going nowhere at the box office.
Following dismal reviews and endless mockery on social media Cats has flopped at the US and UK box office. Director Tom Hoopers Cats is going to lose a boatload of money and will go down as one of the biggest box office. As many predicted from the moment the films trailer dropped Cats completely bombed at the box office.
The film is set to lose around USD 100 million in revenue despite its star-studded cast and already well-established plotline. This just goes to show that Wilson isnt afraid to call out box office failures especially when shes in it. In the US the Tom Hooper -directed musical grossed just 65m 5m in its opening.
So perhaps Varietys estimate of a 100 million theatrical loss is closer to the truth. Instead Cats fell short of expectations and clawed its way to 65 million at the domestic box office. Cats Lands in the Litter Box with Estimated Losses of 70M or More.
Michael Ciminos drama is notable for being one of the biggest box office bombs of its time losing the studio an estimated 37m over 114 million when adjusted for inflation. Universals Cats was in need of a holiday miracle. The critically panned film which had a reported budget of.