On December 13, according to North American box office statistics, the movie "West Side Story" topped the North American first weekend at the North American box office of $10.5 million. The film grossed $4.4 million in its first week overseas, including $1.7 million in the Uk and 1.1 million in France, slightly higher than the $9.42 million third-week weekend box office of the second-place film "The Magic Full House", which won the title at a low margin.
The reputation of this movie is still very good, rotten tomatoes freshness 93%! Get Fresh Certified! With an average score of 8.3, it is a rare successful musical theater movie in recent times. Some film critics also gave high praise to director Spielberg, and even praised only a legendary director like him for making such a successful film.
"West End Story" tells the story of two opposing gangs, one led by the rocket gang led by white River, the other by the Puerto Bernaldo led by the Shark Gang, the story of what happened between the two gangs, starring "Snow White" Rachel Ziegler, Rita Moreno, and Ansel Elgert.
Even so, in fact, the box office of the movie "West End Story" is still slightly less than expected, the love song and dance film "West Side Story" earned $10.5 million in three days over the weekend, which was inferior to the conservative estimate of $13 million in the pre-screening industry, while it was previously revealed that the production cost of the film was as high as $100 million.
According to the survey, more than half of the ticket-buying groups on the first day of the release of "West End Story" accounted for more than half of the audiences over the age of 35, and the audience over the age of 55 accounted for 26%. This also shows that this film mainly only attracts the attention of veteran fans and fans of the original film, and for ordinary audiences, the song and dance film of this genre may not have much appeal.
The movie "West End Story" is adapted from the Broadway classic of the same name, and with the blessing of gold medal director Spielberg, the film restores the New York city of the 1950s, the retro streets, the moving love story... Although the broadway musical adaptation of the film has received praise from moviegoers, it has not received the ideal box office, and at the end of the year, there are a number of blockbusters such as "Spider-Man: Homeless" and "The Matrix 4: The Matrix Resurrection" that should bring some changes.