West Side Story Dissapoints At Box Office, As HoG Slid To #4

[RAMROD 104,326]

By the way, IMHO, people just already choose their movies to watch for the rest of this month of December. Which is Spider-Man No Way Home. Lots of families in USA can only do outings to cinema for once a month since going to cinema is not cheap. So I feel like this movie will do good in secondary market such as PVOd (iTunes & Amazon), or better yet on Disney+ or Hulu streaming service, since it is Disney Fox properties. 

[pedrohemg 7,802]

Do people know those "classics" outside USA? Just curious because, I never heard of ASIB before the 2018 remake. I also didn't know anything about WSS. Maybe, not even in the USA, those movies are well known as Hollywood think they are. In 2018, seeing some haters saying that ASIB was that successful because it was a remake of a very popular movie, I was like, what? For me, it was successful because of Gaga, and it would have failed with any other singer. I don't know if studios go out on the streets asking people if they know about a movie before investing millions in a remake, but they should do it.

[President Biden 5,898]

Maybe bc nobody wants ro see a movie starring a publicly accused sexual predator

https://www.thecut.com/amp/2021/12/ansel-elgort-sexual-assault-allegations-what-to-know.html

 

Not to mention, West Side Story’s target demographic (Women) are least likely to be tolerant of this bullcrap that they casted someome with such allegations

[androiduser 7,438]

Just now, pedrohemg said:

Do people know those "classics" outside USA? Just curious because, I never heard of ASIB before the 2018 remake. I also didn't know anything about WSS. Maybe, not even in the USA, those movies are well known as Hollywood think they are. In 2018, seeing some haters saying that ASIB was that successful because it was a remake of very popular movie, I was like, what? For me, it was successful because of Gaga, and it would have failed with any other singer. I don't know if studios go out on the streets asking people if they know about a movie before investing millions in a remake, but they should do it.

Both previous versions of ASIB and West Side Story are absolute classics and, arguably with the exception of the second version of ASIB, these movies are a major part of movie history. That does not mean that every person on the planet has heard of them, and while younger generations are more likely to be unaware of some older classics, that doesn't take away from their legendary status.  I've met people who had never heard of Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra.

[half psychotic 79]

I like WSS and want to see it (despite Ansel being in it) but I'll wait until I can watch it for free. 

[Karl 3,181]

2 hours ago, pedrohemg said:

Do people know those "classics" outside USA? Just curious because, I never heard of ASIB before the 2018 remake. I also didn't know anything about WSS. Maybe, not even in the USA, those movies are well known as Hollywood think they are. In 2018, seeing some haters saying that ASIB was that successful because it was a remake of a very popular movie, I was like, what? For me, it was successful because of Gaga, and it would have failed with any other singer. I don't know if studios go out on the streets asking people if they know about a movie before investing millions in a remake, but they should do it.

The musical toured all of Europe, Russia as well as Asia. It's literally one of the biggest stage musicals of all time, not to mention the original film. 

[JohnnyVersace 8,791]

We’ll it’s really ****ing good lol. Some of y’all need to get off Twitter and educate yourselves tbh. 

[Franch Toast 25,914]

For all of you ragging on West Side Story, it garnered 11 Critics Choice Awards nominations, leading the pack alongside Belfast. There are more ways to judge quality than box office returns over two days. 

[Magic Mike 2,657]

West Side Story is easily one of the best films of 2021!! Go and see it, it's amaziiingg. It's worth seeing it in cinemas!

[djBuffoon 12,009]

On 12/13/2021 at 3:51 PM, Franch Toast said:

For all of you ragging on West Side Story, it garnered 11 Critics Choice Awards nominations, leading the pack alongside Belfast. There are more ways to judge quality than box office returns over two days. 

This. Box office is in no way indicative of quality, especially in 2021.

[enissa11 2,984]

i'm giving this a shot just because rachel zegler is a little monster

[half psychotic 79]

On 12/13/2021 at 8:00 AM, half psychotic said:

I like WSS and want to see it (despite Ansel being in it) but I'll wait until I can watch it for free. 

Well my sister unexpectedly asked me to go see it with her and offered to pay for my ticket so I saw it for free 

It was honestly really good! Way better than I thought it would be.

[tyler k 4,787]

On 12/12/2021 at 12:08 PM, Franch Toast said:

I saw it on Friday. It’s actually done very well from a cinematic perspective; I enjoyed it and will watch it again. I wonder if the accusations against Ansel are hurting it?

yeah it's like everyone forgot allllll about that mess

[LAS22 56]

I enjoy many musicals but I hated this film. Great performances and directing, but the music and story were absolutely dreadful. Glad other people are liking it though.

[Pussy Like Pepsi 238]

I thought about going to see this because this seems to be the only decent movie at the cinema atm but then I remembered I don't even like musicals. Which is weird because I love music and movies but I don't care for musicals at all.