![]() When they sing off-key, there is plenty of disappointment to go around ( Cats, In the Heights).įilmmaker Jon M. When they strike a chord, a Hollywood studio can strike gold (look no further than Universal’s Mamma Mia! or 20th Century Fox’s The Greatest Showman). Musicals are tricky business at the box office. Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Colton Ryan, Julianne Moore and Amy Adams also star in the musical, reportedly costing a modest $28 million to produce before marketing. Hopes were high, considering that the Tony award-winning stage play was a cultural phenomenon. Audiences liked the coming-of-age story far more, giving it an A- CinemaScore.ĭear Evan Hansen was filmed in the latter half of summer 2020 during the pandemic and under the direction of Stephen Chbosky ( The Perks of Being a Wallflower), with Ben Platt reprising his Tony Award-winning lead role as a lonely, disconnected high-school student. It remains to be seen whether the Universal film can overcome generally poor reviews (its current ranking on Rotten Tomatoes is 33 percent). Shang-Chi is having no trouble beating new entry Dear Evan Hansen to stay atop the domestic box office chart for the fourth consecutive weekend, with an estimated take of $12.5 million to $13 million after earning $3.6 million on Friday, according to early estimates.Īdapted from the smash Broadway musical of the same name, Dear Evan Hansen debuted to a muted $3.2 million on Friday (including $800,000 in Thursday previews) for a projected domestic opening of $7.3 million. Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Tony Leung, Fala Chen and Michelle Yeoh also star. ![]() The superhero offering has been fueled by positive reviews, strong exits from audiences and an A CinemaScore. ![]() For the three days, it earned $75.4 million, a huge number for September and the second-biggest start of 2021 behind Black Widow ($80.3 million).įrom filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton, Shang-Chi stars Simu Liu as Marvel’s newest hero and is the studio’s first to center on an Asian lead. Shang-Chi smashed the record for Labor Day openings with a four-day haul of $94.7 million. John Krasinski Casts Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Jon Stewart, Maya Rudolph and Sam Rockwell in 'If' ![]()
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