If the movie Cats had 9 lives, it lost almost all of them this weekend. The big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical made $6.5 million against a budget of nearly $100 million. Its current score on Rotten Tomatoes is 19 percent. Audiences aren’t even the least bit curious to see it just for the unintentional comedy. I’m not even seeing blog posts about seeing it while on drugs? That would be a fun piece to read.
Any semblance of life for Cats is officially over however as Universal sent out a memo to all theaters informing them that an updated version of the film will be sent to them with improved visual effects. Because that was the only issue with Cats.
Apparently, director Tom Hooper was still working on the visual effects up until the New York premiere on December 16th. I guess he didn’t finish in time.
Every year, there are movies that bomb. Whether it’s financially, critically or both, studios must plan on taking a bath on some of their releases. And this year is no different. Whether it’s The Goldfinch, Dark Phoenix or Gemini Man, there not all going to connect with audiences.
But no movie, and I mean no movie, is more of a spectacular failure than Cats. From the moment the first trailer scarred us for life, followers of the industry have been waiting to see how this movie would do. What if it’s great? Could it be this year’s The Greatest Showman and become a success? Shirley all of the talented people involved knew what they were getting into, right?
The answer to all of these questions is a resounding NO! Well, maybe not the last one. Sometimes actors take a job for the paycheck. I mean somebody’s gotta pay for Judi Dench’s summer home?
I’ve never heard of a movie getting tinkered with after its release while still in theaters. I figured George Lucas would be the first if he was still making movies.
Oh, and on top of all of this, Universal felt it was a good idea to release the film against Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. And it was considered a weak opening for Star Wars, too. Cats never had a chance.
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