West Side Story topped the US box office charts on Friday (December 10) with just $4.1million (£3.5million) gross.READ MORE: Steven Spielberg’s 10 greatest filmsThe poor opening day figures can’t be blamed on coronavirus anxiety either.
Released back in June, Lin Manuel-Miranda‘s musical In The Heights took $5million (£3.8million) on its opening day and $11.5million (£8.7million) over its first weekend.
It’s been reported by Forbes that West Side Story might not break the $10million (£7.5million) it wa estimated to take this weekend.However Forbes also says that it might be too early to consider West Side Story, which had a budget of $100million (£75million) to produce, a flop.
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