The 1961 film, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, made $43.7 million (or about $400 million adjusted for inflation) and won 10 Oscars, including best picture. “West Side Story,” too, is among the most beloved musicals. Surely, one of the movies’ dazzling craftsmen, a director synonymous with box office, could spark a fuller revival in theaters. If anyone could reignite moviegoing, the thinking went, it was him. US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss North Koreaīut this was Spielberg. Audiences have steadily returned to multiplexes in the second year of the pandemic, but older moviegoers, who made up the bulk of ticket-buyers for Spielberg’s latest, have been among the slowest to return. It hit theaters on a wave of glowing reviews and expectations that it could play a starring role in March’s Academy Awards.īut “West Side Story” faced a challenging marketplace for both adult-driven releases and musicals. With a script by Tony Kushner and Rita Moreno returning to her breakthrough film 60 years later, the $100-million “West Side Story” epitomizes a grand-scale prestige film that Hollywood infrequently produces anymore.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Despite critical acclaim and two years-worth of anticipation, Steven Spielberg’s lavish “West Side Story” revival made little noise at the box office, debuting with $10.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday - a worrisome result for a movie industry struggling to recapture its finger-snapping rhythm.Ī dazzling widescreen adaptation and Spielberg’s first musical, “West Side Story” was one of the year’s most eagerly awaited titles.
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