Tag: Cats
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‘Cats’ Headed for $100 Million Box Office Loss
“Cats” was in need of a holiday miracle. Instead, filmmaking team behind the box office disaster got a lump of coal.Tom Hooper’s big-screen adaptation has clawed its way to $38 million globally after two weeks in theaters, a dismal figure that could result in $100 million in theatrical losses, according to rival studio executives.After its…
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Box Office: ‘Cats’ Declawed Overseas, ‘Jumanji’ and ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Hit Global Records
It’s back to the litter box for “Cats.” Universal’s big-screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical flamed out at the international box office, igniting with a dismal $13.6 million from 38 foreign territories.Those ticket sales take the global tally of “Cats” to $38 million, including $17.8 million in North America. Directed by Tom Hooper, “Cats”…
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Universal Cuts ‘Cats’ From Its ‘For Your Consideration’ Page
“Cats” has been declawed.Universal has pretty much put the final nail in the musical movie’s efforts to win awards by removing the film from its Fyc page. The page lists the studio’s qualifying movies along with a guide to their individual categories and a schedule of upcoming screenings in various cities.A source also tells Variety…
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Evan Rachel Wood Reacts to ‘Cats’ With F-Bombs and Baffled Shock: ‘I Am Speechless’
Evan Rachel Wood is no stranger to musicals, having belted out songs in “Across the Universe” and “Frozen II,” but not even she could find something nice to say about Tom Hooper’s “Cats.” The maligned adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of the same name has become one of the year’s biggest critical and commercial…
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Evan Rachel Wood Blasts ‘Cats’ in Expletive-Filled Review
Evan Rachel Wood really hates “Cats.”The “Frozen II” star unleashed a flurry of disparaging comments about the Tom Hooper-directed musical on Christmas night. Not only does Wood think “Cats” is the worst movie of the year, it’s the worst movie she’s ever seen.“……..#cats is actually worse than I thought it would be, And I already…
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‘Spies in Disguise’ Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv, Twentieth Century Fox claims the top spot in spending with “Spies in Disguise.”Ads placed for the animated film had an estimated media value of $6.63 million through Sunday for 937 national ad airings on…
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Universal Cuts ‘Cats’ From Its ‘For Your Consideration’ Page
“Cats” has been declawed.Universal has pretty much put the final nail in the musical movie’s efforts to win awards by removing the film from its Fyc page. The page lists the studio’s qualifying movies along with a guide to their individual categories and a schedule of upcoming screenings in various cities.A source also tells Variety…
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Jason Derulo Slams Critics For Negative Reviews Of ‘Cats’: “What The Hell Do They Know?”
Director Tom Hooper is probably hoping that 2019 comes to a close Asap. This year has not been kind to him or his most recent film, “Cats.” After a trailer turned into the source of a million jokes and memes, the finished product was released to critics and fans and was savaged right away. But…
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Academy Allows ‘Cats’ to Submit Its New, Improved Version to Oscars
Between the scalding reviews and the tepid box-office figures, this has not been a good week for “Cats.”But we do have one piece of good news for Tom Hooper’s catastrophic feline musical, courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Oscar voters will be able to judge the improved version of the film…