Musical movieshave an extremely variable track record when it comes to box office and critical reviews. 2024 was a good year for the movie musical just based onWicked. An adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical of the same name,Wickedreceived rave reviews, and has been considered a frontrunner for Oscar nominations. The film has also done tremendously well at the box office, making over $648 million and counting. This positions the musical as the no. 6 movie of the year at the worldwide box office at the time of writing.
Not all movie musicals, unfortunately, have had the same fervent support asWickedhad this year. Even movies adapted from incredibly popular Broadway musicals can flounder, as evidenced by the critically pannedbox office flopDear Evan Hansenin 2021, which grossed a mere $19.1 million worldwide.Wickeddirector Jon M. Chu’s ownIn the Heightsalso struggled to land at the box office, making just $45.1 million on an estimated $55 million budget. None of these musicals have reached such notorious lows as one ill-fated movie musical from 2019.
Cats Is Leaving Netflix In Just A Few Weeks
Cats Was Panned By Critics
Catsis about to scamper away from Netflix. The 2019 musical is an adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical of the same name, which was already a divisive project. The uncanny CGI of theCatsmovie was slammed upon the release of the trailers, gaining notoriety before it even made its way to theaters. As such,Catsgot dismally bad reviews, scoring a mere19% Tomatometeramong over 300 critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie also lost money at the box office,grossing $75.5 million against an estimated $95 million budget.
Per Netflix,Catsis soon leaving their platform. Viewers have just a few more weeks to catch the infamous Tom Hooper movie on the popular streaming platform, as itleaves the platform on January 15. The streaming future forCatsremains unclear as the film will likely be pawing for a new streaming home.
Our Take On Cats Leaving Streaming
Will It Surge In Popularity For A Brief Time?
As the days to watchCatson Netflix become increasingly few, it will be interesting to see whether the film surges on Netflix. Though I agree with the critics —Catsis horrible — there’s something sickly fascinating about just how bad it is. I think it is something that audiences, in retrospect, have recognized about the movie, which could lead to a popularity surge as the movie’s time on the platform becomes more limited.
Cats
Cast
An adaptation of the stage musical by the same name, Cats boasts a star-studded cast playing the Jellicles, a tribe of street cats who make a choice once a year about which one of them will ascend to what they call the Heavenside Layer and be reborn to a new life. The original musical is itself based on a book by famous poet T.S. Eliot, and remains one of the longest-running Broadway shows.
