‘Dear Evan Hansen’ opens with $7.5 million at domestic ticket office

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What critics say about the movie musical

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Ben Platt stars in “Dear Evan Hansen.”

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Universal’s “Dear Evan Hansen” stopped working to tempt in even the most ardent fans of the Broadway musical, taking an approximated $7.5 million throughout its domestic opening weekend.

Marred by unfavorable evaluations, the movie disappointed expectations, which forecasted the adjustment would take in $10 million in ticket sales throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

“It’s an unfortunate misfire for a film that simply didn’t connect with audiences outside the most dedicated fans of the stage play,” stated Shawn Robbins, primary expert atBoxoffice com. “Musicals are hit and miss on a commercial level when it comes to motion pictures, and this movie’s performance, in particular, may give us further insight into what kind of escapism moviegoers are and aren’t looking for in the immediate future as they come back to cinemas.”

With decreasing returns likely over the next couple of weeks, “Dear Evan Hansen” will have a hard time to recover its $28 million production spending plan and extra marketing invest.

This will be a modest loss compared to Universal’s last musical movie “Cats,” which opened to simply $6.5 million in late 2019 and eventually lost the studio a big portion of its $100 million spending plan.

Warner Bros.’ “In The Heights” likewise had a challenging time drawing in audiences when it debuted in June, gathering just $115 million over its opening weekend and simply under $45 million for its overall run regardless of rave evaluations.

To make certain, the adjustment of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award- winning Broadway program was likewise launched on HBO Max at the very same time it was readily available in theaters, most likely adding to its uninspired ticket office.

Disclosure: Comcast is the moms and dad business of NBCUniversal and CNBC. NBCUniversal dispersed “Dear Evan Hansen.”