Steven Spielberg’s critically acclaimed WestSideStory sang off-key in its domestic debut with a subdued $10.5 million, but the closing song has yet to be written regarding the musical’s box office fate.
Heading into the weekend, 20th Century and Disney had hoped the big-budget event pic — which hits the big screen 64 years after the iconic Broadway stage and 60 years after the first movie adaptation —
would clear at least $13 million domestically. Some tracking services had first-weekend estimates as high as $15 million more.was able to claim the No. 1 spot on the weekend chart ahead of Disney Animation holdover
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