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West Side Story

2021 PG-13 2h 36m Crime, Drama, Musical 20th Century Studios

Something's coming.

West Side Story Box Office

Opening Weekend
$10.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$38.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$76.5M
Global release
Domestic Legs3.7x
Budget$100M
2021 Rank#38
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 10-12 (opening) 1 $10.57M $10.57M 3,750 $2.8K 1
Dec 17-19 3 $3.66M -65% $18.22M 2,820 $1.3K 2
Dec 24-26 6 $2.85M -22% $23.97M 2,810 $1.0K 3
Dec 31-2 6 $2.17M -24% $29.64M 2,690 $805 4
Jan 7-9 7 $1.37M -37% $32.11M 2,290 $598 5
Jan 14-16 8 $929K -32% $33.75M 1,460 $636 6
Jan 21-23 9 $716K -23% $35.07M 1,290 $554 7
Jan 28-30 10 $573K -20% $35.99M 1,335 $429 8
Feb 4-6 $418K -27% $36.72M 800 $522 9
Feb 11-13 $246K -41% $37.21M 450 $547 10
Feb 18-20 15 $316K +28% $37.69M 955 $330 11
Feb 25-27 $188K -40% $38.09M 680 $277 12
Mar 4-6 $55K -71% $38.25M 165 $334 13
Mar 11-13 $43K -21% $38.32M 270 $160 14
Mar 18-20 $53K +23% $38.41M 270 $197 15
Mar 25-27 $54K +1% $38.51M 485 $110 16
Apr 1-3 $9K -84% $38.53M 30 $283 17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg
ScreenplayTony Kushner
Produced byNot specified
CinematographyNot specified
MusicDavid Newman
Prod. DesignNot specified
StarringRachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez

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