(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 12 - Debut below expectations for Steven Spielberg's West Side Story: the reinterpretation of the celebremusical starring Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler raised 10.5 million dollars over the weekend on 2,800 screens.
After the tepid reception on the first day of 20th Century and Disney, they estimated that the film - released 64 years after the iconic Broadway play and 60 years after the first film adaptation - would have grossed at least $ 13 million at the North American box office over the weekend.
The meager booty still allows West Side Story to take the top spot, ousting Disney's musical fairy tale Encanto, which gets $ 9.4 million, surpassing $ 71.3 million in total.
Third place for Hostbusters: Afterlife (which will arrive in Italy as Hostbusters: Legacy), which brings home $ 7.1 million (over 112 million in total), followed by House of Gucci by Ridley Scott, with Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, which must be satisfied with just over 4 million dollars (41 million in total).
In fifth position the Marvel's Eternals: the film directed by Oscar winner Chloé Zhao, with Salma Hayek and Angelina Jolie, puts in cash 3.1 million dollars over the weekend, exceeding 161 million overall.
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