December 23. 2019

Taylor Swift in "Cats"

2-weeks ago social networking reacted negatively to the pre-release trailer of the movie musical “Cats” starring singer Taylor Swift. The public complained the singers and actors dressed as cats, with some CGI effects to make them look more like animals, was creepy. The project did not look very interesting.

This past weekend “Cats” which cost over $100,000,000 to make, opened at the box office and flopped. The film opened with a paltry $6,500,000. The studio was expecting twice as much revenue in the opening weekend and has pulled the film. This spells bad news for Swift's acting career.

Swift is not connecting with audiences as before. Her record sales are down and viewing numbers for television shows she helmed, such as the American Music Awards, have declined as well. Swift’s audience is most pre-teen and teen girls, who wouldn’t be interested in a musical of this nature, which is more grown up.

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How ‘Cats’ Became A Calamity At The Box Office With $6.5M Opening

December 22, 2019 8:53am - The atrocious response from audiences and critics toward the feature adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats has no doubt upset execs at Universal and Working Title this weekend. The movie wound up opening below its $10M-$15M projections to $6.5M...

https://deadline.com

Taylor Swift Explains Her ‘Cats’ Transformation: Hissing, Barefoot Crawling and Jellicle School

December 20, 2019 11:17AM PT - Taylor Swift attended “cat school” to learn what Jellicles can and Jellicles do. To prepare for “Cats,” the big-screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 musical, Swift and her co-stars enrolled in classes to master the movements of their four-legged characters. In the film, Swift plays Bombalurina, a rabble-rousing outsider who sprinkles catnip over the Jellicle ball...

https://variety.com

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