Cats might have nine lives but the film adaptation of Cats was basically dead on arrival. Perhaps it sounds overly dramatic to declare Tom Hooper’s Cats a full-fledged cinematic calamity… but at this point, the facts are rather indisputable. Now, after a few weeks in theaters, the film stands to lose a whopping $100 million for Universal. That’s even after its unprecedented theatrical re-release, which found the filmmakers attempting to “fix” the terrifying and ever-offputting CGI felines. Meanwhile, the studio quietly yanked Cats from its “For Your Consideration” page, effectively ending the film’s Oscar campaign before it had a chance to really begin. Don’t make us say it: The film is one serious cat-astrophe. Between its abysmal box office performance and wildly low Rotten Tomatoes score, it’s clear that audiences and critics really didn’t care for Cats… and just looking at the trailers, it’s not too hard to see why. […]

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Cats might have nine lives but the film adaptation of Cats was basically dead on arrival. Perhaps it sounds overly dramatic to declare Tom Hooper’s Cats a full-fledged cinematic calamity… but at this point, the facts are rather indisputable. Now, after a few weeks in theaters, the film stands to lose a whopping $100 million for Universal. That’s even after its unprecedented theatrical re-release, which found the filmmakers attempting to “fix” the terrifying and ever-offputting CGI felines. Meanwhile, the studio quietly yanked Cats from its “For Your Consideration” page, effectively ending the film’s Oscar campaign before it had a chance to really begin. Don’t make us say it: The film is one serious cat-astrophe. Between its abysmal box office performance and wildly low Rotten Tomatoes score, it’s clear that audiences and critics really didn’t care for Cats… and just looking at the trailers, it’s not too hard to see why. […]

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