Cats Could Lose Universal Up to $100 Million

While Star Wars fans may not all be on board for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, at least they can reveal that the movie they've waited for the whole year wasn't as big a flop as Tom Hooper's new Cats movie. Reports are coming out all around that the movie could lose Universal Studios hundreds of millions in damages.

According to Daily Mail, the movie could be looking at $100 million loss if they don't manage to get their numbers up. Deadline predicts that the film could lose up to $71 million; this is all coming from the assumption that the film cost $90-100 million to produce, plus $115 million to market. Not to mention the news that the studio spent more to distribute a new copy of the film with "fixed" VFX.

For now, the goal for Cats is to reach $100 million in the box office at least. But based on the terrible numbers after the first few weeks, it's possible that the movie won't be able to reach that number at all.

By the looks of it, Cats kind of had a lot of things going against it when it came out. Besides nobody is a fan of the CGI, the original show doesn't play like a traditional movie, so you can imagine it's not for audience members who are unfamiliar with the musical. And probably the biggest issue is that the movie decided to come out on the same weekend as Star Wars. You can't expect to compete with a movie that's been the most anticipated for the year.

Personally, I'm still excited to watch the movie out of pure curiosity. If The Room can be so beloved after being considered so reviled, I'm sure there's room for a fanbase that will love Cats to its very core.

Catch Cats now in theaters.

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