DEAR EVAN HANSEN Box Office Numbers Drop 78% in Second Week

The film adaptation of Broadway hit musical Dear Evan Hansen officially came to theaters on September 24.

By: Oct. 04, 2021
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN Box Office Numbers Drop 78% in Second Week

The film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen officially came to theaters on September 24. This past Friday, Forbes reported that the movie musical adaptation of the Broadway hit isn't bringing in the numbers it was expected to at the box office.

The film earned $730,000 (-78%) on Friday for a $2.4 million (-68%) weekend. Its 10-day cumulative total is $11.75 million. The film had a $26 million budget, and is now projected to bring in a domestic total of $17 million.

Read more on Forbes.

The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Wonder), the film is written for the screen by the show's Tony winner Steven Levenson with music and lyrics by the show's Oscar®, Grammy and Tony-winning songwriting team of Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman).

Featuring Grammy winning songs, including the iconic anthem "You Will Be Found," "Waving Through a Window," "For Forever" and "Words Fail," Dear Evan Hansen stars six-time Oscar® nominee Amy Adams, Oscar® winner Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), Colton Ryan (Apple TV+'s Little Voice), Nik Dodani (Netflix's Atypical), DeMarius Copes (Broadway's Mean Girls) and Danny Pino (NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit).

Dear Evan Hansen is produced by Marc Platt (La La Land, Into the Woods, Mary Poppins Returns) and Adam Siegel (2 Guns, Drive), and is executive produced by Michael Bederman, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Universal Pictures will distribute the film in all territories.



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