Jennifer Lopez’s £22m Musical Flops with Just £7k at UK Box Office
Key Points
- UK opening weekend pulled just £6,856 across 145 cinemas, averaging £47 per venue.
- Sundance premiere and Oscar buzz couldn't prevent only $2m US gross since October.
- Lopez praised the film, but its poor returns underline cinema's unpredictable audience appeal.
JENNIFER Lopez’s new musical, Kiss Of The Spider Woman, has stumbled out of the gate in the UK, pulling in a mere £6,856 across 145 cinemas on its opening weekend.
The £22million film, released here last Friday, averaged just £47 per venue, a disappointing return for the star’s latest big-screen effort, The Sun reports.
This marks a slight improvement on her previous movie, Unstoppable, which earned just £3,112 during its first UK weekend back in December 2024.
The film, directed by Bill Condon, tells the story of two prisoners bonding in 1980s Argentina, with Lopez playing a glamorous movie star within the story’s layers.
Despite a Sundance premiere and early Oscar buzz around Lopez’s performance, the movie failed to make a splash with audiences in the US too, grossing only $2million since its October release.
Lopez had expressed enthusiasm about the project, saying, “I was waiting my whole life to be able to do a real big MGM Hollywood musical, and I finally got to do it.
“It was more than I hoped.”
Still, the UK box office figures suggest the film hasn’t quite connected with viewers this side of the Atlantic.
With a career already packed with hits, this stumble is unlikely to hold J-Lo back for long, but it’s a clear reminder that even the biggest stars face ups and downs on the big screen.
