Thursday, May 21, 2026

The Weeknd Had a Disastrous Weekend at the Box Office: “Hurry Up Tomorrow” Dropped 31% from Saturday to Sunday

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“What,” asked the Countess Dowager on Downton Abbey, “is a week end?”

Abel Tesfaye may ask that question today. His movie, “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” bombed in its debut weekend.

After a quick start Thursday night, the critic-slammed music video fell fast. Rotten Tomatoes has it at 13%. No one liked it.

Total receipts were $3.3 million, which sounds good except almost all of it came on Thursday.

Today’s numbers indicate a 31% fall off from yesterday. Just $395,000 today.

Lionsgate will have to cut the 2,020 theater count quickly. If they even leave “Hurry Up” in any theaters, I’d be surprised.

To make matters worse, the film didn’t help record sales. The Weeknd is currently MIA from all charts.

“Hurry Up” lists 13 producers including Tesfaye, co star Jenna Ortega, and Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino. All the money is gone, but I guess no one will notice it. As Jerry explained to George once on “Seinfeld,” this is a write-off!

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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