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Its $100 million [[politically correct]] remake directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and released in December 2021, despite being highly acclaimed by [[liberal]] [[Hollywood]], was a bust at the box office:

Its $100 million [[politically correct]] remake directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and released in December 2021, despite being highly acclaimed by [[liberal]] [[Hollywood]], was a bust at the box office:

{{cquote|CNBC reported that Spielberg’s West Side Story brought in only $36.6 million in global ticket sales over its first three weeks in theaters. The production budget was around $100 million, although that doesn’t include its expensive marketing costs<ref>https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/steven-spielbergs-west-side-story-bombed-box-office-means-golden-globes-oscars.html/</ref>.}}

{{cquote|CNBC reported that Spielberg’s West Side Story brought in only $36.6 million in global ticket sales over its first three weeks in theaters. The production budget was around $100 million, although that doesn’t include its expensive marketing costs<ref>https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/steven-spielbergs-west-side-story-bombed-box-office-means-golden-globes-oscars.html/</ref>.}}

The story is taken from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', with music by famous conductor and composer [[Leonard Bernstein]] and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]]. The Capulets and Montagues of Shakespeare's classic play are replaced with the Jets and Sharks, rival [[street gang]]s<ref>newly-arrived Puerto Ricans and second-generation Americans from white European immigrant families [http://www.filmsite.org/wests.html (Tim Dirks)]</ref> in [[Manhattan]].

The story is taken from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', with music by famous conductor and composer [[Leonard Bernstein]] and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]]. The Capulets and Montagues of Shakespeare's classic play are replaced with the Jets and Sharks, rival [[street gang]]s<ref>newly-arrived Puerto Ricans and second-generation Americans from white European immigrant families [http://www.filmsite.org/wests.html (Tim Dirks)]</ref> in [[Manhattan]].