’Hurry Up Tomorrow’s Abysmal Opening Sends The Weeknd Past His First Box Office Milestone

There’s simply no hiding from just how poor Hurry Up Tomorrow‘s start to life at the box office has been. Starring The Weeknd, who appears by his given name, Abel Tesfaye, Hurry Up Tomorrow follows “a musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.” This enticing premise clearly hasn’t caught the attention of theatergoers, with the film managing just $3.3 million from its opening weekend from over 2,000 theaters nationwide, finishing outside the top 5 and behind the likes of Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal‘s hotly anticipated sequel, The Accountant 2, Jared Hess‘ A Minecraft Movie, and Ryan Coogler‘s vampire flick Sinners.

Despite the poor financial opening, one silver lining can be gleamed from the disaster, with Tesfaye officially passing his first box office milestone as an actor. Thanks almost entirely to the heavy lifting of Uncut Gems, the $3.3 million of Hurry Up Tomorrow has officially helped the actor pass the $50 million mark at both the domestic and the global box office. Of course, in his brief acting career to date, Tesfaye is best known for his small-screen starring role in the controversial HBO series The Idol, which faced cancellation almost instantly following its troubled initial run.

‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Hasn’t Impressed Critics

Sadly, despite passing his first milestone as an actor, it seems audiences remain unconvinced by Tesfaye’s foray into the world of acting, with both his major dramatic roles to date coming under scrutiny. With a terrible 16% Rotten Tomatoes score to its name from critics, albeit with a much improved 69% helping its reputation, Hurry Up Tomorrow has faced criticism from many, including Collider’s Jeff Ewing who wrote in his review that the movie’s “underwritten script takes too long to get anywhere exciting, and it never stops feeling like a sidecar to the album instead of a standalone feature film,” adding that the movie feels”far more like a long music video than a feature film.”

Citing a poor script, a constant reminder of Tesfaye’s music that destroys any sense of true verisimilitude, and the underutilization of Riley Keough and Barry Keoghan as factors in the lack of success, Ewing at least has praise for the ever-brilliant Jenna Ortega as well as giving some the way of Tesfaye, saying, “Jenna Ortega gives a passionate, singular performance, and Tesfaye delivers some excellent and emotive moments despite shallow writing for his fictional on-screen persona.”

Hurry Up Tomorrow is in theaters now. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for more box office updates.