Cats (2019 movie)

Cats is a 2019 movie based on the Broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Cats
Directed by	Tom Hooper
Screenplay by	Lee Hall Tom Hooper
Based on	Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot
Produced by	Debra Hayward Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Tom Hooper
Starring	James Corden Judi Dench Jason Derulo Idris Elba Jennifer Hudson Ian McKellen Taylor Swift Rebel Wilson Francesca Hayward
Cinematography	Christopher Ross
Edited by	Melanie Oliver
Music by	Andrew Lloyd Webber
Production companies	Working Title Films Amblin Entertainment Monumental Pictures The Really Useful Group Perfect World Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	16 December 2019 (2019-12-16) (Alice Tully Hall) 20 December 2019 (2019-12-20) (United States and United Kingdom)
Running time	110 minutes[1]
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$80–100 million
Box office	$76 million[2][3]

The movie is directed by Tom Hooper—in his second feature film following Les Misérables (2012)—from a screenplay by Lee Hall and Hooper. It stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, and Francesca Hayward.

Cats was theatrically released in the United Kingdom and the United States in December 2019, by Universal Pictures. The movie had poor reviews from critics, with many calling it one of the worst movies ever made.^[4][5]

The movie also became a box-office bomb, making $74 million on a budget as high as $100 million.

Musical pieces

• "Overture"/"Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats" – Orchestra/Company
• "The Naming of Cats"/"The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball"† – Munkustrap, Mr. Mistoffelees & Company
• "Jennyanydots: The Old Gumbie Cat" – Jennyanydots, Munkustrap & Company
• "The Rum Tum Tugger" – Rum Tum Tugger, Jennyanydots & Company
• "Grizabella: The Glamour Cat"† – Grizabella, Cassandra, Demeter & Company
• "Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town" – Bustopher, Rum Tum Tugger, Maitre D' & Company
• "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" – Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer & Victoria
• "Growltiger's Last Stand"† – Growltiger
• "Old Deuteronomy" – Munkustrap, Old Deuteronomy & Company
• "The Jellicle Ball"† – Company
• "Memory (Prelude)"/"Beautiful Ghosts" – Grizabella & Victoria
• "The Moments of Happiness"† – Old Deuteronomy
• "Gus: The Theatre Cat" – Gus
• "Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat" – Skimbleshanks, Munkustrap & Company
• "Macavity: The Mystery Cat" – Bombalurina, Macavity, Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer, Griddlebone & Company
• "Mr. Mistoffelees" – Mistoffelees, Munkustrap & Company
• "Memory" – Grizabella & Victoria
• "Beautiful Ghosts (Reprise)"† – Victoria & Old Deuteronomy
• "The Journey to the Heaviside Layer"† – Company
• "Finale: The Ad-Dressing of Cats" – Old Deuteronomy & Company

Related pages

Cats (1998 movie), an older production based on the same story which got much better reviews.

Notes

† denotes songs absent from the soundtrack.