Hurry Up Tomorrow, the big screen debut of The Weeknd has finally been released and it has bombed spectacularly. The film underperformed at the box office, earning just $3.3 million in its opening weekend and placing sixth domestically. In contrast, Final Destination: Bloodlines led the box office with a $51 million debut.
The film, which also stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, has been critically panned, holding a 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and receiving a C- CinemaScore from audiences. Reviewers have described it as a self-indulgent vanity project with a disjointed narrative and lackluster performances.
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Directed by Trey Edward Shults, Hurry Up Tomorrow is a psychological thriller that serves as a companion piece to The Weeknd’s album of the same name. The film portrays the four-time Grammy winner as a fictionalized version of himself, an insomniac musician spiraling into a mental breakdown. Ortega plays a mysterious fan who draws him into a surreal journey.
“One of the Worst Movies”
Social media has been brutal with its reviews.
“Easily one of the worst movies of the decade, a movie that can’t even be saved by a powerhouse of a performance by Jenna Ortega” wrote one user. While, IndieWire said that it is “trading old indulgences for new navel-gazing” and gave it a ‘D’ rating.
Some tweets were just hilariously on point. For instance:
Of course, The Weeknd’s acting has not been spared.
Despite the film’s poor reception, The Weeknd’s album Hurry Up Tomorrow has achieved significant commercial success. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 490,500 album-equivalent units sold, marking the biggest opening week of 2025.
Hurry Up Tomorrow is not The Weeknd’s acting debut. The Starboy singer starred in HBO’s The Idol in 2023 which was panned by critics and canceled after one season.
Someone please tell The Weeknd to stick to his 9-to-5 weekday job: Singing.
