Born to Crawl: Why ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Stumbled at the Box Office

Less than a year after Disney found music biopic success with Searchlight’s Bob Dylan-focused “A Complete Unknown,” it’s looking like the studio’s encore performance with 20th Century Studios’ “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” won’t attract anywhere near as big an audience.

After premiering at Telluride in August to somewhat positive critical reception, the introspective film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen has opened to just $8.6 million this past weekend. Last December, “A Complete Unknown” opened on Christmas Day and earned a $23.2 million 5-day start, legging out to $75 million in the U.S. and Canada.

While there’s the possibility…