Universal is frantically trying to improve Cats after an onslaught of negative reviews and poor box office sales.
Hooper himself admitted the film was completed one day before the film premiered in New York on 16 December.
Cinemas with the ability to download will begin showing the improved version from Sunday (22 December), but other exhibitors will have to wait until Tuesday (24 December).
The film stars Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo and Taylor Swift.