Box office gold she ain't. In fact, she barely amounts to pocket change.
Just ONE person bought a ticket to see Uma Thurman's film "Motherhood" on its opening day in England, reports Britain's Daily Mail, which means it made about $11.
And its weekend box office tally there – an astonishing $131 – would barely cover the cost of a pair of high-end denims.
The film fetched a dismal $50,000 its opening weekend in the U.S. in October, according to the box office tracker BoxOfficeMojo.com – but that's a fortune compared to its abysmal UK tallies.
"You're kidding, we must have broken a new record for grosses," said producer Jane Edelbaum when contacted about the film's poor showing.
"Think about how much crap succeeds at the cinema. 'Motherhood' is not bad. It's a very decent movie. I've seen movies that are not half as good," the baffled executive told The Guardian.
She blamed the film's catastrophic failure on poor promotion in Britain.
The movie, which casts "Kill Bill" star Thurman as a frazzled Manhattan mom and wannabe writer frantically planning her daughter's sixth birthday party, cost $5 million to make and also stars Minnie Driver and Anthony Edwards.
Surprisingly, even with its record low numbers, "Motherhood" is not Britain's biggest ever box office bomb.
That dubious honor goes to the 2007 film "My Nikifor," a film about a Polish artist which took in about $10 its debut weekend, the Mail reported.
Source: NY Daily News
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