A film about a stressed-out mother, featuring Hollywood superstar Uma Thurman, has been withdrawn from show in Britain after just 11 cinema goers turned up to see it in its opening weekend.
Motherhood managed to gross $14 from the lone viewer who turned up on the British debut Sunday. Takings for the full weekend hit $140.
The figures mean the film outflopped even its dismal performance back in the U.S, where it took just over $65,000 when it opened last September.
Kill Bill 2, by contrast, one of Thurman’s greatest hits, made $22.3m in America on its opening weekend in 2004.
Motherhood also has appearances by Minnie Driver and Jodie Foster.
British critic Barry Norman, said it was “astonishing” that only 11 people could be bothered to go and see a film starring Thurman. “The reviews were very poor indeed but that alone isn’t enough to explain it.”
Metrodome, the firm responsible for marketing the film, said it believed the DVD would do better than the cinema release.
When told of the takings in Britain, Jana Edelbaum, the film’s producer, replied: “You’re kidding? We must have broken a new record for grosses.”
She said she would demand an explanation from Metrodome. “Motherhood is not bad. It’s a very decent movie.”
