'Steve Jobs' Movie Pulled From Over 2,000 Theaters After Flopping at Box Office

new steve jobs film faced disappointing box office performance past weekend, danny boyle-directed movie dropping more 69 percent in profit previous weekend $823,000 weekend gross. surprising, however, movie's removal 2,072 theaters across country in 1 single weekend, after premiering in 2,411 on 3 weeks ago (via cult of mac).

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when film in limited release , preparing go wide on october 23, projections debut box office weekend between $15 , $19 million. according box office mojo, date, overall lifetime gross of steve jobs hitting projections opening weekend: $16,684,073. in 2 weeks movie in limited run in los angeles , new york, displayed impressive numbers, earning fifteenth spot highest grossing per-theater average film in movie history.

unfortunately, when steve jobs debuted wide, earned 7th spot @ weekend box office $7.3 million take in first 3 days. disappointment of film's performance in direct contradiction bevy of positive reviews, ones hinted @ oscar nominations michael fassbender , kate winslet on month before movie released.

currently, steve jobs sits @ 85 percent on review aggregator site rotten tomatoes, total of 156 positive reviews 27 negative. holiday movie season kicking gear after slow october @ box office, seems universal has ditched initial plan of word-of-mouth build-up movie. if oscar talk continues stars, there's possibility return few more theaters closer awards show.

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can't i'm surprised. never understood target market movie was.

 

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