Uma Thurman has just eclipsed Sandra Bullock as the Hollywood star most deserving of our sympathy.
Her comedy about high-pressure Manhattan parenting, "Motherhood" earned just $93,000 in U.S. release last fall. (You hadn't heard? You're excused. It was in only 48 theaters coast to coast.)
Hoping for better luck abroad, the producers launched "Motherhood" in an exclusive engagement at London's popular Apollo West End in Piccadilly Circus.
On opening weekend the film earned the equivalent of $132.
Eleven people went to see it.
That Sunday, just one solitary customer bought a ticket. All. Day. Long.
The film is not a shoestring indie. It costars Minnie Driver and Anthony Edwards, and its budget is reckoned to be around $5 million.
Producer Jana Edelbaum told Britain's Guardian newspaper that she couldn't fathom the meager box office performance: "'Motherhood' is not bad," she protested. "I've seen movies that are not half as good."
