It may be generating Oscars buzz for Michael Fassbender's titular role in Danny Boyle's biopic, but Steve Jobs is failing to impress at the US box office.
The biopic about the late Apple founder took in just $7.3 million (€6.6 million) in its first general week of release.
Steve Jobs had a budget of approximately $30 million (€27m) and has taken in a total of $9.98 million (€8.97m) to date, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Fassbender is hotly tipped for a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role as Jobs and the film has earned generally strong reviews. However, this hasn't translated into box office bucks, and the $7.3 million it earned in its opening week is only slightly more than the $6.7 million that Jobs, Ashton Kutcher's critically panned film about the Apple creator, made in its opening weekend.
Universal believes that the film can recover, with the film studio's domestic distribution chief Nick Carpou telling Variety: "We are going to continue to support the film in the markets where it is showing strength and we’re going to continue to do it aggressively and proactively.
"The critics are there for it and the buzz in these markets is strong."
