The latest Steve Jobs movie is nothing short of a financial disaster, and it's been doing so poorly that the studio has pulled it from theaters after just two weeks.
According to Cult of Mac, Universal has pulled Steve Jobs from 2,072 screens, leaving only 421 theaters still showing the film. This news broke after the movie's dismal second weekend in which it grossed just over $800,000, a 69 percent decrease from the previous week.
Though the film played in limited release starting in early October, it opened wide on October 23 and made $7 million in its opening weekend. That means Universal didn't even come close to breaking even, as Steve Jobs cost $30 million not including marketing.
So why exactly did it do so poorly? Some speculate that it's partly because Jobs with Ashton Kutcher opened two years ago, and so general audiences felt they didn't need to see another Steve Jobs biopic so soon. Others believe the failure may have been due to complaints over the film's inaccuracies, although The Social Network was equally inaccurate yet it made over $200 million.
Regardless, Universal is still having an incredibly profitable year between movies like Jurassic World, Minions and Furious 7, so that should more than make up for this loss.