Shia LaBeouf Movie 'Man Down' Sells Just 1 Ticket In The U.K.

"That opening could be in the Guinness World Records," box office analyst says.
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The British box office just turned its back on Shia LaBeouf.

His war movie “Man Down” grossed £7 ($8.70) on one ticket during its weekend premiere at the Reel Cinema in Burnley, northwest England, outlets reported Tuesday.

Poor Shia,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore, to Variety. “That opening could be in the Guinness World Records or something.”

To make matters worse, the movie played in just that one location in the United Kingdom. However, the Hollywood Reporter noted that a simultaneous on-demand release mitigated the theatrical run.

Shia LaBeouf may have set a box office record of the dubious kind.
Shia LaBeouf may have set a box office record of the dubious kind.
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Still, that’s quite a comedown for an actor who has appeared in hits such as “Transformers” and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”

“Man Down,” featuring LaBeouf as a traumatized Marine who returns home from Afghanistan and searches for his estranged wife and son, received a 15 percent review score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The indie movie, directed by Dito Montile, made $454,490 stateside in a limited December theatrical run.

Mental Floss noted that LaBeouf has flop company. The Katherine Heigl thriller “Zyzzyx Road” grossed a measly $30 after a one-week run at a Dallas movie theater in 2006.

And the Guardian reports that British“Harry Potter” star Emma Watson appeared in a movie called “The Colony” (aka Colonia) that attracted fewer than 10 patrons in its opening weekend in the U.K. last July while it debuted simultaneously on digital platforms.

But still ― one ticket?

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