The news was far worse for Warner Bros.' Robert De Niro mob drama 'Alto Knights' and Jonathan Majors' 'Magazine Dreams,' both of which bombed.

The movie had been hit by wave after wave of controversy, which appeared to impact its performance at the box office. Or, it could simply be that the film didn't appeal to a wide section of the audience.

The Walt Disney Co.’s live-action, controversy-bedeviled “Snow White” opened in theaters with a sleepy $43 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday