‘Steve Jobs’ Film Disappoints as Moviegoers Skip Oscar Hopeful
- Sony sold troubled production to Universal last year
- Fassbender’s acclaimed portrayal doesn't attract an audience
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Moviegoers this weekend shunned Universal Pictures’ “Steve Jobs,” a sign that Sony Corp. executives may have been right to dump the biopic of the Apple Inc. co-founder.
The film generated $7.3 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, about a third of what BoxOffice.com analysts had estimated. Instead of dominating the box office as predicted, it limped in at No. 7.