BloodRayne Movie Bombs in Theaters

Uwe Boll's latest flick fails to ignite at the box office.

It's hardly a surprise.

BloodRayne, the latest film by director Uwe Bolll, earned an anemic $1.5 million this opening weekend. The film opened at number 19 on the domestic charts, an undeniably terrible showing for a film that opened on 985 screens nationwide.

According to industry site Box Office Mojo, BloodRayne's production budget hovered around $25 million, while the marketing spending topped out at $22 million.

Then there are the rumors that the distribution company accidentally ordered and shipped extra reels of the film to theaters that didn't order them, further driving up the film's costs.

BloodRayne's poor showing doesn't bode well for the directing future for Boll, who has yet another video game adaptation--In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale--in production. Boll is also thought to possess the rights to other gaming franchises, including Fear Effect and Hunter: The Reckoning.

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