Film fans eager to buy a ticket for Bruno were shocked when they were told the comedy was "vile".
Cinema bosses at Diamond Screen in Navan, Ireland left a recorded message on their ticket hotline for the box office smash.
It said, "Bruno is particularly vile. It leads to a hell of a lot of complaints. It will offend every prejudice in the book, believe me, so don't come on after and tell us how horrible it was.
"One or two of us have enjoyed it, though."
A spokesperson for the cinema said, "We often leave jokey messages."
Bruno follows the antics of a flamboyant Austrian fashionista, played by Sacha Baron Cohen.