Shia LaBeouf increases Man Down UK box office 200% by selling two more tickets

The UK box office woe continues for Shia LaBeouf’s new movie ‘Man Down’, which has managed to boost its takings by 200%, but only thanks to the sale of two more tickets.

The movie hit the headlines earlier this week, after it emerged that it had launched over here to just £6.90 in takings, according to cinema data company comScore, which kindly rounded it up to £7.

Admittedly, the movie had only been released on a single screen – the Reel Cinema in Burnley – but still, just one ticket sold was perhaps something of a disappointment.

However, Shia and Lionsgate can now add two more tickets to that burgeoning running total.

The Hollywood Reporter spoke to the cinema’s manager, who revealed: “I think we’ve sold three tickets in total.”

She added that she had never ‘experienced anything like it before’, and went on to say that it was ‘highly likely’ that the week-long run would end without any further tickets being sold.

But there is perhaps a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.

Variety reports that the film is also now being shown by SSVC Forces Cinema, an eight-screen concern which provides movie screenings for military personnel and their families.

After screenings on Monday and Tuesday this week, it’s so-far made three times the figure made in Burnley, and is set for two more screenings at the Jitg Theatre in Chicksands, near Bedford, and also five more at the Phoenix Theatre in the Falkland Islands.

The movie, which also stars Jai Courtney and Gary Oldman, follows LaBeouf’s US marine Gabriel Drummer, who returns to the US from Afghanistan suffering PTSD.

It was mauled by critics on its release, and also proved to be toxic at the US box office too, having made a reported $454,000 (£364,000).

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