Director Bill Condon recently opened up on the lukewarm reception to his Julian Assange bio flick The Fifth Estate , which holds the dubious honor of having the worst opening weekend of 2013.

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"We were all so excited [around the release date] because it was just in the news recently, but the opposite might be true, that it simply wore out its welcome and that there is something about Assange," said Condon to Entertainment Weekly. "I do think there’s something about him that does not suggest an evening’s entertainment."Assange himself was openly furious about the bio pic. In a statement recently, the WikiLeaks founder called it "Hollywood propaganda," and had urged star Benedict Cumberbatch to drop out of the picture.Since its release on October 18, The Fifth Estate has made only a paltry 3 million. Condon admits he was surprised at the lack of audience for his film.“It’s so interesting because when something doesn’t live up to expectations then, God, you really start second guessing if it was this little thing [you missed], but when something is as big a rout as this is — I mean truly there turned out to be no audience for it in a major way — it’s kind of extreme, you know? It really does make you look at the bigger picture.”We reviewed The Fifth Estate last month, praising Cumberbatch's performance above all.

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