Fifa puff pic United Passions was sent for an early bath at the US box office, after takings of just over $600 (£394) from its opening weekend.

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Frédéric Auburtin’s film, funded by the football governing body and starring Tim Roth as Sepp Blatter, scored $607 from its 10-cinema limited run, according to the Hollywood Reporter. One cinema, the FilmBar in Phoenix, Arizona, reported one ticket sold, a site take of $9.

Budgeted at somewhere between $25-32m, United Passions received three-quarters of its funding from Fifa. The organisation is in crisis after multiple officials were arrested by the FBI for racketeering, fraud and money laundering. Blatter, Fifa president for 17 years, quit last week just four days after winning re-election.

Topping the US box office this weekend was Spy, Paul Feig’s action-comedy about a CIA desk jockey (Melissa McCarthy) who is sent into the field. It took the top spot with $30m, beating comfortably comedy rival Entourage. Doug Ellin’s film, a spin-off of the HBO series about a gang of buddies living large thanks to their friend’s fame, stalled in fourth place with $10.4m.

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Still standing tall in second place was San Andreas, the disaster movie about a massive Californian earthquake, starring Dwayne Johnson. It’s totalled $99.1 million in the states so far and a ground-rumbling $287.1 million worldwide. Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road also stayed strong, breaking $250m and $300m respectively.

Third place went to new entry Insidious: Chapter 3. The latest in the cheap-as-chips horror franchise, known for huge returns from a low budget, has already made back its rumoured $10m costs. It opened in 3,002 cinemas, taking $23m. Spy star Rose Byrne, who appeared in Insidious and Insidious: Chapter 2, elected not to appear in this prequel.

Sinking to the bottom of the chart was Aloha, Cameron Crowe’s critically trashed romantic comedy about a defence contractor (Bradley Cooper) falling for a pilot (Emma Stone) while working in Hawaii. The film, which has attracted controversy for casting Stone as Alison Ng, a quarter Chinese, quarter Hawaiian, half-Swedish woman, dropped 66% in its second week.

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US box office chart, 5-8 June