[per loin]

It's been out for a month and only grossed a bit over $440K. Perhaps they made a naming mistake?

[Dajjal]

It's been out for a month and only grossed a bit over $440K. Perhaps they made a naming mistake?

Well, most Americans won't watch a subtitled foreign-language film. (lol)

http://www.nypress.com/17/5/film/
Osama gets her name from a classmate, the street urchin seen in the film’s opening, who protects her from a group of marauding boys who question her masculinity by declaring that her name is Osama. The name is symbolically right on a couple of levels. First, it’s associated with feared terrorist Osama bin Laden, figurehead of the Taliban’s sugar daddies, Al Qaeda; second, it’s a common name that can be applied to both male and female children.

[Deb]

You're exactly right, it was a terrrible idea to use that name for the title and I'm sure that's why so few people are see it. But it's based on a real pre-9/11 story and maybe that was the child's real name. That's the only thing I can figure.

I have made it a mission to spread the word on this movie and I hope everyone here will do the same.