I prefer to compare them to the realm of what they are dealing with vs every movie released for the year. Compared to other ‘well known’ documentaries and other DiCaprio movies, this is a total bomb thus far. You can look at it any way you want but I guarantee the distributor & producer are very disappointed.
Who said this is a “well known” documentary? How often had you heard of it before you saw this article? Your “guarantee” is crap, the distributor put it in four theaters opening weekend the results are predictable with that opening, if they are disappointed then they should have opened it wider, the fact that they didn’t shows they’re getting what they expected. Most 4 theater openings don’t turn into March of the Penguins, 99.9% of them make a couple hundred grand and go away. This movie is performing to what any sane person would expect, if performing to expectations is disappointing to anyone involved in the movie then that person is an idiot.