Director blames Assange for failure of 'The Fifth Estate'

According to English media reports director Bill Condon has blamed Julian Assange for the failure of his film ‘The Fifth Estate’.

"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," Condon said in a statement.

"I do think there’s something about him that does not suggest an evening’s entertainment."

Earlier the WikiLeaks Founder called the film "Hollywood propaganda". Assange even tried to convince the British actor Benedict Cumberbatch to drop out of the film.

The ‘Fifth Estate’ has reportedly earned only $3 million since its release and is said to have the worst opening weekend of 2013.

Condon was surprised at the lack of audience and response his film received.

“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,” he added.