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Disastrous Opening Week For All Saints' First Movie
LONDON--Despite doing well on the British music charts, girl band All Saints have seen their film debut "Honest" flop in U.K. cinemas. The gangster comedy, which was directed by Eurythmics veteran Dave Stewart and released in the U.K. last Friday (5/26), only grossed $165,859 (�111,309) during its first weekend, placing the film at No. 12 on the U.K. box office chart.
Set in the 1960s, the film stars All Saints singers Nicole and Natalie Appleton and Melanie Blatt as a group of girls who turn to crime to make ends meet. "Honest" cost $6.25 million (�4.2m) to make; movie industry insiders are doubtful that they will recoup that. The flick's failure at the box office has also been attributed to its 18+ rating due to scenes of violence, sex and drugs use.
British cinema chain UCI has stopped showing the film. Meanwhile, the Warner Villages chain has dramatically reduced its screenings.
All Saints' celluloid catastrophe follows last week's rumor that the group was on the verge of splitting after fourth band member Shaznay Lewis, who does not star in the film, refused to come to its premiere.
All Saints first appeared on the British music scene in 1997. Their second single "Never Ever" went to No. 1 in the U.K. charts and No. 3 in the U.S. Their self-titled debut album was released in the U.S. in March 1998 and peaked at No. 40 in the Billboard Hot 200 chart.
