ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The women's World Cup isn't the only thing premiering from FIFA. There's also a feature film that opened in the U.S. on Friday - a $30 million drama called "United Passions."</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: FIFA financed the movie, which details the history of soccer's governing body, starting from humble beginnings in the early 1900s...</s>UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) (Foreign language spoken).</s>UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters) FIFA.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: All the way up to recent corruption allegations.</s>TIM ROTH: (As Sepp Blatter) I don't know where the money's gone. I mean, I have my suspicions.</s>UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: (As character) You've been betrayed. You could go to prison.</s>TIM ROTH: (As Sepp Blatter) Their whole machine's going to blow up.</s>ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: That's Oscar nominated-actor Tim Roth playing FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Despite a big budget and a few high-profile cast members, critics panned the movie as a blatant propaganda.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: On its opening weekend here in the U.S., it made just $900, according to the Associated Press. The movie only played in 10 theaters. The Hollywood Reporter found a cinema in Phoenix that sold just one ticket.</s>ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: So to borrow a soccer term - it was a flop.
A movie about the history of FIFA, the worldwide soccer authority, premiered in the U.S. on Friday. It reportedly cost $30 million to produce, and raked in about $900 over the weekend.