LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure" earned a measly $47 average at each theater it played over the Labor Day Weekend. For a film that opened at 2,000 theaters nationwide, that's remarkably poor. 

According to studio estimates, the toddler-targeted entry, distributed by Kenn Viselman Presents - the former muscle behind the similarly themed children's entertainment The Teletubbies -- earned a truly awful $448,131 from 2,160 theaters, a per theater average of $207 - each.

If tickets were a bargain matinee price of $7, only 30 people saw "Oogieloves" at each theater - across all its showings - over the past three days!

Creepy costumed characters named Toofie, Zoozie and Goobie, as well as a vacuum cleaner named J. Edgar paired with non-costumed actors Jamie Pressly, Cary Elwes, Christopher Lloyd, and Toni Braxton star in the film.  "Oogieloves" cost a very modest $20 million to produce, and another reported $40 million to promote.

"The Oogieloves are giant puppet-like humanoids who look like escapees from the 'Barney' compound. They are: Goobie, a clever inventor; Zoozie, who loves animals and speaks many languages; and Toofie, who's fearless and refuses to wear a belt. They live in the village of LovelyLovelyville, in a cottage overseen by their nervous minder J. Edgar - an upright vacuum cleaner - and Windy, a disembodied smiling face in the window," read one review from the Salt Lake Tribune.

"Oogieloves" has captured the opening weekend "record" from "Delgo," the misguided 2008 animation, which earned only $511,920 in its opening weekend from 2,160 theaters - the same number as "Oogieloves."

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