CLEVELAND, Ohio -- “Better Man” is the movie everyone’s talking about but no one’s buying tickets to see. The biopic, about global pop star Robbie Williams, bombed in its first weekend of wide release, pulling in just $1 million across 1,291 theaters. The film and theories about why it flopped have ignited a contentious discourse on social media.

The latest movie musical to hit the big screens is a biopic on U.K. musician Robbie Williams - with the twist that he's portrayed as a CG monkey. "Better Man" recounts Williams' tumultuous rise and life in pop stardom in the U.

Robbie Williams may not be familiar to many in the United States, but in his native Britain, he became a huge pop star, performing to adoring crowds and making 14 No. 1 singles.

Robbie Williams talks about 'Better Man,' his time in the British boy band Take That and who is Robbie Williams.

A few nibbly things from some of our favorite websites that we think you might enjoy or would like to nibble on, so to speak. Paramount’s musical biopic Better Man, featuring a CGI monkey portraying British singer Robbie Williams,