Tom Cruise: Disliked More Than Madonna?

Madonna has millions of fanatic fans, but not so many that want to know about her dirty laundry.
According to Nielsen's Book Scan, the book "Life with My Sister Madonna," by the publicity-seeking pop star's brother Christopher Ciccone, has been a resounding flop. Total sales: 35,000.
To make matters worse, Madonna is less disliked, let's say, by people willing to fork over $20, than Tom Cruise. Andrew Morton's biography of Cruise has sold 50,000 copies, according to BookScan.
The Cruise book, of course, had real revelations about his connection to Scientology, raised questions about his relationships and even the conception of baby Suri.
The Madonna book, on the other hand, was a gloss on life with the world's most heat-seeking diva. There was a lot of promise, but not so much delivery about sex, drugs or rock 'n' roll.
One wonders now if Ciccone thinks it was all worth it. Whatever fee he got from Simon & Schuster for ratting out his sis had to be split with British celebrity muckraker Wendy Leigh.
Leigh has several of these "tell-nothing" books under her belt, so it's likely she got a nice piece of change to formulate Ciccone's bland recollections into something that sounded salacious. If Ciccone netted less than $500,000 just to bash Madonna publicly, which is probably the case, after taxes that can't seem like enough to have been cut off from his $100 million sister for life.
Simon & Schuster can't be too happy, either. The net take on sales of 35,000 for a celebrity bio is pretty low once all costs are deducted — like printing a book with a lot of pictures and then paying lawyers to make sure Ciccone didn't get sued.
Of course, there's always the theory that Madonna let brother Christopher publish the book with the philosophy that all publicity is good, and it might help ticket sales for her tour. Ciccone's book came exactly at the moment that Madonna was rumored to be divorcing because she was rumored to be having an affair with New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez. That story, you may have noticed, disappeared as quickly as it started — which was right after rumors that Madonna's tour wasn't selling well.