Johnny Depp‘s new movie has been accused of being a stinker in terms of getting asses in seats — and some have even claimed it’s getting yanked because of that … but it’s BS.

Here’s the deal … there are social media posts floating around that suggest Johnny’s film, “Jeanne du Barry,” has been getting pulled from theaters here in the States — particularly, ones in the Los Angeles area — and the implication is that it’s due to low ticket sales.

These tweets that are claiming JD’s movie is grossly underperforming are attaching purported screenshots of empty theaters … with only a seat or two filled for one-off showings last week.

As it turns out … some outlets have even ran with it as gospel — but TMZ has gotten to the bottom of it … and we’ve learned things are not what they seem online. What else is new?

Why Not Productions

Sources with direct knowledge tell us “Jeanne du Barry” was always scheduled for a limited theater run here in SoCal — a partnership with Fathom Events, which teamed up with the American distributors for ‘JDB’ to release the movie in a handful of cinemas around town.

In fact, this was announced a while ago … back in March, Fathom said they’d be doing a mini run of screenings of the film — which was only going to be from May 2 to May 6.

Now, as for how the movie actually performed during this window — it varies a bit. There are folks saying they’d been to showings of ‘Jeanne’ that were full of people … whereas others say they’d been to slightly emptier theaters. In any case, it wasn’t released wide.

Remember, this movie is an indie flick that’s completely in French — so it’s not a blockbuster by any means … and was never meant to be a ticket-sale machine. It’s a passion project of sorts … and one of JD’s first forays back into film after scoring a W in his defamation case.

The guy’s directing a new movie now … but in terms of ‘Jeanne,’ if you saw it, you saw it.