New York Daily News

Bomb at box office for Kevin

- BY RACHEL DESANTIS

Kevin Spacey's first film since he was accused of sexual misconduct hit theaters this weekend, and raked in a dismal $126 on opening night.

“Billionair­e Boys Club” opened Friday night in eight theaters across the U.S., in cities including Phoenix, Detroit, New Orleans and Miami.

But the James Cox-directed film fared poorly, earning just $126 on its first day, and scraping together another $162 on its second, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie was released on premium video on demand last month, meaning it was never likely to smash any boxoffice records anyway.

But the final figures for its opening weekend were shockingly low, as The Hollywood Reporter reports the two-day $288 sum means fewer than six people bought tickets in each location. It also marks the lowest opening weekend of Spacey's now-tainted career.

The Oscar-winning star was accused of sexual misconduct last October by multiple men, including actor Anthony Rapp, who said Spacey (photo inset) made an unwanted advance toward him when he was just 14.

“Billionair­e Boys Club” is the actor's first time on the silver screen since the accusation­s broke. He was previously fired from Netflix's “House of Cards,” and had his scenes cut out from Ridley Scott's “All the Money in the World” and was replaced with Christophe­r Plummer.

Vertical Entertainm­ent, the distributo­r behind “Billionair­e,” defended its decision to release the film back in June, saying it hoped audiences would be able to see past the claims against Spacey for the sake of the hundreds of other industry members involved in production.

The movie, also starring Ansel Elgort and Taron Egerton, was filmed before the allegation­s.

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