EntertainmentWhoa! Keanu Reeves Suffers Career-Worst Box Office Opening With 'Replicas'

"London Fields" -- Budget: $8 million, Global gross: $295,435

This critically panned noir film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015 and has spent the past three years mired in lawsuits between the producers and lead star Amber Heard and director Matthew Cullen. After the Heard lawsuit was resolved, the film was released in October and suffered the second-worst wide release opening in box office history.

Lions beat up on Packers 31-0; Rodgers suffers concussion

The Detroit Lions ended a beleaguered season on a high note with a 31-0 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. With Green Bay trailing 21-0 at the half, quarterback Aaron Rodgers never returned after walking to the locker room early in the second quarter, having suffered a concussion. Both teams had long been eliminated from playoff contention. BOX SCORE: LIONS 31, PACKERS 0 Zach Zenner had a 13-yard touchdown run for the Lions (6-10), who have won four straight against their NFC North rival for the first time since 1982-83. They got a little positive push at the end of Matt Patricia's first season as coach.

The Keanu Reeves on display in these early segments is the Keanu Reeves we know and love today, someone characterized in large part by his goofy We saw that phenomenon play out earlier this year, when Reeves actually had the worst box office opening of his career to date — for Replicas , a

Keanu Reeves Suffers Career - Worst Box Office Opening With ‘ Replicas ’ 13 January 2019 | The Wrap. In the opening title sequence, a close up of Kline preparing pizza shows a wedding ring on his left hand. But when he is seen, in a tight shot of his hands, slicing mushrooms like a pro (i.e. his

"Nutcracker and the Four Realms" -- Budget: $120 million, Global gross: $151.9 million so far

Two days after Halloween, Disney released this dark fantasy loosely based on the famous Russian ballet synonymous with Christmas. But critics weren't impressed by much beyond the film's dance sequences, and families saved their money to go see "The Grinch" and another Disney film, "Ralph Breaks the Internet," later in the month. With a $20 million opening weekend, "Nutcracker" suffered Disney's worst start since "The BFG" in 2016.

"Early Man" -- Budget: $50 million, Global gross: $54 million

How far has stop-motion animation fallen? Nick Park and Aardman Studios, creators of "Wallace & Gromit," earned praise from critics for this prehistoric comedy. But Lionsgate released it in the U.S. the same weekend as "Black Panther" and it was ignored in the U.S. with only $8.2 million grossed. The only country where the film made more than $10 million is Aardman's homeland, the U.K., with $15 million.

Putnam has career-best 62 to lead Sony Open

Andrew Putnam didn't get a practice round in for the Sony Open because of a bee sting, and he apparently didn't need one. Putnam made birdie on half of his holes at Waialae and took only 23 putts for an 8-under 62 and an early four-shot lead.

"Annihilation" -- Budget: $40 million, Global gross: $43 million

It was an intelligent sci-fi tale with profound existential themes. It had an all-star female cast led by Natalie Portman. It was made by the director of "Ex Machina." And it failed to make its budget back with $32 million domestic and $10 million from China, with Paramount selling distribution rights for the rest of the world to Netflix. Maybe it will achieve "cult classic" status someday...

"The Darkest Minds" -- Budget: $34 million, Global gross: $41 million

YA novel adaptations continue to fall flat in this post-"Hunger Games" world, as this tale of superpowered teens on the run got little marketing support from Fox and fell flat after being released in August.

"The Hurricane Heist" -- Budget: $35 million, Global gross: $31 million

Some films are based on concepts the general public just has no interest in thanks to recent events. Take this disaster thriller from "The Fast and the Furious" director Rob Cohen about two brothers who are caught up in a heist to steal millions from a federal facility during a Category 5 hurricane. With hurricanes destroying entire towns in real life on an annual basis now thanks to climate change, this probably wasn't many moviegoers' idea of a fun time at the movies.

'The Upside' Poised to Become STX's First No. 1 Box Office Hit

STX/Lantern Entertainment's "The Upside" is turning out to be the first big surprise of the 2019 box office. After grossing just under $7 million on its opening day from 3,080 screens, the Bryan Cranston/Kevin Hart comedy is now projected for a $19.5 million opening, topping a fourth weekend "Aquaman" to take the top spot on the charts. If this result holds, it will be the first STX release ever to open at No. 1, and will be the second-highest opening in studio history behind "Bad Moms," which opened at No. 3 to $23.8 million in July 2016. "The Upside" wasn't even on STX's slate until five months ago, when the studio struck a distribution deal with Lantern to release the film.

"Death Wish" -- Budget: $30 million, Global gross: $48 million

Charles Bronson's 1974 revenge film may have become a cult classic, but an Eli Roth-directed, Bruce Willis-starring remake is probably not what Americans are looking for at a time when deadly shootings are an almost daily occurrence. MGM moved the release date from November 2017 to March 2018 not long after last year's Las Vegas shooting... only for it to come out three weeks after the Parkland High School massacre.

"Gotti" -- Budget: $10 million, Global gross: $4.1 million.

The ill-fated mafia biopic started development in 2010 and weathered problems such as the replacement of lead Joe Pesci with John Travolta (sparking a lawsuit), having Lionsgate drop the film two weeks before release, and getting picked up by the struggling MoviePass. The film was finally released in June to a unanimous critical drubbing. It failed to make back its budget, and MoviePass, a subscription service that pays for its users tickets, accounted for 40 percent of tickets sold.

“The Happytime Murders” — Budget: $40 million, Global gross: $27 million

Melissa McCarthy’s 2018 will be best remembered for her Oscar-contending performance in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”, which is good, because she also starred in this panned crime parody of the Muppets, which failed to make back its budget and was one of several films that struggled for distributor STX

"Solo: A Star Wars Story" -- Budget: $250 million, Global gross: $392 million

Disney broke box office records left and right this year, but it also had the most high-profile bomb of the year with this "Star Wars" anthology film that told the origins of Han Solo. Its release was preceded by a famously troubled production: original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were fired over creative differences with just under a month left in filming; they were replaced by Ron Howard; the budget inflated as roles were recast and much of the film was entirely re-shot. Upon release, "Solo" became the first "Star Wars" film ever to fail to gross $400 million worldwide. With "Episode IX" still a year away, Disney execs have said that they're taking another look at how they handle future films in this hallowed series.