New Keanu Reeves Movie Makes Just £88

It’s been a tough opening weekend for Keanu Reeves…

According to official UK box office statistics via BFI, ‘The Matrix’ star’s latest movie ‘Exposed’ racked up a paltry £88 at the box office in its opening weekend.

And that makes it the biggest bomb of Keanu’s career.

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Appearing in cinemas since 26 February, ‘Exposed’ stars Keanu Reeves as Detective Scott Galban – a police detective investing his partner’s death, while a young Latina woman (who is played by Ana de Armas) experiences strange things after witnessing a miracle.

And it sounds as though the film has been plagued with problems.

The original story of ‘Exposed’ was more of a surreal bi-lingual drama, reminiscent of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ and ‘Irreversible’. But Lionsgate Studios thought they had bought a Keanu Reeves cop-thriller… and made adjustments to the movie to make it far more mainstream.

During the editing process, Lionsgate shifted the focus onto Keanu’s detective… resulting in a more generic crime-thriller than was originally intended.

And the film’s dual release in cinemas as well as video-on-demand couldn’t have helped.

But was the film’s box office failure a cinematic misfire or a lack of marketing?

Either way, it was Keanu Reeves’s worse performing film of all time… and when you compare it to some of his highest-grossing movies, they really couldn’t be further apart.

Here’s a list of his top five grossing films:

The Matrix Reloaded: $742 million
The Matrix: $463 million
The Matrix Revolutions: $427 million
Speed: $350 million
Something’s Gotta Give: $266 million

Still, at least there’s one consolation – ‘Exposed’ wasn’t the biggest flop on that weekend. ‘The Benefactor’ starring Richard Gere managed to rake in a pathetic £25, despite a rather heavyweight cast featuring Theo James, Dakota Fanning and Clarke Peters.

Let’s just hope ‘John Wick 2’ does a little better.

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