Billionaire Boys Club isn't living up to its name.
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Vertical Entertainment's crime drama starring Kevin Spacey, Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton, and Emma Roberts picked up only $US618 ($A845) when it debuted in 11 theatres across the United States.
It reportedly launched with a disastrous $US126 on Friday.
Allegations that Spacey sexually abused multiple people didn't help matters.
Billionaire Boys Club played in various smaller cities, including the San Francisco area, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Detroit, New Orleans, the Hartford/New Haven area, Miami and Sarasota, Florida.
James Cox directed the film, which is based on the real-life Billionaire Boys Club that was active in Southern California in the '80s - their get-rich-quick ponzi scheme collapsed in spectacularly bloody fashion.
The film was first released through video on demand on July 17, which likely further depressed box office.
Earlier this summer following the Spacey allegations Vertical Entertainment put out a statement defending its decision to release the film.
It read, "We hope these distressing allegations pertaining to one person's behaviour - that were not publicly known when the film was made almost two-and-a-half years ago and from someone who has a small, supporting role in Billionaire Boys Club - does not tarnish the release of the film."
Billionaire Boys Club marks one of the first times that someone accused of sexual harassment has had a starring role in a theatrical release.
After Spacey was first accused of sexual harassment by Anthony Rapp, he was fired from the final season of Netflix's House of Cards.
He was intended to appear in Ridley Scott's film All the Money in the World, though once allegations surfaced, his scenes were cut and Christopher Plummer replaced him in reshoots.
Plummer went on to earn an Oscar nomination for his work, though the film lost money at the box office.
Australian Associated Press
