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She could be one of the crucial talked-about stars on the planet.
However thus far, Sydney Sweeney’s recognition on social media has but to translate to field workplace bucks.
Simply weeks after her movie Americana failed to seek out an viewers, Christy — Sydney’s much-hyped biopic concerning the boxer Christy Martin — has grow to be one of many greatest flops within the historical past of the movie business.
Sydney Sweeney attends Selection’s 2025 Energy of Girls at The Beverly Hills Lodge on October 29, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photograph by Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Photos)
‘Christy’ will get knocked out on the field workplace
Regardless of respectable opinions and a continuous advertising and marketing assault that included Sydney sitting with Christy on the World Sequence, the movie earned simply $1.3 million in its opening weekend.
It opened on greater than 2,000 screens, and in response to Field Workplace Mojo, that makes for one of many high ten worst openings of all time.
The movie holds a 67 p.c on Rotten Tomatoes, which signifies principally optimistic opinions.
And sports activities dramas sometimes carry out properly. So what’s the deal right here? And does the failure of Christy have something to do with Sydney’s public picture?
Sydney Sweeney poses for a portrait on the twenty eighth SCAD Savannah Movie Competition on October 27, 2025 in Savannah, Georgia. (Photograph by Emma McIntyre/Getty Photos for SCAD)
Sydney Sweeney’s 12 months of controversy
As you’re most likely conscious, Sydney has been on the heart of quite a few controversies this 12 months.
Most lately, Sydney’s American Eagle advert marketing campaign was criticized for alleged racial insensitivity.
That controversy reared its head once more final week, when Sweeney declined to clear the air throughout an interview with GQ.
Each actor stars within the occasional flop, however the failure of Christy might be notably painful for Sydney, because the movie was a ardour venture that she promoted tirelessly.
“I walked onto set every day surrounded by a crew that poured their hearts and souls into this story,” she wrote in an Instagram put up over the weekend, including:
Sydney Sweeney attends Selection’s 2025 Energy of Girls at The Beverly Hills Lodge on October 29, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photograph by Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Photos)
“I fought alongside a bunch of girls who turned my household. We skilled more durable than we ever thought we might then would find yourself singing our hearts out on the ring ground.
“Christy Martin impressed all of us to step into our energy. Her story made us combat more durable for ourselves and for each lady who has ever been silenced.
“This film was painful, joyful, resilient, beautiful, it was everything. Thank you David for believing in me. i will never forget the way it changed me.”
Sydney absolutely stays pleased with the work she put in — however the reality is, this movie is prone to be rapidly forgotten.
