Sydney Sweeney’s latest offering, Christy, was unfortunately a washout during its debut weekend.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the David Michôd-helmed film didn’t make it to the top 10 at the box office. It opened with $1.3 million across 2,011 theaters, and now ranks in the top 10 worst openings for a new release with over 2,000 screens, averaging $673 per theater. For reference, the 2012 children’s film The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure tops that list, earning a measly $443,901 in opening weekend.
Critics reportedly thought highly of Sweeney’s performance, even if they had problems with the movie itself, with Christy receiving a score of 67 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sweeney stars as Christy Martin in the film, who became the winner of the first women’s boxing pay-per-view main event in the 90s, and is viewed as the first true woman superstar in the sport. Years later, in 2010, her former coach-turned-abusive-husband attempted to murder her, which she survived.
On Monday, despite reviews, Sweeney took to Instagram to share her feelings on the film.
“I am so deeply proud of this movie,” she wrote in part. “Proud of the film David made. Proud of the story we told. proud to represent someone as strong and resilient as Christy Martin. This experience has been one of the greatest honors of my life.”
She added, “This film stands for survival, courage, and hope. Through our campaigns, we’ve helped raise awareness for so many affected by domestic violence. We all signed on to this film with the belief that Christy’s story could save lives.”
Christy is the first film distributed in the US by Black Bear Pictures, which previously produced The Imitation Game, Mudbound, and Sing Sing. The production studio also handled distribution for the UK release of films Dumb Money and Conclave.
