Sydney Sweeney’s boxing biopic, Christy, has bombed catastrophically at the box office, earning a dismal $1.31 million across 2,184 North American theaters and joining the bottom ranks of wide-release openings in Hollywood history.
November 11, 2025: The box office woes for actor Sydney Sweeney have deepened dramatically, with her latest film, the biopic Christy, crashing and burning in its opening weekend.
The film, which stars Sweeney as trailblazing boxer Christy Martin, premiered on November 7 and managed to gross a mere $1.31 million across 2,184 screens in North America. The stunningly low figure translates to a per-theater average of just $600 over three days, placing it among the most financially disastrous wide releases in modern box office history.
Ranking Among All-Time Lows
According to data from Box Office Mojo, Christy ranks in the bottom 10—some reports place it as the 9th or 10th worst—of all-time opening weekends for films released in over 2,000 theaters, excluding re-releases. The performance is even weaker than many titles released during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Compared to the film’s reported budget, which sources estimate to be between $15 million and $40 million, Christy is heading for significant financial losses. The international performance mirrored the domestic struggle, with only an additional $39,000 earned outside North America.
Sweeney Defends the ‘Impact’
The disappointing result marks the continuation of a box office cold streak for Sweeney. It follows the poor commercial reception of her recent projects, including the survival thriller Eden (which earned approximately $2.7 million globally on a reported $35-$55 million budget) and the critically divisive Immaculate and Madame Web earlier in the year.
Sweeney, who underwent a dramatic physical transformation to portray the titular boxer who survived a domestic violence attempt on her life, addressed the box office failure on social media.
Sydney Sweeney (on Instagram): “We don’t always just make art for numbers, we make it for impact. And ‘Christy’ has been the most impactful project of my life… If Christy gave even one woman the courage to take her first step toward safety, then we will have succeeded.”
Directed by David Michôd and co-starring Ben Foster and Merritt Weaver, Christy debuted to a mixed critical response but received a strong B+ CinemaScore from audiences, suggesting those who did attend appreciated the film.
Sweeney’s next attempt at box office success will be the psychological thriller The Housemaid, slated for a December 19 release.