Sydney Sweeney's Christy registers the 9th worst box office opening ever, earns just $600 per theatre

Sydney Sweeney-starrer Christy has fallen flat at the box office, earning just $1.3 million in its opening weekend across North America.

Updated on: Nov 11, 2025, 12:31:02 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Actor Sydney Sweeney's disappointing run at the box office continues. Her latest release, Christy, a biopic of boxing champion Christy Martin, has fallen flat at the box office, registering one of the worst openings for a wide release in Hollywood history.

Sydney Sweeney plays boxer Christy Martin in her biopic, Christy.

Christy is a box office bomb

Christy, directed by David Michôd, released in theatres this weekend on 7 November. According to Box Office Mojo, the film had a wide release in 2184 screens across North America. However, it managed to earn just $1.31 million in its opening weekend, resulting in an average of $600 per theatre over three days.

This is one of the lowest openings for a wide release in North America. Box Office Mojo's list puts Christy in the bottom 10 of all-time openings (excluding re-releases), with many pandemic-era releases faring better. The worst opening for a wide-release film was The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure, which earned just $444K in its opening weekend in 2012.

Internationally, too, Christy has not fared much better, earning just $39K outside North America. Its total worldwide gross after three days is a dismal $1.35 million. With a reported budget of over $15 million, Christy seems to be headed for losses at the box office.

All about Christy

Based on the life and death of boxer Christy Martin, Christy saw Sydney undergo a physical transformation, gaining considerable mass and muscle. The film also stars Ben Foster, Merritt Weaver, Katy O'Brian, Ethan Embry, and Chad L. Coleman.

Sydney Sweeney's torrid box office run

Christy is the fourth successive box office bomb starring Sydney. Before this, her film Eden earned $2.5 million on a $55 million budget. Immaculate and Madame Web also failed to reach their respective break-even points, as per reports. Sydney will be seen next in The Housemaid, a psychological thriller film directed by Paul Feig. It will release on 19 December.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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