Sydney Sweeney\u2019s Christy brought in a devastating $600,000 from 2,184 screens, opening with a grim #10. Slow burn queen? Not a million, in fact, not even close to a million. The film was billed as a crucial test stage for proving Sweeney\u2019s abilities, showcasing her talents. It seems like audiences had other intentions.<\/p>\n
Christy and The Smashing Machine Comparisons<\/strong><\/p>\n In the other corner, there\u2019s Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson\u2019s The Smashing Machine, another heavy-hitting biographical sports drama that launched to a thunderous $2.7 million box office opening day, fully four times what Christy opened with. That makes Sweeney\u2019s box office effort a staggering 78 percent lower.<\/p>\n Is it star power? Budget? Or did they want to watch The Rock smash skulls rather than watch Sydney Sweeney shake off verbal abuse and uppercuts? Regardless, The Smashing Machine swung hard, whereas Christy barely raised an eyebrow.<\/p>\n Critics are obsessed. However, viewers are no-shows.<\/p>\n The film traces Martin\u2019s breathtaking ascension to fame in the 1990s as she becomes a household name in America\u2019s female boxers and her nightmarish escape in 2010 when her trainer-turned-husband tries to unleash a fatal attack upon her. It\u2019s emotive, explosive, and triumphal trailer-tempting stuff.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe the marketing was bad. Maybe people just aren\u2019t ready to see euphoria sweetheart\u2019s face smeared with blood instead of rhinestones. Or perhaps it\u2019s because \u2018it looks like a commercial for Gatorade with trauma,\u2019 as one hysterical tweeter pointed out.\u201d<\/p>\n Can Awards Season Perform CPR?<\/strong><\/p>\n Although the initial release is quite limp, Christy remains hopeful like a boxer who refuses to throw in the towel. Rumors emerging involving the awards season could inject some life into this film. Rumors are that Sweeney has a chance to receive nominations for putting her body and soul into this project.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, The Smashing Machine hopes that film critics will be willing to forgive its commercial weaknesses, as sources indicate it\u2019s already counting its losses. Christy has something smashing, doesn\u2019t she? It receives pre-Oscar buzz for its star. With a significant win at the Academy Awards, Smashing could go the Hurt Locker route.<\/p>\n Slow burn queen? We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n The Girl Can Act, But Will They Watch?<\/strong><\/p>\n Christy may ultimately go down in history as that Hollywood conundrum: the film that proves Sydney Sweeney is the real thing, but can\u2019t quite open a film that was greenlit exclusively because she\u2019s in it yet.<\/p>\n She\u2019s conquered streaming. She\u2019s conquered fashion. She\u2019s turned interviews into viral sensations. But box office supremacy? That\u2019s a whole other ball game.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, Christy currently holds a beautifully messy status within Hollywood itself, which represents a \u2018be the moment\u2019 and \u2018flop\u2019 position simultaneously. Christy, which features actors Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, and Katy O\u2019Brien, was theatrically released on 7th November through Black Bear Pictures.<\/p>\n The post Sydney Sweeney\u2019s \u2018CHRISTY\u2019 Suffers One of the Worst Wide Openings in History<\/a> appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & More<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney\u2019s Christy brought in a devastating $600,000 from 2,184 screens, opening with a grim #10. 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