Sydney Sweeney’s biographical drama Christy, in which she stars as boxer Christy Martin, opened to a dismal $1.3 million domestically despite playing in over 2,000 theaters marking one of the lowest wide-release debuts ever. Although the film received praise at festivals and holds decent critical scores, it struggled to attract audiences. Sweeney responded to the box-office bomb by emphasizing the project’s mission to highlight survival and domestic-violence awareness, stating in a Instagram post: “We don’t always just make art for numbers; we make it for impact.”