Overview
- Christy debuted to about $1.3 million on 2,011 North American screens, ranking among the weakest wide openings on record, according to box office trackers.
- Sweeney posted on Instagram that “we don’t always just make art for numbers, we make it for impact,” calling the project the most impactful of her career.
- Directed by David Michôd and co-starring Ben Foster, Merritt Wever and Katy O’Brian, the biopic centers on Christy Martin’s pioneering boxing career and survival of severe abuse.
- Black Bear Pictures’ first theatrical release reportedly cost about $15 million, and rights sold in several overseas territories are expected to help offset domestic losses; Us Weekly cited unnamed sources claiming international sales have already recouped costs.
- Reviews have been mixed with strong praise for Sweeney’s performance, the film earned a B+ CinemaScore, and industry coverage ties the soft turnout to limited awareness, genre headwinds and debate over the actor’s recent public controversies.