Sydney Sweeney Defends Historic ‘Christy’ Box Office Flop: ‘We Don’t Always Just Make Art for Numbers’

“Christy” took a beating at the box office after it debuted to just $1.3 million across more than 2,000 theaters this weekend. But Sydney Sweeney is standing by the film, saying its true value lies in its message of strength and survival, not its financial tally.

“We don’t always just make art for numbers; we make it for impact,” Sweeney wrote in a Monday Instagram post. “And ‘Christy’ has been the most impactful project of my life.”

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“Christy,” directed by David Michôd, stars Sweeney as Christy Martin, who rose to fame in the ’90s as the first female…