Sydney Sweeney’s New Sports Biopic Sets Box Office Record With Worst Week 2 Drop Of All Time

Christy broke a disappointing record at the domestic box office during its sophomore weekend. The sports biopic, which stars Sydney Sweeney as boxer Christy Martin, debuted with a 3-day domestic gross of $1.3 million, becoming the Anyone But You star’s third 2025 movie in a row to open below $2 million. Christy reviews have been mixed to positive, earning the movie a Rotten Tomatoes score of 67%.

Per Box Office Mojo, Christy took in a 3-day total of just $108,487 at the domestic box office during its sophomore weekend. This marks a staggering week-on-week drop of 91.7%, which is the biggest week 2 drop of all time, as measured by BOM. It has beaten the record previously set by the 2017 Nicholas Hoult action thriller Collide, which dropped 88.5% in its sophomore weekend.

Part of this number can be accounted for by the fact that Christy played in 2,184 during its debut weekend, but only 817 the following weekend. However, the movie’s per-screen average also plummeted from $600 to $132, indicating that considerably fewer people were buying tickets to see the movie even in the theaters where it was still playing.

Christy did have to face off against major IP titles during its sophomore weekend, as both Now You See Me: Now You Don’t and The Running Man debuted during that frame. However, neither movie debuted higher than $25 million, indicating that numbers were slumping across the board without a major winner among the bunch.

Christy continues a recent trend of underperformance for Sydney Sweeney movies after her $55 million survival thriller Eden, which dropped 86.6% during its own sophomore weekend, a number that placed it in the Bottom 10 week 2 drops of all time.

These titles could have been affected by recent controversies for Sweeney, most notably an American Eagle ad campaign that included the phrase “great jeans” and was widely accused of using pro-eugenics language. However, the lukewarm box office for Christy and her 2025 neo-Western Americana is not necessarily surprising, as neither movie was intended to be a major tentpole.

In fact, Christy reportedly only cost $15 million, likely placing its estimated break-even point somewhere between $30 and $37.5 million. While it seems unlikely to hit that milestone in theaters, if it earns Sweeney major acting nominations during awards season, it could make up in buzz what it lacked in commercial prospects.

The true test of Sydney Sweeney’s box office power could be the upcoming The Housemaid, a Paul Feig thriller that is adapted from the bestselling Freida McFadden novel of the same name. The December 19 release, which also stars Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar, may prove to be a solid return on investment.

Box Office Theory currently projects that The Housemaid will debut with more than $15 million opposite the anticipated blockbuster Avatar: Fire and Ash, which is a total that could set it up for slow-and-steady success over the tail end of the holiday movie season. While this sophomore weekend drop is a dismal record for Christy, Sweeney is already on a path toward swift box office redemption.

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