Sydney Sweeney’s Crime Drama Bombs at Field Workplace Regardless of 68% RT Rating

Americana has cratered on the field workplace throughout its opening weekend. The brand new crime film was written and directed by Tony Tost (Damnation) and follows a violent confrontation in South Dakota over a worthwhile ghost shirt. It encompasses a strong ensemble solid that features Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Simon Rex, Toby Huss, Zahn McClarnon, Eric Dane, and Halsey.

Though Sydney Sweeney motion pictures are usually not assured field workplace successes (one among her most up-to-date theatrical outings was the infamous Sony’s Spider-Man Universe flop Madame Net), she continues to be comparatively contemporary off the success of the 2023 romantic comedy Anybody However You, a smash hit that grossed $220.3 million in opposition to its reported $25 million finances.

Per Selection, as of Sunday morning, Americana is projected to conclude its debut weekend by touchdown at No. 16 on the home field workplace chart with a 3-day haul of simply $500,000 from 1,110 theaters. This marks one of many worst opening weekends ever for a large launch that has opened in additional than 1,000 theaters.

The film has earned a per-screen common of simply $454 throughout its home debut. To check, the 2025 field workplace bomb Snow White debuted with a per-screen common of $10,049 whereas the infamous 2024 flop The Crow debuted with a $1,687 common.

What This Means For Americana

Total, if its $500,000 projections maintain by the top of Sunday, 2025’s Americana could have formally earned the twenty first lowest-grossing home debut of all time for a film that performed in over 1,000 theaters and was not a re-release. Beneath, see a breakdown of the Backside 10 titles on the chart:

Whereas Americana has debuted higher than some infamous bombs, equivalent to Juliet & Romeo and The Oogieloves within the Huge Balloon Journey (which is No. 17 with a $443,901 debut in 2,160 theaters), its $500,000 projections are decrease than the debuts of different notable flops, together with Delgo ($511,920 in 2,160 theaters) and Cats Do not Dance ($939,781 in 1,252 theaters).

Our Take On The Americana Debut

There might be fairly a couple of the reason why Americana has underperformed so severely, though it has a strong 68% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. One is that it arrives within the wake of Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle advert, which says that she has “nice denims” and has been accused of evoking themes of white supremacy and eugenics.

One other potential cause is that Americana was shelved for 2 years after its 2023 at SXSW, which can have led both advertisers, audiences, or each to be nervous about its high quality. Its comparatively small huge launch would appear to point some trepidation about its potential to attach with audiences, although a gross this low might hardly have been predicted.

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