The crime-heist film first premiered at SXSW 2023 and took more than two years to reach theaters, despite being well-received by critics. For searchers tracking Sydney Sweeney at the box office, those figures set a low bar compared to other new and holdover releases.

Whenever a movie with a notable star gets a lower-end wide release in just over 1,000 theaters, and said title doesn’t post a big result, it’s easy to write that it’s a bomb. Read, we once declared that Neon’s Matthew McConaughey Beach Bum was the star’s lowest opening for a wide release at $1.

Meanwhile, Sydney Sweeney’s latest 2025 movie release Americana failed to crack the top twenty, earning just $500K in its opening weekend. That led many to label it a “bomb,” but the reality behind its box office tells a different story.