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.

Sydney Sweeney’s latest indie film, Americana, has finally been theatrically released two years after it premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival. The film stars Sweeney as Penny Jo Poplin,

In fact, the studio believes "Americana" will turn an easy profit when all is said and done. We've heard the studio spin before: box office opening weekend isn't what it used to be, and these movies are designed to turn a profit while looking at the long game of putting it on PVOD and licensing it to a streamer.