The 27-year-old actress’s newest venture, “Americana,” opened in theaters this weekend, however early numbers counsel the movie is flopping onerous.

The indie crime drama, which additionally stars Halsey and Paul Walter Hauser, premiered at South by Southwest again in 2023 however solely hit U.S. theaters nationwide on Friday. Written and directed by Tony Tost, “Americana” facilities on a gaggle of outsiders in a small South Dakota city whose lives violently collide after a uncommon Lakota Ghost Shirt surfaces on the black market.

Sydney Sweeney performs Penny Jo, a wannabe nation singer caught within the chaos.

Regardless of its buzzy competition premiere, the movie hasn’t managed to attach with mainstream audiences.

Based on The Hollywood Reporter, “Americana” is projected to earn simply $850,000 from 1,100 theaters in its opening weekend, touchdown it at a disappointing sixteenth place on the field workplace. As of Saturday, the film hadn’t even cracked the highest 20 on monitoring websites Field Workplace Mojo or The Numbers.

Critics have additionally been combined, with the film presently holding a 68% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Set in opposition to the backdrop of rural South Dakota, “Americana” follows a rogues’ gallery of characters.

Among the many ensemble are colorfully drawn figures like “Lefty” Ledbetter, performed by Paul Walter Hauser, aspiring singer Mandy Starr, portrayed by Halsey, Dillon MacIntosh (Eric Dane), the enigmatic Ghost Eye (Zahn McClarnon), and Roy Lee Dean (Simon Rex). Every brings their very own agenda to the high-stakes hunt, making a gritty collision of greed, desperation, and survival.

The underwhelming debut comes on the heels of Sweeney’s American Eagle controversy earlier this 12 months.

The actress starred in a denim marketing campaign that featured the tagline “Sydney Sweeney Has Nice Denims/Genes,” a play on phrases that some critics slammed as “Nazi propaganda.” Whereas the model defended the marketing campaign as cheeky wordplay, the backlash positioned Sweeney on the heart of an uncomfortable cultural debate that continues to observe her.

Response to the advert was swift, and it rapidly turned clear that Sweeney’s politics may form how she’s acquired in Hollywood. Having registered as a Republican in Florida previous to the 2024 Presidential election, the actress instantly discovered herself on the heart of a heated cultural debate.

“Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the HOTTEST advert on the market,” he wrote, earlier than encouraging her to “go get ’em.” Trump later re-posted the message after initially misspelling her first title as “Sidney,” doubling down by including, “Being WOKE is for losers, being Republican is what you need to be.”

Nonetheless, the actress has been doing her half to hype the venture.

Simply days earlier than “Americana” hit theaters, Sweeney tried to drum up pleasure on Instagram, sharing a heartfelt publish together with her followers.

“A number of years in the past, I filmed this little film with some buddies, and now you get to satisfy Penny Jo,” she wrote, referring to her character within the movie.

However as an alternative of rallying help, the feedback part rapidly stuffed with backlash.

Many customers bypassed the film completely to deliver up the lingering controversy over her American Eagle marketing campaign and her political ties. “Good, gained’t be watching it,” one particular person wrote.

One other added, “So that you voted for Trump? The person within the Epstein recordsdata?”