Sydney Sweeney is shrugging off the dismal box office start of “ Christy ,” a biographical drama in which she portrays the trailblazing boxer Christy Martin. The R-rated film was rejected with $1.3 million , ranking as one of the worst starts ever for a movie that was released in more than 2,000 North American theaters.

“We don’t always just make art for numbers, we make it for impact,” Sweeney captioned a lengthy Instagram post. “And Christy has been the most impactful project of my life.”

Directed by David Michôd and co-starring Ben Foster, Merritt Weaver and Katy O’Brian, “Christy” chronicles Martin’s rise to fame in the ring, as well as her coach-turned-husband’s attempted murder of her. In Variety’s review , chief film critic Owen Gleiberman praised Sweeney’s transformative

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