Americana has debuted with a document low on the home field workplace. The brand new crime film was written and directed by Tony Tost (Damnation) and follows a violent confrontation in South Dakota over a helpful ghost shirt. It incorporates a sturdy ensemble solid that features Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Simon Rex, Toby Huss, Zahn McClarnon, Eric Dane, and Halsey.
Though Sydney Sweeney films should not assured field workplace successes (one in every of her most up-to-date theatrical outings was the infamous Sony’s Spider-Man Universe flop Madame Internet), she continues to be comparatively recent 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 funds.
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 lowest opening weekends ever for a large launch that has opened in additional than 1,000 theaters.
It is a important drop from Americana’s unique debut projections as of Saturday, which anticipated an $840,000 debut. The film has earned a per-screen common of simply $450 throughout its home debut. To match, 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
Paul Walter Hauser as Lefty Ledbetter displaying Sydney Sweeney as Penny Jo Poplin easy methods to play darts in Americana
General, if its $500,000 projections maintain by the tip of Sunday, 2025’s Americana can 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. Under, see a breakdown of the Backside 10 titles on the chart:
Title
Theaters
Home Debut
Name Jane (2022)
1,068
$244,469
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour (2007)
1,121
$250,000
Transylmania (2009)
1,007
$263,941
Juliet & Romeo (2025)
1,350
$289.489
Nationwide Champions (2021)
1,197
$301,028
Creature (2011)
1,507
$327,000
Sweetwater (2023)
1,204
$351,010
Wealthy Lady (1991)
1,058
$368,056
Weekend in Taipei (2024)
1,024
$380,057
Vanguard (2020)
1,375
$280,428
Whereas Americana has debuted higher than some infamous bombs, reminiscent of Juliet & Romeo and The Oogieloves within the Large 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).
Nonetheless, this doesn’t imply that Americana is a flop in and of itself. Lionsgate is distributing the film within the U.S., and that firm sometimes doesn’t depend on theatrical earnings, both by overlaying their prices with worldwide pre-sales, buying titles from manufacturing firms at low prices, or different strategies.
Regardless, as is an increasing number of ceaselessly the case within the fashionable period, a film’s VOD and streaming efficiency might be far more vital in affecting its general profitability than its theatrical field workplace.
Our Take On The Americana Debut
Sydney Sweeney as Penny Jo taking part in the guitar in Americana
There may very well be fairly just a few explanation why Americana has debuted at such a low, regardless that it has a stable 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 “great jeans” and has been accused of evoking themes of white supremacy and eugenics.
One other potential motive is that Americana’s home launch comes greater than two full years after its 2023 premiere at SXSW, which can have led to a lower in general viewers consciousness of the mission after its preliminary bow.
Signal Up
Americana
Launch Date
August 15, 2025
Runtime
110 minutes
Director
Tony Tost
