Someone would be forgiven that he didn't know about it, but Sydney Pins, one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, was in a new movie that opened at cinema at the weekend. The film in question is "American", which debuted on a solid buzz coming out of SXSW in 2023. However, only now it is hit by the big screen after being acquired by Lyonsgate at the beginning of last year. It is sad to say, more than two years after its festival debut, the film was everything, but ignored in the box office.

Debiting just over 1,100 screens, director Tony Toast "American" made only $ 500,000 on his open weekend at home after The deadline. These figures were not even reported by Lionsgate and are not available through internet databases, such as my box office or numbers. In other words, the film is pretty dead on arrival and will have to make the lion's part of its money on VOD and streaming. Emi-winner Paul Walter Hauser Even the stars along with the swine in the film, making a very cast. So what went wrong?

"American" follows Penny Jo (Svinius), a shy waitress with big dreams of a small town and leftist (hazer), a lonely local veteran, as the couple teamed up to provide a precious artifact - in the form of a lifeline spirit - they hope to use their lives. However, the two end up attracting the attention of the relentless criminal (Eric Dane) and his superior (Simon Rex), as well as the indigenous American gang leader (Zan McClarn) and a woman on the run.

After all, "American" didn't even invest it in the top 10th weekend. The only big, new match was "Nobody 2", who debuted with $ 9.2 million in number three, putting it behind Frecker Friday in the second and "weapons" (which once again won the weekend crown, earning $ 25 million. But none of it suggests that there was no room for "America". Sweeney is the starvet that sold soap made from its own bath waterCreating a feverish demand online. Someone would think that that kind of drawing power would be translated into a few more tickets sold. Then, again, Lionsgate was, by design, very conservative with the marketing consumed. So, much of this can only raise awareness.