Sydney Sweeney’s box office success won’t matter until she stops fighting her online persona
By Joshua Taylor | Published
As Sydney Sweeney’s online profile grew, so did complaints about her inability to deliver at the box office. Her critics happily point out that most of her movies don’t really make any money, and then use this to make it look like her stardom is fake, or that her looks aren’t actually attractive to men.
This is the most delusional thought anyone could have. That’s like saying Anna Nicole Smith isn’t really famous because she doesn’t get starring roles The Matrix. Or like claiming that no one actually thinks Charlize Theron is attractive because they didn’t buy their tickets to see her turn into an ugly freak. monster.
Sydney Sweeney movie ignores the roots of her popularity
Sydney Sweeney’s internet popularity stems from two very simple factors. First, she is extremely charismatic and is willing to unashamedly flaunt her material possessions for her audience to appreciate. Second, she is not an out-of-touch activist expressing statistically unpopular, politically biased views.
Her popularity could easily translate into box office revenue, but for some reason, Sweeney didn’t choose to capitalize on it. Instead, she just made a movie based on a book, maidThe show is notoriously popular only with women and co-stars a man who spends a lot of time on the press tour promoting political ideology.
forward maidSweeney called on the flop Christiein which she played a tired, unattractive, sweaty boxer. The poster made her look disgusting, and the trailer for the movie even more so.
Sydney Sweeney is loved by people for her beautiful appearance. So it should come as no surprise to her, or anyone else, that no one who likes her would pay to see Sydney star in a movie in which she’s deliberately unattractive.
‘The Maid’ takes half a step in the right direction
maid It was the first Sweeney film to do well at the box office. That’s probably no coincidence, as this is also Sweeney’s first recent film to lean into her appeal rather than distance herself from it.
The last movie she starred in was the Netflix streaming-exclusive romantic comedy Optimizing Her Looks anyone but you. However, the ad was released more than a year after her popularity soared with those successful jeans ads.
The real test of Sydney Sweeney’s popularity will only come when she finally does something that’s entirely consistent with her online persona and isn’t a spitball. That meant making a film that would appeal to men, make her attractive, and not get bogged down by the unpopular politics of the film or her co-stars.
Barbara is the real test
The ideal test of Sydney Sweeney’s stardom is movies like this Barbarella. She has long been a fan of a Space Babe movie remake. If the plan comes to fruition within the next year or two, box office performance is expected to keep pace with the popularity of scantily clad Sydney Sweeney red carpet photos shared online.
until we get Barbarellaor something like that, everything Sidney Sweeney does tells us, except that she’s not smart enough to capitalize on her popularity.
