"Calibrated around a transformative performance by star-producer Sydney Sweeney - who dims her bombshell affect beneath a series of bad wigs, 30 pounds of added muscle, and a blood-and-guts glow-down to conjure pioneering Hall of Fame pugilist-toughwoman Christy Martin - the crowd-pleasing $15 million drama arrived at TIFF as one of the fest's buzziest acquisition titles (i.e., one looking for domestic and international distribution deals)."
"Out of Toronto, the film's production company and financier, Black Bear, announced it had effectively sold Christy to itself as the inaugural feature for the company's newly established distribution arm. And Black Bear (behind such films as the Best Picture-nominated WWII biographical drama The Imitation Game and 2023's acclaimed Annette Bening swimming biopic ) picked a November 7 rollout in the heart of Oscars season on 2,011 screens across the U.S. and Canada."
Christy premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September as a heavily anticipated boxing biopic. The film centers on a transformative performance by star-producer Sydney Sweeney, who added muscle, wigs, and a stark physical change to portray Hall of Fame pugilist Christy Martin. The $15 million drama was shot on a modest budget by Australian filmmaker David Michôd and joined a lineage of award-minded star vehicles featuring actresses 'uglying up.' Black Bear acquired distribution rights and scheduled a wide November 7 release on 2,011 North American screens during awards season. The R-rated rise-fall-redemption drama suffered a shocking first-weekend knockdown.
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