Sydney Sweeney controversy impacted "Americana" movie with $500,000 opening weekend as co-star Halsey urges audiences to separate film from ad backlash.

Controversy around Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad continues to spark discourse among fans, and her Americana co-star has now weighed in. While some critics linked the ad’s “great jeans” tagline to problematic eugenics language,

The film's disappointing opening has inspired debate over whether it could be categorized as a box office bomb.