Timothée Chalamet Movie ‘Marty Supreme’ Breaks Box Office Record

Monster of the independent movie scene, A24, is now celebrating its highest-grossing release, ever, with Marty Supreme. Boosted by a never-better Timothée Chalamet in the lead, who returns as the messianic Paul Atreides in Dune: Part Three this December, the comedy-drama directed by Josh Safdie follows a table tennis prodigy in the 1950s, who screws over anyone he can to make it to the top of his sport. In light of the latest global box office results, it’s been confirmed that Marty Supreme has surpassed 2022’s Everything Everywhere All at Once (for a second time) as A24’s biggest earner with $147 million internationally.

Prior to this impressive performance, Everything Everywhere All at Once sat at the summit of the mountain with $142m worldwide, followed by Civil War‘s $127m. But the acclaimed story of whizkid Marty Mauser is far from done when it comes to generating cash, because the major Chinese market hasn’t had its say on the box office data just yet. Marty Supreme is still awaiting its theatrical release over there, and considering China is the longstanding power nation in competitive table tennis — winning all possible gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, and 2008 Beijing Olympics — it’s hard to argue against at least another $100m flying into A24’s pocket.

Also starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Shark Tank favorite Kevin O’Leary, the movie recently won Chalamet his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, beating Leonardo DiCaprio (for One Battle After Another), George Clooney (Jay Kelly), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Jesse Plemons (Bugonia), and Lee Byung-hun (No Other Choice) to the honor.

Can ‘Marty Supreme’ Dominate the Oscars?

Timothée Chalamet holding a ping pong bat as Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme

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At the 98th Academy Awards, which are set to unfold on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Marty Supreme is nominated across nine categories in total. They are: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, and Best Production Design. Considering he’s already nabbed the Golden Globe, historically speaking, Chalamet is the frontrunner to collect a golden statuette on that upcoming night.

As for the movie’s chances amongst its other category rivals, the best hope probably lies with co-screenwriters Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, whose strongest challenge arguably comes from the Sentimental Value (Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier) or Sinners (Ryan Coogler) teams. Although Darius Khonji’s cinematography is typically stellar, it’s hard to look past Michael Bauman (One Battle After Another); his climactic twisting desert road sequence is worthy of the win alone. But at the end of the day, even one victory is worth shouting about.