Overview
- Domestic ticket sales reached $28.3 million through Sunday of the Christmas launch, widely reported as A24’s No. 2 opening with some tallies calling it the studio’s biggest four-day debut.
- The film placed third for the traditional weekend in North America, finishing behind Avatar: Fire and Ash and Zootopia 2.
- Critical response remains robust with a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score and a B+ CinemaScore, fueling expectations for legs through the holiday corridor.
- Timothée Chalamet trained extensively and performed the table-tennis sequences using period-specific technique, earning praise from coach Diego Schaaf.
- Director Josh Safdie heightened on-screen authenticity with +10 contact lenses paired with −10 prescription glasses to impair vision and facial prosthetics, as A24’s youth-focused rollout helped drive turnout.