Overview
- The film generated $28.3 million over its five-day Christmas opening, including $27 million across the four-day frame, ranking as A24’s second-biggest debut to date.
- Industry trackers cite a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score and strong word-of-mouth, positioning the $60–70 million production for sustained play into the new year.
- Variety notes it as Chalamet’s third straight Christmas-season box office win, with Marty Supreme opening behind Avatar: Fire and Ash and Zootopia 2 yet leading new releases.
- Timothée Chalamet trained for years, performed the table‑tennis sequences himself, and worked with coach Diego Schaff to replicate 1950s technique without a body double.
- Josh Safdie emphasized on-camera authenticity with heavy prescription lens combinations, facial prosthetics by Michael Fontaine, and period-specific costume work led by Miyako Bellizzi, while the story remains a fictionalized take loosely inspired by Marty Reisman.