Overview
- The Academy recognized the A24 release in major races including best picture, best director (Josh Safdie), original screenplay, cinematography (Darius Khondji), editing, production design, costume design, and the new best casting category.
- Timothée Chalamet earned a best actor nomination and became the youngest male actor with three best actor nods, while also becoming the youngest ever double nominee for acting and producing in the same year.
- Chalamet’s campaign is buoyed by recent wins at the Golden Globes (best actor, musical or comedy) and Critics Choice, reinforcing his frontrunner status.
- Box office momentum continues, with the film at $99.6 million worldwide after four weeks in theaters and an IMAX expansion set for January 30.
- Critics hail Chalamet’s turn as a career peak in Josh Safdie’s frenetic, nontraditional sports fable, which uses table tennis as metaphor rather than conventional biopic beats; Oscar voting runs Feb. 26–Mar. 5 with the ceremony on Mar. 15.