Breaking News‘Marty Supreme’ Becomes A24’s Biggest Domestic Box Office Hit

ByZachary Folk,

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“Marty Supreme” grossed another $5 million at the domestic box office over the weekend, according to early estimates reported by the Hollywood trade publications, pushing Timothée Chalamet’s ping pong drama over the $80 million mark, making it indie distributor A24's most successful film in North American theaters to date.

Timothée Chalamet’s ping pong drama has become indie distributor A24’s biggest hit domestically, surpassing “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”AFP via Getty ImagesKey Facts

“Marty Supreme” grossed an estimated $5.4 million gross over the traditional weekend, overtaking A24’s previous highest grossing movie in total domestic box office sales.

“Marty Supreme” had a reported production budget of $60 million-$70 million, but the film will need to continue attracting audiences to make a profit as theaters typically take about half of ticket sales.

The film is expected to keep generating buzz through awards season, and has already netted a Golden Globe for “Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy” for Chalamet’s performance.

The film is also expected to gross another $1.2 million on Monday over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday, for a total of $6.6 million over the long holiday weekend.

“Marty Supreme” opened over the Christmas holiday weekend, initially grossing $27 million over that holiday weekend after weeks of a viral publicity campaign spearheaded by Chalamet.

“Marty Supreme” has now surpassed A24’s previous highest grossing movie, the 2022 Best Picture winner “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” which grossed $77 million at domestic theaters and $142.8 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo data. Although the Josh Safdie-directed ping pong drama has surpassed the film at the domestic box office, it’s unclear if it will be as big of a hit internationally. “Marty Supreme” had only grossed $13.9 million at overseas theaters before this weekend.

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” continued to dominate the box office over the weekend, grossing another $13.3 million for its fifth week leading box office sales. The third installment of James Cameron’s “Avatar” series has now grossed over $367 million at domestic theaters. Only one major new release was scheduled for this weekend—“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” the fourth installment in the zombie horror franchise following last year’s “28 Years Later.” The follow-up underperformed its $20 million-$22 million expectations, as reported by Variety, grossing only about $13 million over the traditional weekend and failing to surpass the still dominant “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” It’s expected to gross about $2 million more over Martin Luther King Jr. Day, for a four-day total of $15 million. Last year’s “28 Years Later,” the first new film in the franchise in about 18 years, opened with $30 million at North American theaters. The third and fourth place slots went to two other holdover hits—Disney’s ”Zootopia 2,” which grossed about $8.7 million, and “The Housemaid,” which continued its theatrical run to gross $8.5 million.