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\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d grossed another $5 million at the domestic box office over the weekend, according to early estimates reported by the Hollywood<\/a> trade publications<\/a>, pushing Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s ping pong drama over the $80 million mark, making it indie distributor A24’s most successful film in North American theaters to date.<\/p>\n Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s ping pong drama has become indie distributor A24\u2019s biggest hit domestically, surpassing \u201cEverything Everywhere All At Once.\u201d<\/p>\n AFP via Getty ImagesKey Facts<\/p>\n \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d grossed an estimated $5.4 million gross over the traditional weekend, overtaking A24\u2019s previous highest grossing movie in total domestic box office sales.<\/p>\n \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d 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.<\/p>\n The film is expected to keep generating buzz through awards season, and has already netted a Golden Globe for \u201cBest Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture \u2013 Musical or Comedy\u201d for Chalamet\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d opened over the Christmas holiday weekend, initially grossing $27 million over that holiday weekend after weeks of a viral publicity campaign<\/a> spearheaded by Chalamet.<\/p>\n How Does Marty Supreme Compare To Other A24 Movies?<\/p>\n \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d has now surpassed A24\u2019s previous highest grossing movie, the 2022 Best Picture winner \u201cEverything Everywhere All At Once,\u201d 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\u2019s unclear if it will be as big of a hit internationally. \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d had only grossed $13.9 million at overseas theaters before this weekend.<\/p>\n How Did Other Movies Fare This Weekend?<\/p>\n \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d 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\u2019s \u201cAvatar\u201d series has now grossed over $367 million at domestic theaters. Only one major new release was scheduled for this weekend\u2014\u201c28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,\u201d the fourth installment in the zombie horror franchise following last year\u2019s \u201c28 Years Later.\u201d The follow-up underperformed its $20 million-$22 million expectations, as reported by Variety<\/a>, grossing only about $13 million over the traditional weekend and failing to surpass the still dominant \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash.\u201d It\u2019s expected to gross about $2 million more over Martin Luther King Jr. Day, for a four-day total of $15 million. Last year\u2019s \u201c28 Years Later,\u201d 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\u2014Disney\u2019s \u201dZootopia 2,\u201d which grossed about $8.7 million, and \u201cThe Housemaid,\u201d which continued its theatrical run to gross $8.5 million.<\/p>\n Further ReadingForbes\u2018Avatar\u2019 And \u2018Marty Supreme\u2019 Lead Best Post-Covid Christmas Day Box OfficeBy Conor Murray<\/a>ForbesWhy Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s Controversial \u2018Marty Supreme\u2019 Rollout Is What Hollywood NeedsBy Olivia Shalhoup<\/a>Forbes\u2018Avatar: Fire And Ash\u2019 Dominates Box Office Over Christmas Weekend, Posting $88 MillionBy Zachary Folk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d grossed another $5 million at the domestic box office over the weekend, according to early…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[36317,7214,96,59,106692,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-377816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-a24","tag-box-office","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-marty-supreme","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}