Timothée Chalamet has emerged as the best among the elite pool of actors of his generation who have been successful at the box office. On the 18th of January, 2026, a public announcement made by A24 stated that Marty Supreme, directed by Josh Safdie, had a box office collection of $80.8 million at the North American box office. This is a record that the production house has set so far. It has beaten the record set by Everything Everywhere All at Once by $77.1 million in 2022.
It is a rather important moment in time for Chalamet as well as the idea of original and mature films in general. It does not appear to be the best possible opening, and, to be blunt, in relation to the subject matter of ping pong in the 1950s, Marty Supreme has itself become something of a phenomenon in terms of talent and marketing.
Oscar talk meets opening weekend muscle
Marty Supreme is a financial risk of $70 million to A24, which is their biggest risk until now, and it appears as though they have every right to feel as confident as they do about this film. Opening with $27 million over Christmas 2025, Marty Supreme defied all expectations to stay under 30% every week of January, which is extremely rare for any film, never mind a non-series one.
It has accumulated a total of 80 million dollars at the box office in only 32 days. This movie is leading in the current season of awards because it has surpassed Civil War, as well as A Complete Unknown. Although the domestic box office is slowly decelerating, the international box office is in its developmental phase. The current amount in the international box office is 97 million dollars. This will be equal to Everything Everywhere All at Once in Marty Supreme, which is currently at 142 million dollars.
This is happening at a time when he is also doing well in awards ceremonies. The Best Actor Award in the Golden Globe Awards and Critics Choice Awards went to Chalamet, and he is soon going to receive his third Oscar nomination. This is what is expected to happen this week.
His performance as the explosive and hardworking ping-pong whiz Marty Mauser is deemed ‘a career-best masterclass performance’ in Variety Magazine, thus creating and developing this weird blend of success and popularity. This is followed by his explosive and hustling performance as ping pong whiz Marty Mauser, which is decreed as a career-best masterclass performance by Variety Magazine, thereby establishing, creating,
This is largely due to the actor himself, Chalamet. Rather than a standard press conference, the lead star of the movie decided to indulge in a wildly frenetic publicity stunt for this, which included pop-up ping pong matches within the vicinity of Brooklyn, as well as atop the Las Vegas Sphere, where the movie took place in a manner that appeared to be no less than a musical. The star-studded cast is only serving to make this movie increasingly all the more alluring to return to repeatedly for viewing multiple times, with Gwyneth Paltrow making a return to live-action filming outside of franchise pictures for the first time in quite some time, a shock performance by Tyler the Creator that serves as a positive acting debut for him as well as his own musical contributions to this movie, and new developments regarding Robert Pattinson’s surprise cameo appearance that have only now come to light as a surprise addition to this movie as well.
Marty Supreme is what the face of star power needs to look like within this new world of post-franchise film. Chalamet and Safdie are obviously showing that, should the vision be large enough, they would make a point to show up for this sort of storytelling and vision as well. With this movie now set to release upon well over 2,800 screens due to its Oscar buzz alone, there is one thing that can be ascertained—that Marty Supreme is not only a resounding success story for A24 but also for what is to come for mature film as well.
