Timothée Chalamet’s latest motion pictures have helped him attain record-breaking standing.
Within the late ’70s, John Travolta had two top-grossing movies come out inside eight months of one another. “Saturday Night Fever” got here out in December 1977 and “Greece” got here out in June 1978.
The 28-year-old Chalamet, who was within the not too long ago launched motion pictures “Wonka” and “Dune: Part 2,” turned the primary actor since Travolta to steer the top-two home grossing movies over a time span of eight months, in accordance with Indiewire.
Timothée Chalamet’s function as Willy Wonka made him an on the spot box-office hit. (Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireImage)
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Since final July, the 2 motion pictures led by Chalamet are the one ones which have surpassed the home $200 million complete.
“Wonka” got here out on Dec. 15, 2023. This film tells the origin story of the character Willy Wonka from the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” kids’s ebook written by Roald Dahl.
Chalamet fully remodeled from a musical maker of chocolate in “Wonka” to an motion star in “Dune: Part Two.” This film hit theaters on March 1, 2024.
Chalamet returned to his function of Paul Atreides within the “Dune” sequel, based mostly on the ebook written by Frank Herbert.
Many actors from the unique solid returned for the sequel, together with Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson and Josh Brolin.
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Returning “Dune” stars Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet had been joined by Austin Butler, left, within the 2024 sequel. (Han Myung-Gu/WireImage)
Hollywood elites, together with Austin Butler, Christopher Walken and Florence Pugh, joined the solid of the sequel.
Travolta, who held the record on his personal for greater than 40 years, took to social media to congratulate the younger star on conducting the spectacular feat.
“Congratulations Timothée!” Travolta wrote on Instagram, paired with a screenshot of an article together with the information of Chalamet’s box-office report. “It’s great to have someone to share my box office record with. Sincerely, JT.”
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John Travolta took to Instagram to congratulate the younger actor on his box-office feat. (Cosimo Martemucci/SOPA Photos/LightRocket through Getty Photos)
Chalamet’s star has been rising in reputation amongst followers ever since turning into an Oscar-nominated actor for his function within the 2017 film “Call Me by Your Name.”
Chalamet has confirmed his versatility in appearing by means of varied roles he is earned on the large display screen. Following the latest launch of the action-filled film “Dune: Part Two,” Chalamet will swap gears as soon as once more to play Bob Dylan in an upcoming biopic titled “A Complete Unknown.”
