Emma Stone
Billie Jean King
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Sep 29, 2017 · Battle of the Sexes: Directed by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. With Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Morales. The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
- (60K)
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
- 2017-09-29
- Plot
- Production
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- Reception
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In 1970, pro-tennis player Billie Jean King and her manager, Gladys Heldman, confront promotor Jack Kramer in his office who has organized a tennis tournament where the top prize for women is one-eighth of the men's prize, despite equal ticket sales. King and Heldman threaten to start their own tour but Kramer won't alter the terms, citing the infe...
The project and its two leads were announced in April 2015. Brie Larson was, for a brief period, set to replace Stone due to scheduling conflicts, but these were cleared up. On March 3, 2016, Andrea Riseborough was cast to play Marilyn Barnett, King's hairdresser and lover. Later that month, three more were cast in the film, Elisabeth Shue as Riggs...
Battle of the Sexes had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2017. It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2017, and at the BFI London Film Festival on October 7, 2017.The film began a limited release in the United States on September 22, 2017, before going wide the following week.
Box office
Battle of the Sexesgrossed $12.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $5.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $18.4 million. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $515,450 from 21 theaters, an average of $24,545 per theater. The film expanded the following Friday, where it was released alongside the openings of Flatliners, 'Til Death Do Us Part and American Made, and was projected to gross around $6 million from 1,213 theaters over the weekend. It ended up makin...
Critical response
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 85% based on 307 reviews, with an average rating of 7.19/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Battle of the Sexes turns real-life events into a crowd-pleasing, well-acted dramedy that ably entertains while smartly serving up a volley of present-day parallels." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 46 critics, indicating...
Battle of the Sexes at IMDbBattle of the Sexes at Box Office Mojomovies. The True Story Behind the Battle of the Sexes Movie. 7 minute read. By Eliana Dockterman. September 22, 2017 12:59 PM EDT. T he 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and...
Sep 22, 2017 · Ninety million people tuned into “The Battle of the Sexes,” and 44 years later Emma Stone and Steve Carrell are bringing the match to the big screen. The movie details both the on-court...
- Eliana Dockterman
Battle of the Sexes turns real-life events into a crowd-pleasing, well-acted dramedy that ably entertains while smartly serving up a volley of present-day parallels. The 1973 tennis match...
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- Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
- PG-13
- Comedy, Drama
Sep 22, 2017 · 2h 1min. Release Date: September 22, 2017. Genre: Comedy. Emma Stone and Steve Carell bring their A game to this crowd-pleaser based on the electrifying true story of the 1973 tennis match between women’s champion Billie Jean King (Stone) and former men’s champ Bobby Riggs (Carell).
Battle of the Sexes. Emma Stone and Steve Carell bring their A game to the electrifying true story of the 1973 tennis match between women's champ Billie Jean King and former men's champ Bobby Riggs. 845 IMDb 6.7 2 h 1 min 2017. X-Ray UHD PG-13. Comedy · Drama · Anxious · Inspiring. Available to rent or buy. Rent. UHD $3.99. Buy. UHD $14.99.
