I will be like the mortal who sawDune : Part Two , like , a hundred times in theaters , but it will be me withChallengers .
This past weekend,Challengershit theaters, and let’s just say it’s already one of the most talked about movies of 2024.
Directed byLuca Guadagninoand written by Justin Kuritzkes,Challengersfollows Tashi Duncan (Zendaya), a former tennis prodigy turned coach, who turns her husband Art Donaldson (Mike Faist) into a champion. However, to overcome a losing streak, he must face his ex-best friend Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor) and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend.
Since reviews forChallengersstarted hitting the internet, people arecalling ita “sexy tennis thriller,” with many praising Zendaya’s star power coupled with standout performances from Mike and Josh.
As of today, the movie holds 88% onRotten Tomatoesand already has thousands of reviews from fans onLetterboxd.
The filmearned $15 millionat the US box office opening weekend, which is a huge achievement for a Luca Guadagnino film, with many audience membersreportingthat the main reason why they went to see the movie was for Zendaya.
So naturally with all of this buzz, people began to take to X, formerly Twitter, to share some of the best jokes and reactions aboutChallengers. Here are just 27 of the best ones:
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challenger ( 2024)pic.twitter.com / LqKAtWYUc6
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Challengers ( 2024)https://t.co / EwsHiz2OlY
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that one rival scenepic.twitter.com/TAniUS9DqT
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the noises art and St. Patrick made while run tennispic.twitter.com/ZgWCgu9qM1
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so beaming she got a role where they countenance her be pretty againpic.twitter.com/mleoFfg8oi
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he saw Challengers and knew he had to shut away inhttps://t.co/GLwb4p9z3x
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GUYS THEY’RE SELLING CHALLENGERS MERCH AT TARGET OMFGpic.twitter.com/VpTNdZUhh2
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Luca was inspiredhttps://t.co/hIA0KAGZIkpic.twitter.com/m9vMfmEtTb
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Three tag to Challengers pleasepic.twitter.com/hYpghZnIT5
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three tickets to Challengers pleasepic.twitter.com/oUQW4xCtED
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three tickets for Challengers pleasepic.twitter.com/Gg1R5Zloui
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I ca n’t lay off consider about Challengers . My whole life is consumed . Just call an Uber ( like in Challengers ) shape on my laptop ( Zendaya works on a laptop computer in Challengers ) kiss a man ( care I were doing this in front of Zendaya ) etc .
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when tashi signed art up to be the surprisal invitee playerpic.twitter.com/qyBpj3uZMw
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all these men do are eat churro , be epicene and liepic.twitter.com/0j1aAz2Ok2
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patrick was more in love with nontextual matter than tashi#challengerspic.twitter.com / rnKNpVEGnl
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thinking about how their beds were already push together before miss girl showed up … … .. … pic.twitter.com / atCSPM7qS3
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she ’s literally the people ’s princesshttps://t.co/Lx1ipVunto
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zendaya and josh running a whole art donaldson smirch political campaign and in my sign it will NOT work . say no to propaganda
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me and my total row the last 10 minutes of#Challengerspic.twitter.com / Wwz1CBrk2w
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I postulate a stronger word than cinema#challengerspic.twitter.com / q9SzTAX6Po
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listen to challengers tally on the way to work on this morningpic.twitter.com/Yb6ycEgffN
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patrick when he saw tashi in atlanta#ChallengersMoviepic.twitter.com / hUJzxXSn5D
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challengers is a movie about zendaya ’s legs , josh o’connor ’s thighs and mike faist ’s ass
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me watch zendaya be cruddy and bully those two yt twinkspic.twitter.com/5oLqCjDJn4
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This is how boys who flirt with the 🥺 emoji like to sleep at nightpic.twitter.com/my3pa9iDd4
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one thing about luca guadagnino , he knows how to absolutely end a moviepic.twitter.com/Z0TOfV38zs
27.And finally:
best competitor edit out in history.pic.twitter.com/U4BVrttueS
