"Marty Supreme" made its streaming debut on HBO Max on Friday, bringing Timothée Chalamet’s turn as table tennis prodigy Marty Mauser back to viewers after a theatrical run that turned the film into A24’s highest-grossing worldwide release of all time.
Directed by Josh Safdie, the film stars Chalamet as an ambitious pro who will stop at nothing to chase championship glory. Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Kevin O’Leary and Fran Drescher also appear in the film, which is available on HBO Max.
The streaming release comes after a strong but ultimately incomplete awards season. At the 2026 Academy Awards, "Marty Supreme" landed nine nominations, including best picture, but went home empty-handed, leaving the film with the box-office victory its Oscar campaign could not match.
That split tells the story of "Marty Supreme" plainly: it drew audiences in theaters, but it did not convert that momentum into Academy Awards. Safdie, a BU alum, now has a film that enters streaming with commercial success behind it and Oscar disappointment already attached.
For viewers, the next move is simple. "Marty Supreme" is now available on HBO Max, and the question is no longer whether people will see it, but how they respond to a film that arrived on streaming already carrying both a box-office crown and a blank Oscar hand.
