Zendaya's 'Challengers' press tour looks have captivated fans as she promotes the upcoming film. Co-stars Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist also draw praise for their performances in the tennis-themed movie. Reviews highlight the film's steamy, romantic triangle and the tension it brings. 'Challengers' is described as a sexy, thrilling drama with elements of a love triangle set in the world of tennis, featuring a complex trio of young pro tennis stars. The movie's box office performance includes a $1.9 million preview and a projected $15 million weekend earnings.
With Challengers smashing into cinemas around the world, actors Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist take a minute off the court to tell @ella_kemp about chemistry, destiny and connecting over Ratatouille. https://t.co/B9SJkoSf3e
How Coco Gauff's Coach Helped Zendaya and 'Challengers' Costars 'Transform' Into Tennis Players (Exclusive) https://t.co/UrI5ykigVT
CHALLENGERS is a steamy hoot. The tennis scenes are exciting (rare for me to feel that way), and everything else is engagingly tawdry.
#Challengers is a thrilling sports drama, and a fascinating romance. https://t.co/lIMMT2RAok
Now that the #ChallengersMovie is OFFICIALLY out, expect me to be quoting @Zendaya’s lines nonstop for the next 15 business days 🎾 See the trio’s chat with @joshuahorowitz here → https://t.co/XdeXrzpxxp https://t.co/Xh79fenJQM
Luca Guadagnino's sexy tennis film #Challengers is dripping with tension and seduction, and he took inspiration from two classic filmmakers in particular. https://t.co/OWh0s1ab2S
How does Challengers compare with tennis films from the past? 🎞 https://t.co/kpibBcheir
"Tennis movies are incredibly difficult to make, but Zendaya was good, and so were Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist," says Serena Williams on the latest Luca Guadagnino film, 'Challengers.' https://t.co/kFeRmiRKvN
The writer of ‘Challengers’ classifies it as not a romance, but an ‘erotic, tennis thriller’ “There’s something about a love triangle... even a totally equal triangle still looks like it can cut you,” screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes says. https://t.co/26qKsamc9B
#Challengers made $1.9M in Thursday previews. Projected to make $15M for the weekend. #BoxOffice
#Challengers made $1.9M in Thursday previews. Project to make $15M for the weekend. #BoxOffice
On the surface, Challengers is a steamy romance about a throuple of young pro tennis stars. Dig a little deeper and it's a messy, disconcerting drama about sex, love, power and control. https://t.co/hnxNqy1xeA .
Review: Luca Guadagnino's sexy tennis drama dispenses with the taboo around acknowledging the sensual appeal of athletes https://t.co/Bea1YD8kYY
Challengers is a sexy tennis drama starring Zendaya. The challengers for Challengers this weekend include Breathe, Boy Kills World and Unsung Hero https://t.co/aYWDoAhvYU https://t.co/7Ljc8fOKeV
Ahead of the release of 'Challengers' this weekend, look back at all of Zendaya's best tennis-themed looks. https://t.co/PQL3YduEPy
‘Challengers’ is the Sensual Tennis-Based Love Triangle Movie You Never Knew You Needed https://t.co/yX3wBGMkoh
Box Office: @challengersmov Gets the Ball Just Over the Net with @Zendaya Plot-Challenged Sexy Tennis Mis-Match https://t.co/49YklOXuzu via @Showbiz411
'Challengers' is now in theaters. Is your body ready? Here's our review to help prepare you for one of the year's best films. https://t.co/kn6T6ExBCI
Challengers scores $1.9 million at the box office in early previews https://t.co/Lp52uMhRLS https://t.co/UsHwxWDmFt
CHALLENGERS is now playing in theaters & will be our #NBPpodcast review tomorrow #ChallengersMovie #Zendaya #JoshOConnor #MikeFaist #LucaGuadagnino #FilmTwitter Please check out @dancindanonfilm's review & my interview w/ writer #JustinKuritzkes here: https://t.co/YWi3NADsPt
$1M CLUB: PREVIEW THURSDAY 1. CHALLENGERS ($1.9M)* 2. UNSUNG HERO ($1.6M)* *includes advance screenings
Zendaya & Luca Guadagnino Movie 'Challengers' Takes $1.9M Previews, 'Unsung Hero' $1.67M - Box Office https://t.co/0fMGqJPFd1
Zendaya’s new movie, “Challengers” is currently debuting in movie theaters globally. Are you going to watch it and where do you think "Challengers" will rank in this list of "Best Tennis Movies"?🎥 https://t.co/DBN1LVFwlj
Zendaya works to make Challengers the blockbuster of the summer as she blitzes the promo trail in a string of tennis-inspired looks https://t.co/Q2TPbYeQOV https://t.co/s3B6r9F16Y
"Operating at the peak of his powers, Luca Guadagnino has the time of his life with this practically sadistic exploration of unrelenting obsession." #Challengers is in cinemas now. Read Empire's ★★★★★ review: https://t.co/Icw50xF2qW https://t.co/OAYe3gtegv
CHALLENGERS does feature Luca going sicko mode from a direction perspective but has a thin script that doesn't do Zendaya many favors in the latter portion. Good instead of great. My @GeekGirlRiot review: https://t.co/Fo1Mrza2PF
‘CHALLENGERS’ earns $1.9M from Thursday previews at the domestic box office. Read our review: https://t.co/m5SFxo7R9v https://t.co/V08l900FfW
CHALLENGERS is pretty fun. Zendaya plays a solid Lady Macbeth; Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist have very good comic timing. The soundtrack kind of insists on itself during the tennis sequences. Overall, quite entertaining. https://t.co/WLbsDbaRYu
Zendaya takes us behind-the-scenes of crafting the moments of intimacy in #Challengers. https://t.co/LRYFBIiAxy
REVIEW: @Zendaya dominates this white-hot, disorder-off-the-court love triangle — even when Josh O'Connor turns the movie into his own personal grand slam. Read our @challengersmov review: https://t.co/5ge0aPNL4B https://t.co/NfzpGYryyz
For @GQMagazine, talked to Challengers screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes about sports, Mike Nichols, homoeroticism and how Roger Federer's wife Mirka kind of inspired Zendaya's Challengers character Tashi https://t.co/dKfilRDkAk
'Challengers' is the super horny tennis movie Hollywood needs. https://t.co/YhnUMcALny
★★★★ Challengers review: Zendaya aces as a cocky femme fatale 🖋️ @christinalefou https://t.co/Ei3hFPXEBw
Review: Zendaya stars as a coach caught in a love triangle with two players in “Challengers,” director Luca Guadagnino’s flashy but overly digressive film. https://t.co/WTqiBl7hWj https://t.co/WTqiBl7hWj
Challengers: Zendaya’s tennis movie tests friendship bonds of complex trio #ARYNews https://t.co/PvMdDHU4uq
Zendaya's steamy tennis movie Challengers aces its critics' reviews as they praise film's 'sexy romantic triangle' and 'sexual tension' https://t.co/djtrKYJCRM
Every Zendaya Role Ranked: ‘Challengers,’ ‘Dune,’ ‘Euphoria,’ and More https://t.co/bVXf9Gahej
If there’s anyone who knows how to walk both a red carpet and the fine line between fashion and cosplay, it’s Zendaya. See her most winning #Challengers red-carpet looks: https://t.co/end0VHVBLE https://t.co/43AkxQabFO
CHALLENGERS isn’t quite as sexy as the trailer would have you believe, but it’s still tantalizing and tense. It’s a feature-length tennis match with the narrative structure of THE SOCIAL NETWORK and a sprinkle of WHIPLASH thrown in.
CHALLENGERS Is Zendaya’s Time To Shine As A Leading Movie Star By @Robertdoc1984 #Challengers #ChallengersMovie #Zendaya #Actress #Hollywood #BoxOffice #MovieStar #Celebrity #Entertainment #Movies #Film #Cinema #FilmTwitter https://t.co/fe5gDsXXVk
Review by Ty Burr: Luca Guadagnino’s tennis-themed three-way, “Challengers,” is a masterstroke of court and spark. https://t.co/1gO3yqRdzd
Saw Challengers tonight. LOVED it. Zendaya is just a star, the score by Trent Reznor is absolutely unreal, and I realized tennis is a perfect theme for a movie because it’s automatic tension and movement.
Ahead of the #Challengers premiere, channel your inner Tashi Duncan in your best tennis ’fits. Here, see how street style does tennis fashion: https://t.co/HyBmLcvHoq https://t.co/9Aty8RfbPH
Re: “Challengers” I plan to see it this weekend, but I will ask this question, could the plot/characters exist in another sport? What does tennis itself bring to it? Or does it only serve as backdrop?
‘Challengers’ review: Steamy Zendaya movie is this year’s ‘Saltburn’ https://t.co/4bq4NBkE9Z https://t.co/ejEA7cii4F
New NCR! “Challengers” screenwriter @JustinKuritzkes joins to discuss his inspiration, the details, and the inherent sexiness of tennis that makes this the most fun the sport has ever had at the movies. Listen: https://t.co/CH1DEKNMvG
New @NCR_Tennis! An interview with "Challengers" screenwriter @JustinKuritzkes on which infamous tennis match inspired his writing, the natural eroticism of tennis, and how the movie got so many details (like the Applebee's in Cincinnati) right. Listen: https://t.co/lwqkYDQQg4
Luca Guadagnino's CHALLENGERS takes center court in 3,477 venues--will it score $15M? What say you, Grand Slammers of Cinema? Zendaya all day?
Zendaya’s Latest ‘Challengers’ Look Is Nearly 100 Years Old https://t.co/vBiDwX5Ia3
Movie Review: Prepare to get hot and bothered with stylish, synthy tennis drama ‘Challengers’ https://t.co/A60dImMJUV
A little delirious and a lot of serious, witty, stylish fun, “Challengers” plays a beautiful game of Canadian doubles with its three main characters, on and off the court, writes @phillipstribune. https://t.co/tJanuABRHT
To Make ‘Challengers’ Even More Sexy, Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes Knew He Needed to Make the ‘Corners of This Triangle Touch’ https://t.co/EyLeIVNSEK via @IndieWire
To Make ‘Challengers’ Even More Sexy, Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes Knew He Needed to Make the ‘Corners of This Triangle Touch’ https://t.co/nWJ0gEfAZe
Box Office Predictions: Zendaya to top the charts with Challengers https://t.co/hiytoHZXI7 https://t.co/9hSGP38KRt
"Think David Cronenberg’s 'Crash,' but with tennis instead of car wrecks." @jshawhan on Luca Guadagnino's 'Challengers,' opening wide this week https://t.co/rexej0I1yc
Zendaya remains the Queen of Theme 😍🎾 See more of her press tour looks here: https://t.co/B0WLxsKA8t https://t.co/nAX8sy2OqY
Bus, c̶l̶u̶b̶, press appearance, ��nother press appearance, plane, next place! Zendaya is on the go in NYC as the 'Challengers' star was photographed around town rocking her signature tennis-core looks. https://t.co/tUorCv4yCZ
Zendaya Serves 3 More Preppy Tennis Looks in One Day for ‘Challengers’ Press Tour https://t.co/R4iegnp4n6
CHALLENGERS review https://t.co/nWEm7nn5bS | #Challengers #ChallengersMovie
"She is everywhere, and deservedly so. We’re watching a megawatt movie star ascend, in real time." #Challengers marks the second coming of #Zendaya, writes @sophiefbutcher. READ NOW: https://t.co/sJRbEbR51d https://t.co/htQdQ4Xk8u
Review: In the sexy, adrenalized 'Challengers,' tennis competitors don't skimp on the foreplay https://t.co/RPhpD4sanb
#Challengers: The Cast and Crew Talk About the New Film: https://t.co/xx4AZVrJav “I had no idea about tennis. I knew nothing" - Zendaya #ChallengersMovie #Zendaya https://t.co/sijyEcJkqk
The Zendaya-threesome-tennis movie is finally here. Was #Challengers worth the wait? @brofromanother: https://t.co/2eGXSFZmnm
From @TheAthletic: Challengers may not really be a tennis movie — but it has plenty to say about the quintessence of the sport. https://t.co/csOayln00P
Zendaya hits a grand slam in tennis-world love triangle Challengers https://t.co/FbaQAJ0Duk
We agree with Zendaya: @challengersmov isn't really about tennis. But the movie never strays far from this beguiling game, in all its idiosyncrasies and contradictions. Zendaya and her tennis boys still teach us a lesson about the sport. @MattFutterman https://t.co/OHaUQ0W1R8
Zendaya shows off her figure in a clinging white gown with a statement hood in NYC as she continues tennis-themed Challengers promo trail https://t.co/yWJbr3Gehn
The new movie "Challengers" stars Zendaya and a whole lot of luxury brands https://t.co/r2PGyWrSqu
Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist tell us everything they learned about tennis for 'Challengers' https://t.co/yPlNfQPHcB
Zendaya serves another sporty look as she steps out in pleated tennis skirt ahead of Challengers release https://t.co/BBkHjGrIDd
Zendaya has taken it to the next level for the 'Challengers' press tour. See each of the actor's cheeky, tennis-ready looks below. https://t.co/2UH04fppf6
“Thankfully, Zendaya’s co-stars match her: O’Connor’s wolfish grin is deployed to particularly devastating effect, while Faist makes himself a victim of it.” 🍿 @heavier_things reviews Challengers https://t.co/lSqONHyvKc
.@SamOnTV caught up with @Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist of the upcoming film #ChallengersMovie. Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/zctkKShwqh https://t.co/WVTc51u0DG
Zendaya continues to serve with her "Challengers" press tour looks and we're obsessed! 🎾 Check out all of her stylish looks here: https://t.co/YoefwxGWeb