John Travolta congratulated Timothee Chalamet on Tuesday after he broke a box office record Travolta has held for more than four decades.
In a post on Instagram, the 70-year-old actor reacted to a screenshot of a headline about Chalamet breaking the 45-year-old record that read, “Timothee Chalamet Becomes First Actor Since John Travolata To Break This Box Office Record.”
“Congratulations Timothée!” Travolta captioned his post. “It’s great to have someone to share my box office record with. Sincerely, JT.”
It came after Chalamet’s “Wonka” and “Dune: Part Two” gave him the two top-grossing domestic films in eight months, People magazine noted. They are the only films since July to have that kind of box office success.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Chalamet’s film “Dune: Part Two” has earned $205.3 million at the domestic box office since its release in…