<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $14.5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Battle of the Sexes is a 2017 American biographical sports film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and written by Simon Beaufoy . The plot is loosely based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs . The film stars Emma Stone and Steve Carell as King and Riggs, with Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Stowell, and Sarah Silverman in supporting roles . </P> <P> The film had its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 22, 2017, by Fox Searchlight Pictures . It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Stone and Carell, with some calling it the best performance of Stone's career . </P> <Ul> <Li> Emma Stone as Billie Jean King </Li> <Li> Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs </Li> <Li> Andrea Riseborough as Marilyn Barnett, King's hairdresser and lover </Li> <Li> Sarah Silverman as Gladys Heldman, the founder of World Tennis magazine </Li> <Li> Bill Pullman as Jack Kramer </Li> <Li> Alan Cumming as Ted Tinling, King's fashion designer and close friend </Li> <Li> Elisabeth Shue as Priscilla Wheelan, Riggs's wife </Li> <Li> Austin Stowell as Larry King, King's husband </Li> <Li> Natalie Morales as Rosie Casals, a tennis player </Li> <Li> Eric Christian Olsen as Lornie Kuhle, a younger tennis pro and friend of Riggs, who becomes his advisor </Li> <Li> Lewis Pullman as Larry Riggs, Riggs's son </Li> <Li> Jessica McNamee as Margaret Court </Li> <Li> Martha MacIsaac as Jane Bartkowicz </Li> <Li> Wallace Langham as Henry </Li> <Li> Mark Harelik as Hank Greenberg </Li> <Li> Fred Armisen as Rheo Blair </Li> <Li> Chris Parnell as DJ </Li> <Li> John C. McGinley as Herb </Li> </Ul>

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