31 of the Funniest Tweets from Monday, February 26, 2024
Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but love is seemingly still in the air. Will Gluck’s Anyone But You reached a monumental box office milestone this weekend as the Sydney Sweeney/Glen Powell-led rom-com crossed the $200 million threshold in global box-office dollars. The film is the first rom-com to put up such astronomical numbers since 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians, and it’s the first highly successful R-rated rom-com since 2016’s Bridget Jones’s Baby. Not surprisingly then, Powell told Variety that he and Sweeney have been fielding scripts for a potential reunion, setting the stage for them to become this generation’s Julia Roberts and George Clooney.
Meanwhile, Netflix released another adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender over the weekend. The series marks the second live-action adaptation of the Nickelodeon animated series since M. Night Shyamalan’s lackluster attempt in 2010. While the Netflix series is faring well so far, there’s one actor who didn’t know what he was signing up for. During the world premiere, Ken Leung told Deadline that when he heard his audition was for Avatar, he “thought (he) was going to be blue.” Perhaps this mix-up will open the door for Leung to explore the Na’vi world in one of James Cameron’s many upcoming Avatar sequels.
Over on the timeline, things are off to a great start this week. Today’s funniest tweets include those about life without a crush, uncovering the unknown in a Wikipedia deep dive and the mindset required to play Connections.
