Best of the box office

By Paul Byrnes and Jake Wilson
Updated October 19 2017 - 5:16pm, first published 4:12pm

BATTLE OF THE SEXES

(121 minutes) PG

In 1973, with second-wave feminism at its height, the former tennis great Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) challenged reigning woman's champion Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) to an exhibition match, determined to show that even at his advanced age he could put King in her place. Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) is in his comfort zone here and the film is at least as concerned with the present as the past. JW
General release

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