The Javis overtake Santiago Segura: 'The Black Ball' is already the highest-grossing Spanish film of the year and rubs shoulders with Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian in Hollywood

Los Javis are living one of the most important moments of their career. La bola negra has not only conquered the Spanish public, but has just made a splash at the box office: with 28.6 million euros collected and nearly 4.1 million tickets sold, it is already the highest-grossing Spanish film of 2026, ahead of Santiago Segura's Torrente presidente. Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's cinematic phenomenon also climbs to the fourth position in the historical ranking of Spanish cinema, a classification in which it is already ahead of titles such as Ocho apellidos vascos, Lo imposible, and Ocho apellidos catalanes. A success that gains even more dimension because its commercial run has not ended.

And while the numbers continue to grow in Spain, Los Javis have taken La bola negra to Hollywood, where the film has found a showcase worthy of its ambitions. The team attended the Academy Museum gala in Los Angeles, an event that brought together some of the biggest international stars and left images that have gone around the world. Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi met Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, Sabrina Carpenter, Pamela Anderson, Jessica Lange, and Ana de Armas, among other well-known faces. The presence of the Spanish team on a night of such repercussion represents another photograph of the international leap of a production that aspires to compete in the awards season beyond our borders.

One of the most commented images was precisely that of those responsible for La bola negra alongside Taylor Swift, an especially striking coincidence in the midst of the race for the Oscars. The singer was one of the great protagonists of the evening, where she offered a surprise performance, while the Javis' film continues its run in the United States. The production, starring Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau and Carlos González, and with Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close in its cast, has begun its landing in US theaters. Its limited release has grossed 277,500 dollars in just four cinemas in New York and Los Angeles, an average of 69,375 dollars per screen, placing it among the most notable releases of a foreign film in the US market. Netflix plans to expand its distribution to more than 300 cinemas starting November 6.

In addition, Guitarricadelafuente has been included in Variety's selection of the ten actors to watch (Variety's 10 Actors to Watch), one of the recognitions that the American publication dedicates to emerging performers with projection in the audiovisual industry. The Spaniard shares this distinction with nine other international actors: Esmé Creed-Miles, Rosalind Eleazar, Mariana Di Girolamo, Summer H. Howell, Jaafar Jackson, Ruth Madeley, Inde Navarrette, Ray Nicholson and Joseph Zada. A new boost for the artist, who has made the leap to acting in Los Javis' film, which continues to expand its international impact after becoming the highest-grossing Spanish film of the year.

Behind this phenomenon is a film that connects different eras through the lives of three homosexual men and a story linked to an unfinished work by Federico García Lorca. Its journey through international festivals, the awards obtained in them, including that of Best Director at Cannes and its selection to represent Spain in the category of best international film at the Oscars have reinforced expectations around the project. Los Javis have simultaneously gone from signing one of the great successes in the history of Spanish cinema (for now this year) to placing their film at the center of international conversation, with a millionaire box office, images alongside the most famous stars on the planet and a race to Hollywood that has only just begun. Now, with the Cinema Party and the American expansion on the horizon, La bola negra still has room to continue making history.