While things were generally very glum this weekend at the domestic box office with The Flash experiencing a failure to launch, there was one bright spot. In limited release, director Wes Anderson’s new movie, Asteroid City, delivered the strongest per theater average of any film in years.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Asteroid City isn’t hitting those numbers — Anderson’s biggest hit remains The Grand Budapest Hotel, which concluded its theatrical run with $173 million worldwide — but it’s certainly setting new benchmarks for future specialty releases. According to Focus, it delivered the best PTA of any movie released in six theaters, beating director David O. Russell’s American Hustle, which delivered a $123,000 PTA a decade ago.
Having once described Anderson as the “Marvel of the specialty world,” Lisa Bunnell, Focus Features, President of Distribution, celebrated Asteroid City’s splashy debut, and said that the studio is beyond thrilled with the results. Focus will expand Asteroid City into 1,500 domestic theaters next weekend. In Bunnell’s words:
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