Focus Features expanded Asteroid City to the highest grossing weekend for a Wes Anderson Film with a projected three-day estimate of $9 million from 1,675 theaters – no.
6 at the domestic box office — pushing the film’s cume to $10.2 million. It opened last weekend in six locations. Some 64% of moviegoers were 35 or younger.
Males topped females by 66% to 44%. New York was the biggest market — not highly unusual to have NY in the lead for an arthouse film, with LA a close second.
Alamo Drafthouses turned in a hefty 8.8% share with over $16.3k per theater. Landmark locations were also strong with 3.1% of the total weekend gross at 21 locations, for a PTA beating $9.8k.
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