The arthouse box office hasn’t recovered quickly post-Covid, but one of the oases for the sector, even by pre-pandemic benchmarks, has always been a Wes Anderson movie.
This summer we have his latest all-star absurdist comedy, Asteroid City, which just premiered at Cannes, which begins its limited run on June 16.
How big has Anderson been at the box office? In 2014 he hit a record high with his ultimate multi-Oscar winner, The Grand Budapest Hotel which grossed $59M stateside and $173M worldwide.
Even in 2018, his animated movie, Isle of Dogs, was robust enough for arthouses with $32M and $64M WW. However, his French Dispatch, released in a fall period just as theaters were reopening in 2021, saw only $16M U.S./Canada and $46M WW.
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