The ultimate financial fate of Warner Bros‘ One Battle After Another with a U.S./Canda opening of $22.4M, and global of$48.5M will be determined down the road off its $130M-$140M production cost.
Typically, we’re judge, jury and executioner on weekend one, but there’s such an exuberant positivity out there for the film, and the plan is for Warners to keep Paul Thomas Anderson‘s best opening ever/Leonardo DiCaprio‘s 11th $20M+ opener in theaters for as long as possible, heading into awards season. No word on a window to PVOD or streaming.
No, this isn’t another bloated high-priced auteur affair ala Joker: Folie a Deux, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey or Amsterdam, falling short at the box office with lackluster audience scores. The film has more going for it, evident in its A CinemaScore and 74% definite recommend. Oh, and males 18-25 who showed up at 32% gave One Battle After Another a big A+. PostTrak is 4 1/2 out of 5 stars. Beat that, anyone.
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