‘Licorice Pizza’ Delivers: Paul Thomas Anderson Pic’s Opening Among Filmmaker’s Best With Record Screen Average – Specialty Box Office - Deadline

United Artist Releasing’s MGM Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970s teen comedy Licorice Pizza posted a huge $83,8K opening screen average from four theaters, which the studio is calling an-all-time record.

The pic’s total weekend of $335K bests the specialty launches of previous Anderson fare including 2014’s Inherent Vice ($328K, 5 theaters), 2017’s Phantom Thread ($216K, 4 theaters), 1999’s Magnolia ($193,6K from 7 theaters), 2007’s There Will Be Blood ($190,7K, 2 theaters), 1996’s Hard Eight ($69,4K, 29 theaters) and 1997’s Boogie Nights ($50,1K, 2 theaters).

New York continues to be the top market for the Kenneth Branagh-directed black and white movie, seeing 11% of the weekend followed by Boston (5%), Philly (4.7%), LA (4.5%), and Chicago (4%).

The French Dispatch (Sea) 450 (-355) theaters, Wed $122K,Thurs $109K/ Fri $235K/Sat $250K/Sun $137k/PTA $1,38K/3-day $622K (-38%), 5-day: $853K /Total $14.4M/Wk 6.

The Wes Anderson directed movie which dynamited the specialty box office with $1.3M opening at 52 locations will likely end its stateside run at $16M

We are hearing that the Mike Mills directed movie is seeing most of its business in its expansion from NY, LA, Boston and Toronto despite a footprint in 36 markets

Venkat Prabhu directed movie follows a state’s chief minister, who on the day of a public conference, finds himself in a time loop with a police officer and bodyguard

For the Love of Money (Freestyle) 519 theaters, Wed $28K,Thurs $50K/ Fri $80K/Sat $85K/Sun $67k/PTA $447,3-day $232K , 5-day: $310K /Wk 1

Julia (SPC) 288 (+241) theaters, PTA $332, 3-day $95,6K (+126%), Total $197,6K/Wk 3