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.
The meta-textual comedy-drama, set against the backdrop of a Junior Stargazer convention in 1955, debuted in six theaters and set new records for distributor Focus Features, toppling many past records set by Anderson himself along the way.
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