Passed by the competition of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, of which its director has become a regular, “The Phoenician Scheme” of Wes Anderson was released just after in theaters. But how many spectators has he attracted for his beginnings?
Would 2025 be the year of Wes Anderson in France? While the exhibition dedicated to him at the Cinémathèque is in full swing until the end of July, the director made the event during the 78th Cannes Festival with The Phoenician Scheme, his twelfth feature film and the fourth presented in competition, after Moonrise Kingdom, The French Dispatch and Asteroid City.
Best start
Recorded by La Croisette, this opus that combines adventure film against an industrial spying background and history between a father and his daughter was released a few days later in our rooms, Wednesday May 28 to be precise, and he attracted 14,816 spectators for his first day of exploitation. Which, in theory, offers it the best start of this week's new products, in front of the final robbery and its 6,594 torn tickets, or Chime and Hot Milk which count 1,766 and 1,526 respectively.
Public holiday requires, not all figures were communicated, the classification remains uncertain, even if it would be surprising that Wes Anderson was not at the top. With a start -up very close to those of aquatic life (14,700), the Tenebaum family (14,227) or on board the Darjeeling Limited (15,634), but far from its record still held by the 50,018 of The Grand Budapest Hotel, the only one of its opus to have crossed the Million Cap to this day in France.
The Phoenician Scheme should not join him, but it is very difficult to predict where his journey will lead him. Because the three films of which he is close to the end of his first day of exploitation finished their respective courses between 260,208 (aquatic life) and 565,603 entries (on board the Darjeeling Limited). Everything will therefore depend on word of mouth but also on the way he took advantage of the ascent Thursday to refuel while waiting for the weekend.
And go to the end of his first full week to get an idea of what he can claim in the hexagonal career of the Francophile director.
Figures: CBO – Box -Office & Universal
