Metascore 75; Limited opening Oct 22

Playing in 14 markets. From 48 critics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-french-dispatch/critic-reviews

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed3899720708/?ref_=bo_hm_hp

In addition to the wide releases, this weekend sees perhaps the biggest specialty box office release so far this year. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch is opening in 54 locations via Searchlight and buzz is high for the star auteur’s first live action film in seven years. The Grand Budapest Hotel was a surprising smash, grossing $173 million worldwide, and Anderson’s most recent film, the stop-motion animation Isle of Dogs, grossed $64.3 million worldwide. The Grand Budapest Hotel had a four theater opening before expanding to 66 theaters in its second weekend and grossing $3.6 million with a per theatre average of $55k. Even if The French Dispatch falls short of that, it is likely to bring relief to arthouse theaters who, despite some solid hits, have been thirsty for a specialty box office blockbuster.