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The French DispatchFollow

2021 • R • 1h 47m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Searchlight Pictures

A love letter to journalists set at an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city.

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3.7

7.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$1.30M

Limited · 52 theaters

Domestic total

$16.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$46.30M

Global release

Domestic legs6.2x from $2.6M first wide weekend

Budget$25M

International$30.2M

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Cast & crew

Full Anderson filmography

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson Director

Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro Starring

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody Starring

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton Starring

Léa Seydoux

Léa Seydoux Starring

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand Starring

ScreenplayWes Anderson Produced byWes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson CinematographyRobert D. Yeoman MusicAlexandre Desplat Prod. DesignAdam Stockhausen

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 22-24 (opening) 8 $1.3M — 52 $25,938 $1.3M

2 Oct 29-31 9 $2.6M +92.9% 788 $3,302 $4.5M

3 Nov 5-7 6 $2.6M −0.7% 1,205 $2,143 $8.5M

4 Nov 12-14 8 $1.8M −31.9% 1,225 $1,436 $11.5M

5 Nov 19-21 8 $1.0M −43.2% 805 $1,242 $13.3M

6 Nov 26-28 12 $627.0K −37.3% 450 $1,393 $14.5M

7 Dec 3-5 — $372.9K −40.5% 425 $877 $15.1M

8 Dec 10-12 — $247.1K −33.7% 310 $797 $15.6M

9 Dec 17-19 — $112.7K −54.4% 180 $625 $15.8M

10 Dec 24-26 — $36.5K −67.6% 70 $520 $15.9M

11 Dec 31-2 — $31.8K −12.8% 55 $578 $16.0M

12 Jan 7-9 — $27.5K −13.4% 45 $611 $16.0M

13 Jan 14-16 — $18.7K −32.2% 35 $533 $16.1M

14 Jan 21-23 — $18.8K +0.5% 35 $535 $16.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 22 #8 $556.5K — $556.5K 52 $10,701 1

Sat Oct 23 #— $450.2K −19% $1.0M 52 $8,658 2

Sun Oct 24 #9 $342.1K −24% $1.3M 52 $6,578 3

Mon Oct 25 #— $135.2K −60% $1.5M 52 $2,600 4

Tue Oct 26 #— $142.4K +5% $1.6M 52 $2,738 5

Wed Oct 27 #— $141.6K −1% $1.8M 52 $2,723 6

Thu Oct 28 #— $109.2K −23% $1.9M 52 $2,099 7

Fri Oct 29 #9 $1.1M +901% +96% $3.0M 788 $1,386 8

Sat Oct 30 #10 $925.3K −15% +106% $3.9M 788 $1,174 9

Sun Oct 31 #10 $584.0K −37% +71% $4.5M 788 $741 10

Mon Nov 1 #— $330.2K −43% +144% $4.8M 788 $419 11

Tue Nov 2 #— $384.4K +16% +170% $5.2M 788 $487 12

Wed Nov 3 #— $358.5K −7% +153% $5.6M 788 $454 13

Thu Nov 4 #4 $316.6K −12% +190% $5.9M 788 $401 14

Fri Nov 5 #6 $827.8K +161% −24% $6.7M 1,205 $686 15

Sat Nov 6 #6 $1.1M +28% +15% $7.8M 1,205 $879 16

Sun Nov 7 #6 $695.6K −34% +19% $8.5M 1,205 $577 17

Mon Nov 8 #5 $265.7K −62% −20% $8.7M 1,205 $220 18

Tue Nov 9 #5 $316.2K +19% −18% $9.0M 1,205 $262 19

Wed Nov 10 #6 $319.5K +1% −11% $9.4M 1,205 $265 20

Thu Nov 11 #7 $421.2K +32% +33% $9.8M 1,205 $349 21

Fri Nov 12 #8 $546.6K +30% −34% $10.3M 1,225 $446 22

Sat Nov 13 #7 $751.6K +37% −29% $11.1M 1,225 $613 23

Sun Nov 14 #7 $461.9K −39% −34% $11.5M 1,225 $377 24

Mon Nov 15 #6 $175.1K −62% −34% $11.7M 1,225 $142 25

Tue Nov 16 #8 $214.2K +22% −32% $11.9M 1,225 $174 26

Wed Nov 17 #6 $204.5K −5% −36% $12.1M 1,225 $166 27

Thu Nov 18 #6 $195.5K −4% −54% $12.3M 1,225 $159 28

Fri Nov 19 #8 $291.2K +49% −47% $12.6M 805 $361 29

Sat Nov 20 #9 $417.0K +43% −45% $13.0M 805 $517 30

Sun Nov 21 #9 $292.0K −30% −37% $13.3M 805 $362 31

Mon Nov 22 #9 $158.5K −46% −9% $13.5M 805 $196 32

Tue Nov 23 #9 $148.7K −6% −31% $13.6M 805 $184 33

Wed Nov 24 #— $125.1K −16% −39% $13.8M 450 $278 34

Thu Nov 25 #— $112.5K −10% −42% $13.9M 450 $249 35

Fri Nov 26 #12 $241.7K +115% −17% $14.1M 450 $537 36

Sat Nov 27 #12 $241.2K n/c −42% $14.4M 450 $535 37

Sun Nov 28 #12 $144.1K −40% −51% $14.5M 450 $320 38

Mon Nov 29 #— $55.0K −62% −65% $14.6M 450 $122 39

Tue Nov 30 #— $63.5K +15% −57% $14.6M 450 $141 40

Wed Dec 1 #— $61.9K −3% −51% $14.7M 450 $137 41

Thu Dec 2 #— $61.3K −1% −46% $14.7M 450 $136 42

Fri Dec 3 #— $109.5K +79% −55% $14.8M 425 $257 43

Sat Dec 4 #— $156.8K +43% −35% $15.0M 425 $368 44

Sun Dec 5 #— $106.6K −32% −26% $15.1M 425 $250 45

Mon Dec 6 #— $44.3K −58% −20% $15.2M 425 $104 46

Tue Dec 7 #— $56.6K +28% −11% $15.2M 425 $133 47

Wed Dec 8 #— $51.2K −10% −17% $15.3M 425 $120 48

Thu Dec 9 #— $55.2K +8% −10% $15.3M 425 $129 49

Fri Dec 10 #— $67.3K +22% −39% $15.4M 310 $217 50

Sat Dec 11 #— $106.8K +59% −32% $15.5M 310 $344 51

Sun Dec 12 #— $73.0K −32% −32% $15.6M 310 $235 52

Mon Dec 13 #— $31.7K −57% −28% $15.6M 310 $102 53

Tue Dec 14 #— $33.3K +5% −41% $15.6M 310 $107 54

Wed Dec 15 #— $36.4K +9% −29% $15.7M 310 $117 55

Thu Dec 16 #11 $26.8K −26% −51% $15.7M 310 $86 56

Fri Dec 17 #— $32.1K +20% −52% $15.7M 180 $178 57

Sat Dec 18 #— $44.2K +38% −59% $15.8M 180 $245 58

Sun Dec 19 #— $36.4K −18% −50% $15.8M 180 $202 59

Mon Dec 20 #— $21.9K −40% −31% $15.8M 180 $121 60

Tue Dec 21 #— $18.8K −14% −43% $15.8M 180 $104 61

Wed Dec 22 #— $19.3K +3% −47% $15.9M 180 $107 62

Thu Dec 23 #— $18.7K −3% −30% $15.9M 180 $103 63

Fri Dec 24 #— $8.7K −53% −73% $15.9M 70 $124 64

Sat Dec 25 #— $12.9K +48% −71% $15.9M 70 $184 65

Sun Dec 26 #— $14.9K +15% −59% $15.9M 70 $212 66

Mon Dec 27 #— $11.5K −23% −47% $15.9M 70 $164 67

Tue Dec 28 #— $10.3K −10% −45% $15.9M 70 $147 68

Wed Dec 29 #— $13.0K +25% −33% $16.0M 70 $185 69

Thu Dec 30 #— $12.7K −2% −32% $16.0M 70 $181 70

Fri Dec 31 #— $8.2K −36% −6% $16.0M 55 $148 71

Sat Jan 1 #— $14.4K +77% +12% $16.0M 55 $262 72

Sun Jan 2 #— $9.2K −36% −38% $16.0M 55 $167 73

Mon Jan 3 #— $5.6K −40% −52% $16.0M 55 $100 74

Tue Jan 4 #— $5.9K +6% −43% $16.0M 55 $107 75

Wed Jan 5 #— $4.2K −30% −68% $16.0M 55 $75 76

Thu Jan 6 #— $4.7K +14% −63% $16.0M 55 $85 77

Fri Jan 7 #— $7.3K +56% −10% $16.0M 45 $163 78

Sat Jan 8 #— $12.3K +67% −15% $16.0M 45 $272 79

Sun Jan 9 #— $7.9K −35% −14% $16.0M 45 $176 80

Mon Jan 10 #— $2.5K −69% −56% $16.1M 45 $54 81

Tue Jan 11 #— $3.8K +53% −36% $16.1M 45 $83 82

Wed Jan 12 #— $5.0K +32% +20% $16.1M 45 $110 83

Thu Jan 13 #— $4.9K −1% +5% $16.1M 45 $109 84

Fri Jan 14 #— $5.2K +4% −30% $16.1M 35 $147 85

Sat Jan 15 #— $6.9K +33% −44% $16.1M 35 $196 86

Sun Jan 16 #— $6.6K −3% −16% $16.1M 35 $189 87

Mon Jan 17 #— $4.9K −26% +101% $16.1M 35 $141 88

Tue Jan 18 #— $2.4K −51% −36% $16.1M 35 $69 89

Wed Jan 19 #— $2.7K +11% −46% $16.1M 35 $77 90

Thu Jan 20 #— $3.4K +24% −32% $16.1M 35 $95 91

Fri Jan 21 #— $5.4K +60% +4% $16.1M 35 $153 92

Sat Jan 22 #— $8.1K +50% +17% $16.1M 40 $201 93

Sun Jan 23 #— $5.3K −34% −20% $16.1M 35 $152 94

Mon Jan 24 #— $1.7K −69% −66% $16.1M 35 $47 95

Tue Jan 25 #— $2.3K +35% −7% $16.1M 35 $64 96

Wed Jan 26 #— $2.7K +22% +2% $16.1M 35 $78 97

Thu Jan 27 #— $2.5K −9% −26% $16.1M 35 $71 98

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$16.0M

Oct 22Nov 8Nov 26Dec 13Dec 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $36.5K

$1.3M

$2.6M

$2.6M

$1.8M

$1.0M

$627.0K

$372.9K

$247.1K

$112.7K

$36.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,225 → 70 −94.3%

52 open70 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −67.6%

+92.9%

W1→2

−0.7%

W2→3

−31.9%

W3→4

−43.2%

W4→5

−37.3%

W5→6

−40.5%

W6→7

−33.7%

W7→8

−54.4%

W8→9

−67.6%

W9→10

Steepest −67.6%Biggest gain +92.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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