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image Asteroidcity.jpg| caption = Theatrical release poster| director = Wes Anderson| screenplay = Wes Anderson
    		{edih} {edih}| cinematography = Robert Yeoman| editing = Barney Pilling| music = Alexandre Desplat {edih} {edih}2023232023 Cannes Film Festival>Cannes6United States}}ASTEROID CITY (12A)>PUBLISHER=BRITISH BOARD OF FILM CLASSIFICATIONARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 5, 2023URL-STATUS=LIVE, | country = United States| language = EnglishURL=HTTPS://SCREENRANT.COM/ASTEROID-CITY-MOVIE-RELEASE-DATE-DETAILS-WES-ANDERSON/WEBSITE=SCREEN RANTACCESS-DATE=JUNE 19, 2023ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20230622051447/HTTPS://SCREENRANT.COM/ASTEROID-CITY-MOVIE-RELEASE-DATE-DETAILS-WES-ANDERSON/, live, ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 14, 2023, y, }}Asteroid City (or “Asteroid City”) is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson, from a story he wrote with Roman Coppola. It features an ensemble cast, including Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, and Jeff Goldblum. Its plot is mostly concerned with a play of the events of a Junior Stargazer convention in a retrofuturistic version of 1955, but it becomes metatextual because the making of the play is the subject of a television documentary.WEB, Kohn, Eric, 2023-06-15, Wes Anderson on ‘Asteroid City’: Mental Health, Marilyn Monroe, and Sending Emails to Tom Hanks,www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/wes-anderson-interview-asteroid-city-1234874967/, 2023-06-15, IndieWire, June 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230615145546/https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/wes-anderson-interview-asteroid-city-1234874967/, live, It is Anderson’s homage to popular memory and mythology about extraterrestrials and UFOs witnessed in the American Southwestern desert in close proximity to atomic test sites during the postwar period of the 20th century.The project was announced in September 2020 as an untitled romance film, with Anderson writing, producing and directing, alongside Jeremy Dawson of American Empirical Pictures and Steven Rales of Indian Paintbrush. In February 2021, it was described as being about a “group of brainy teenagers”. Originally set for Rome, filming took place in Chinchón, Spain, between August and October, 2021, with cinematographer Robert D. Yeoman. Several sets resembling a desert landscape and a mock train station were used. Post-production included editor Barney Pilling and a musical score composed by frequent Anderson composer Alexandre Desplat, featuring country and western songs from many artists. The official title for Asteroid City was revealed in October 2021 at the BFI London Film Festival.Asteroid City premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2023, where it competed for the Palme d’Or. It began a limited theatrical release through Focus Features in the United States on June 16, 2023, expanding to a wide release a week later.WEB, D’Alessandro, Anthony, December 6, 2022, Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ To Make Impact This Summer At Theaters,deadline.com/2022/12/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-release-date-1235191519/, December 7, 2022, Deadline Hollywood, December 7, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221207000009/https://deadline.com/2022/12/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-release-date-1235191519/, live, It grossed $54 million worldwide on a $25 million budget,{{Citation |last=Anderson |first=Wes |title=Asteroid City |date=2023-06-23 |type=Comedy, Drama, Romance |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230388/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |others=Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks |publisher=Focus Features, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures}} and received generally positive reviews.

    Plot

    In a retro-futuristic version of the 1950s, a television host introduces a documentary about the creation and production of Asteroid City, a play by the famed playwright Conrad Earp. The play’s events are depicted in widescreen and stylized color, while the television special is seen in black-and-white Academy ratio.In the play, a youth astronomy convention is held in the fictional desert town of Asteroid City. War photojournalist Augie Steenbeck arrives early to the Junior Stargazer convention with Woodrow, his intellectual teenage son, and his three younger daughters. When their car breaks down, Augie phones his father-in-law, Stanley, asking for his help. Stanley, who dislikes his son-in-law, persuades him to tell the children about their mother’s recent death, which Augie had concealed. Augie and Woodrow meet Midge Campbell, a famous but world-weary actress, and her daughter Dinah, who, like Woodrow, will be honored at the convention. Augie and Midge, and Woodrow and Dinah, gradually fall in love throughout the play. The other convention participants arrive: five-star General Grif Gibson, astronomer Dr. Hickenlooper, three additional teenaged honorees (Clifford, Shelly, and Ricky) and their parents (J.J., Sandy, and Roger), a busload of elementary-school children chaperoned by young teacher June Douglas, and a cowboy band led by singer Montana. A local motel provides everyone’s accommodations.Gibson welcomes the attendees at the Asteroid City crater where the teenagers are to receive awards for various inventions. A UFO suddenly appears above the crater; an alien emerges and steals the remnant of the meteorite that created the crater, which Augie manages to photograph. Gibson, with instructions from the president, places the town under military quarantine, and everyone is subjected to medical and psychiatric examinations. Meanwhile, a romance blossoms between Montana and June, who assure the students that the alien is likely peaceful. The Stargazer honorees use Dr. Hickenlooper’s equipment to attempt to contact the alien. Tricking the guard watching the pay phone, Ricky calls his school newspaper to relay the quarantine details and cover-up to the outside world.The Asteroid City events become national news. A furious Gibson is about to be forced to end the quarantine when the UFO reappears, dropping the meteorite back into its former position; the General sees new markings on it and deduces that it has been “inventoried.” Gibson then reinstates the quarantine; the children, scientists, and parents revolt, using the honorees’ inventions to overpower the military. In the play’s epilogue, Augie and his family are the last to leave Asteroid City after Gibson officially lifts the quarantine. Woodrow reveals he has won the fellowship funding, and Midge leaves Augie her mailing address. Augie and his family quietly drive away.Throughout the film, the play’s creation is interspersed with the play itself in the television documentary. Some time after Conrad Earp started writing, he meets with actor Jones Hall, who performs an audition in Earp’s home and is immediately cast. During the same interaction, Earp and Hall kiss, establishing their relationship as lovers. Earp writes the play with help from a local acting school and recruits most cast members from it, including Mercedes Ford, a temperamental yet talented actress who plays Midge.During the recorded performance of the play, Hall, who plays Augie, confronts the play’s director Schubert Green, saying he “still doesn’t understand the play”, and asks Green if he is “doing him right”. Green tells Hall to keep playing Augie the same way despite being uncertain, and that he is doing him right. After that interaction, while taking a smoke break on a balcony, Hall runs into the actress who was cast to play Augie’s wife before her only scene was cut. She recites the deleted scene’s text to him, and he appears to gain new insight from it.Six months into the play’s run, Conrad Earp dies in an automobile accident.

    Cast

    {{Cast listing| }}Bill Murray was originally cast as the motel manager, but had to drop out of the role due to being infected with COVID-19, leading to Carrell playing the part instead. However, after his recovery, he arrived at the film set in Spain, and while Anderson could not add another role to the film, he gave Murray the role of Tab Whitney, the actor playing Jock Larkings, business titan of the company bearing his name, which was an additional character created for a short promotional film trailer.MAGAZINE,www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-missing-bill-murray-part-from-asteroid-city, ‘The Missing Bill Murray Part from Asteroid City, The New Yorker, June 29, 2023, Schulman, Michael,

    Production

    Development and casting

    In September 2020, it was reported Wes Anderson would write and direct a romance film, which he would produce with Jeremy Dawson of American Empirical Pictures and Steven Rales of Indian Paintbrush.WEB,discussingfilm.net/2020/09/22/wes-anderson-set-to-direct-new-film-in-march-2021-exclusive/, Wes Anderson Set To Direct New Film In March 2021 (Exclusive), Jacob, Fisher, DiscussingFilm, September 22, 2020, February 18, 2021, January 20, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210120160341/https://discussingfilm.net/2020/09/22/wes-anderson-set-to-direct-new-film-in-march-2021-exclusive/, live, MAGAZINE,www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/50546/1/wes-anderson-will-begin-shooting-his-next-film-in-2021, Wes Anderson will begin shooting his next film in 2021, September 23, 2020, Thom, Waite, Dazed,web.archive.org/web/20210713115104/https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/50546/1/wes-anderson-will-begin-shooting-his-next-film-in-2021, July 13, 2021, live, August 15, 2021, By February 2021, Michael Cera and Jeff Goldblum entered negotiations to star; the film was then described as being about a “group of brainy teenagers”.WEB,discussingfilm.net/2021/02/17/michael-cera-and-jeff-goldblum-in-early-talks-to-join-wes-andersons-next-film-exclusive/, Michael Cera and Jeff Goldblum in Early Talks to Join Wes Anderson’s Next Film (Exclusive), Jacob, Fisher, DiscussingFilm, February 17, 2021, February 18, 2021, February 18, 2021,discussingfilm.net/2021/02/17/michael-cera-and-jeff-goldblum-in-early-talks-to-join-wes-andersons-next-film-exclusive/," title="web.archive.org/web/20210218013224discussingfilm.net/2021/02/17/michael-cera-and-jeff-goldblum-in-early-talks-to-join-wes-andersons-next-film-exclusive/,">web.archive.org/web/20210218013224discussingfilm.net/2021/02/17/michael-cera-and-jeff-goldblum-in-early-talks-to-join-wes-andersons-next-film-exclusive/, live, Tilda Swinton was the first person to officially join the cast, in June 2021. In May 2023, Anderson talked about how the COVID-19 pandemic inspired the film and its story, saying: “I don’t think there would be a quarantine in the story if we weren’t experiencing it. It wasn’t deliberate...Writing is the most improvisational part of the whole process. It relies on having nothing.“WEB,deadline.com/2023/05/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-scarlett-johansson-cannes-film-festival-covid-1235377990/, ‘Asteroid City’: How Covid Quarantine Inspired Wes Anderson’s Latest About People Stuck In the 1950s Desert – Cannes, Anthony, D’Alessandro, May 24, 2023, May 24, 2023, May 24, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230524150239/https://deadline.com/2023/05/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-scarlett-johansson-cannes-film-festival-covid-1235377990/, live,

    Filming

    Principal photography, originally planned for Rome, took place in Spain between August and October 2021, with COVID-19 safety precautions in place.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/movies/the-french-dispatch-wes-anderson.html, limited, In the Company of Wes Anderson, October 22, 2021, Melena, Ryzik, The New York Times, October 23, 2021, October 22, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211022232526/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/movies/the-french-dispatch-wes-anderson.html, live, Several sets were built in Chinchón, including a vast diorama resembling a desert landscape with the eponymous town of Asteroid City, including its train station, a diner, a garage and an observatory.NEWS,elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-14/wes-anderson-rodara-su-nueva-pelicula-en-madrid.html/, registration, es, Wes Anderson rodará su nueva película en Madrid, Wes Anderson will shoot his new film in Madrid, May 14, 2021, Gregorio, Belinchón, El País,web.archive.org/web/20210815153808/https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-14/wes-anderson-rodara-su-nueva-pelicula-en-madrid.html/, August 15, 2021, live, August 15, 2021, NEWS, Belinchón, Gregorio, 2023-05-23, De Chinchón a Cannes gracias a Wes Anderson y su tropa de amigos famosos en ‘Asteroid City’,elpais.com/cultura/2023-05-23/de-chinchon-a-cannes-gracias-a-wes-anderson-y-su-tropa-de-amigos-famosos-en-asteroid-city.html, 2023-06-18, El País, es, June 18, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230618182619/https://elpais.com/cultura/2023-05-23/de-chinchon-a-cannes-gracias-a-wes-anderson-y-su-tropa-de-amigos-famosos-en-asteroid-city.html, live, Cast member Fisher Stevens said the film would include “the wildest cast since The Bridge on the River Kwai” and that the cast and crew “were all bubbled together in a hotel, which was an old monastery”.WEB,www.vulture.com/2021/11/fisher-stevens-on-the-french-dispatch-and-succession.html, limited, Fisher Stevens on The French Dispatch, Climate Change, and Getting Yelled at on Succession, November 2, 2021, Tomris, Laffly, Vulture,web.archive.org/web/20211105214716/https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/fisher-stevens-on-the-french-dispatch-and-succession.html, November 5, 2021, live, November 11, 2021, Scarlett Johansson was paid $4,131 a week for her two months of work.NEWS, May 9, 2023, Scarlett Johansson Opens Up About the Pain and Triumph of Disney Legal Battle Over ‘Black Widow’ and Wes Anderson’s ‘Liberating’ Cannes Film, Variety (magazine), Variety,variety.com/2023/film/features/scarlett-johansson-disney-lawsuit-child-actor-interview-1235605851/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230918231509/https://variety.com/2023/film/features/scarlett-johansson-disney-lawsuit-child-actor-interview-1235605851/, September 18, 2023,

    Post-production

    The film’s title was revealed by Bill Murray to be Asteroid City at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2021.WEB,www.screendaily.com/news/wes-anderson-shooting-next-film-asteroid-city-in-spain-reveals-bill-murray/5164134.article, limited, Wes Anderson shooting next film Asteroid City in Spain, reveals Bill Murray, October 10, 2021, Ben, Dalton, Screen Daily,web.archive.org/web/20211011020341/https://www.screendaily.com/news/wes-anderson-shooting-next-film-asteroid-city-in-spain-reveals-bill-murray/5164134.article, October 11, 2021, live, October 11, 2021, Alexandre Desplat composed the score, his sixth collaboration with Anderson.WEB,filmmusicreporter.com/2021/11/10/alexandre-desplat-to-reteam-with-wes-anderson-on-asteroid-city/, Alexandre Desplat to Reteam with Wes Anderson on Asteroid City, November 10, 2021, Film Music Reporter,web.archive.org/web/20211111025300/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/11/10/alexandre-desplat-to-reteam-with-wes-anderson-on-asteroid-city/, November 11, 2021, live, November 11, 2021, Costume design was by multiple Academy Award winner Milena Canonero.WEB, Asteroid City,periscostumes.com/trabajos/asteroid-city/, live,web.archive.org/web/20221220122849/https://periscostumes.com/trabajos/asteroid-city/, December 20, 2022, 2022-12-20, Peris Costumes, es-ES, In July 2022, it was announced that Focus Features would distribute the film, reuniting them with Anderson after Moonrise Kingdom (2012). It was also revealed that Murray would not be in the film as initially reported,WEB, Ramachandran, Naman, Naman Ramachandran, 2021-07-16, Bill Murray Reunites With Wes Anderson, Tilda Swinton for Spain-Set Project (Exclusive),variety.com/2021/film/global/bill-murray-wes-anderson-spain-film-1235021525/, 2021-07-16, Variety, July 16, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210716151214/https://variety.com/2021/film/global/bill-murray-wes-anderson-spain-film-1235021525/, live, as a result of contracting COVID-19 before he could shoot his scenes, leading to him being replaced by Steve Carell for the role of the motel manager.MAGAZINE, Vlessing, Etan, 2022-07-22, Bill Murray Had to Drop Out of Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ Due to COVID,www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bill-murray-dropped-out-wes-anderson-asteroid-city-covid-1235184889/, 2023-03-30, The Hollywood Reporter,

    Music

    Asteroid City (soundtrack)}}

    Marketing

    (File:Asteroid City Experience London.jpg|thumb|The Asteroid City immersive exhibition in London)A teaser poster for Asteroid City was released on March 28, 2023. The first trailer was released the following day, which featured a rendition of Johnny Duncan’s 1957 song “Last Train to San Fernando”.WEB, Hoffman, Jordan, 2023-03-29, Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City trailer: Close encounters of the Wes kind [Watch],www.goldderby.com/article/2023/asteroid-city-trailer-wes-anderson/, 2023-03-29, GoldDerby, March 29, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230329150049/https://www.goldderby.com/article/2023/asteroid-city-trailer-wes-anderson/, live, Jazz Monroe of Pitchfork called the trailer “extremely Andersonian”, while Charles Pulliam-Moore of The Verge wrote that the film “looks and feels exactly how you’d think a Wes Anderson coming-of-age movie about stargazing in the desert would”.WEB, 2023-03-29, Watch the First Trailer for Wes Anderson’s New Movie Asteroid City,pitchfork.com/news/watch-the-first-trailer-for-wes-andersons-new-movie-asteroid-city/, 2023-03-29, Pitchfork, March 29, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230329150048/https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-the-first-trailer-for-wes-andersons-new-movie-asteroid-city/, live, WEB, Pulliam-Moore, Charles, 2023-03-29, Asteroid City’s first trailer is the most Wes Anderson thing you’ll see today,www.theverge.com/23661537/asteroid-city-trailer-wes-anderson, 2023-03-29, The Verge, March 29, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230329150047/https://www.theverge.com/23661537/asteroid-city-trailer-wes-anderson, live,

    Release

    File:Asteroid City premiere Cannes 2023.jpg|right|thumb|The cast of Asteroid City at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival2023 Cannes Film FestivalAsteroid City premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2023.WEB, Wiseman, Andreas, Ntim, Zac, 2023-03-28, Wes Anderson’s Star-Studded Comedy ‘Asteroid City’ Is On Its Way To The Cannes Film Festival,deadline.com/2023/03/wes-anderson-asteroid-city-cannes-film-festival-focus-features-1235311687/, 2023-03-28, Deadline Hollywood, March 28, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230328174047/https://deadline.com/2023/03/wes-anderson-asteroid-city-cannes-film-festival-focus-features-1235311687/, live, It was given a limited theatrical release in New York City and Los Angeles in the United States on June 16, 2023, expanding to a wide release on June 23, 2023. It had an earlier premiere in Sweden and a limited number of other countries on June 9, 2023.WEB, Asteroid City,www.universalpictures.se/micro/asteroid-city, 2023-06-12, Universal Pictures Sweden, June 12, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230612123513/https://www.universalpictures.se/micro/asteroid-city, live,

    Home media

    Asteroid City was released digitally on July 11, 2023, two and a half weeks after its theatrical premiere.WEB, July 10, 2023, Asteroid City Digital Release Date Set for Wes Anderson Movie, Sim, Jonathan, ComingSoon.net,www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1301839-asteroid-city-digital-release-date-set-for-wes-anderson-movie, July 12, 2023, July 12, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230712002116/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1301839-asteroid-city-digital-release-date-set-for-wes-anderson-movie, live, A DVD and Blu-ray were released on August 15, 2023.WEB, Paz, Maggie Dela, 2023-08-03, Asteroid City Blu-ray & DVD Release Date Set, Special Features Detailed,www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1314546-asteroid-city-blu-ray-dvd-release-date-set-special-features, 2023-08-04, ComingSoon.net, August 4, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230804151914/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1314546-asteroid-city-blu-ray-dvd-release-date-set-special-features, live, It began streaming on Peacock on August 11, 2023.WEB, D’Alessandro, Anthony, 2023-08-04, ‘Asteroid City’ Hitting Peacock Next Week,deadline.com/2023/08/asteroid-city-peacock-streaming-date-wes-anderson-1235454956/, 2023-08-04, Deadline Hollywood, August 4, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230804192849/https://deadline.com/2023/08/asteroid-city-peacock-streaming-date-wes-anderson-1235454956/, live, It is available on Prime Video with the default subscription.

    MPA rating

    In the United States, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) initially gave the film an R-rating “for brief graphic nudity”.WEB, 2023-02-07, CARA/MPA Film Ratings Bulletin For 02/08/23; MPA Ratings & Rating Reasons For ‘My Happy Ending’, ‘Space Oddity’ & More,screen-connections.com/2023/02/07/cara-mpa-film-ratings-bulletin-02-08-23-my-happy-ending-space-oddity/, 2023-02-08, Screen-Connections, February 8, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230208034842/https://screen-connections.com/2023/02/07/cara-mpa-film-ratings-bulletin-02-08-23-my-happy-ending-space-oddity/, live, Focus Features successfully appealed the decision, and the film was re-rated PG-13 “for brief graphic nudity, smoking, and some suggestive material”.WEB,screen-connections.com/2023/05/02/cara-mpa-film-ratings-bulletin-05-03-23-asteroid-city-kandahar-justice-league-warworld/, CARA/MPA Film Ratings Bulletin For 05/03/23; MPA Ratings & Rating Reasons For ‘Asteroid City’, ‘Kandahar’, ‘Justice League: Warworld’ & More, Screen-Connections, May 2, 2023, May 3, 2023, May 3, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230503003242/https://screen-connections.com/2023/05/02/cara-mpa-film-ratings-bulletin-05-03-23-asteroid-city-kandahar-justice-league-warworld/, live,

    Reception

    Box office

    Asteroid City grossed $28.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $25.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $54 million.THE NUMBERS, Asteroid-City-(2023), Asteroid City (2023) – Financial Information, September 8, 2023, y, In its limited opening weekend, it made $853,382 from six theaters, finishing in tenth. Its per-venue average of $142,230 was the best total since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the largest since La La Land in 2016.WEB,deadline.com/2023/06/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-box-office-focus-features-1235419761/, Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ Rocks Strongest Limited Opening in Years with New High for Focus Features – Specialty Box Office, June 18, 2023, June 23, 2023, June 23, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230623135018/https://deadline.com/2023/06/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-box-office-focus-features-1235419761/, live, NEWS, June 18, 2023, ‘The Flash’ Falls Down With $55M 3-Day Opening: Here’s Why, Anthony, D’Alessandro, Deadline Hollywood,deadline.com/2023/06/box-office-the-flash-bomb-elemental-1235419478/, June 18, 2023, June 22, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230622033913/https://deadline.com/2023/06/box-office-the-flash-bomb-elemental-1235419478/, live, Expanding to 1,675 theaters in its second weekend, it was projected to gross $7–8 million.MAGAZINE,variety.com/2023/film/news/box-office-jennifer-lawrence-no-hard-feelings-opening-weekend-projection-1235650655/, Box Office: Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘No Hard Feelings’; Aims for $12 Million Debut, ‘The Flash’ Braces for 60% Drop, Variety, Rebecca, Rubin, June 21, 2023, June 21, 2023, It made $3.8 million on its first day of wide release, including $1.1 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to make $9 million, finishing sixth.NEWS, June 26, 2023, ‘Spider-Verse’ Swinging Ahead Of ‘Elemental’ After Game Of Chicken; ‘Flash’ Edging Out ‘No Hard Feelings’, Anthony, D’Alessandro, Deadline Hollywood,deadline.com/2023/06/box-office-the-flash-no-hard-feelings-jennifer-lawrence-1235422274/, June 25, 2023, June 25, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230625194100/https://deadline.com/2023/06/box-office-the-flash-no-hard-feelings-jennifer-lawrence-1235422274/, live, It also had the highest opening for a Wes Anderson film in wide release.NEWS,www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44346558/scarlett-johansson-asteroid-city-box-office-record/, Scarlett Johansson’s new movie Asteroid City sets box office record, Dan, Seddon, Digital Spy, June 26, 2023, June 26, 2023, June 26, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230626191441/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44346558/scarlett-johansson-asteroid-city-box-office-record/, live, Asteroid City completed its theatrical run in the United States and Canada on September 7, 2023.WEB, Asteroid City (2023) - Domestic Release,www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1592820481/?ref_=bo_tt_gr_1, October 30, 2023, Box Office Mojo,

    Critical response

    {{RT prose|75|7|345|Asteroid City is unlikely to win Wes Anderson many new converts, but those who respond to his signature style will find this a return to immaculately arranged form.|ref=yes|access-date=October 6, 2023}} {{MC film|75|60|ref=yes|access-date=September 13, 2023}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B” on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 78% of filmgoers gave it a positive score, with 51% saying they would definitely recommend it.In The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw called Asteroid City “terrifically entertaining and lightly sophisticated”. and wrote: “The movie rattles cleverly and exhilaratingly along, adroitly absorbing the implications of pathos and loneliness without allowing itself to slow down. It is tempting to consider this savant blankness as some kind of symptom, but I really don’t think so: it is the expression of style. And what style it is”.NEWS, Bradshaw, Peter, 2023-05-23, Asteroid City review – Wes Anderson’s 1950s sci-fi is an exhilarating triumph of pure style, The Guardian,www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/23/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-1950s-sci-fi-triumph, 2023-06-15, June 13, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230613204810/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/23/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-1950s-sci-fi-triumph, live, John Nugent of Empire commended the film’s unique visual and narrative style, writing: “[Anderson] remains cinema’s most astonishing stylist, the rigour and detail in every frame never better”, but warned: “It is occasionally a bit unfocused, and always a bit indulgent. If you don’t like The Wes Anderson Film, you won’t like this. But we others must hope he keeps making it.“MAGAZINE, Nugent, John, May 23, 2023, Asteroid City Review,www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/asteroid-city/, 2023-06-15, Empire, In his review for Vulture, Bilge Ebiri wrote: “To the casual observer, Wes Anderson might seem like someone who either refuses to read his own press or has bought into his press to an absurd degree”, alluding to criticism of Anderson’s filmmaking style, but later argued: “There’s a point to all this indulgence. Anderson’s obsessively constructed dioramas explore the very human need to organize, quantify, and control our lives in the face of the unexpected and the uncertain [...] Asteroid City might be the purest expression of this dynamic because it’s about the unknown in all its forms.“WEB, Ebiri, Bilge, 2023-05-23, Wes Anderson Has Gone Mad,www.vulture.com/2023/05/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-has-finally-gone-mad.html, 2023-06-15, Vulture, June 8, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230608183624/https://www.vulture.com/2023/05/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-has-finally-gone-mad.html, live, Owen Gleiberman of Variety found the film similar to the “fussy, top-heavy, narratively batty yet stretched-thin concoctions” he saw in The Darjeeling Limited and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and concluded: ”Asteroid City looks smashing, but as a movie it’s for Anderson die-hards only, and maybe not even too many of them.“MAGAZINE, Gleiberman, Owen, 2023-05-23, ‘Asteroid City’ Review: Wes Anderson’s New Film Is a Piece of 1950s Desert Americana That’s Visually Dazzling and Dramatically Inert,variety.com/2023/film/reviews/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-jason-schwartzman-scarlett-johansson-tom-hanks-1235615834/, 2023-06-15, Variety, In his review for The New Yorker, Anthony Lane highlighted Johansson’s performance as what “cracks the movie’s ordered surface”, and wrote: “Even if you regard the latest movie as a box of tricks, you have to admire the nerve with which Johansson, as Midge, delves into that box and plucks out scraps of coolly agonized wit. More deftly than anyone else, she traffics in the to-and-fro between the real and the imagined”.MAGAZINE, Lane, Anthony, 2023-06-16, In “Asteroid City,” Humans Can Leave Impact Craters, Too, The New Yorker,www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/26/asteroid-city-movie-review-maggie-moores, 2023-06-18, Adam Mullins-Khatib of the Chicago Reader hailed the film as “a true achievement from one of America’s most unique cinematic voices”, complimenting Anderson’s direction and screenplay, as well as the cast’s performances.NEWS, Mullins-Khatib, Adam, 2023-06-20, Review: Asteroid City,chicagoreader.com/film/review-asteroid-city/, 2023-06-25, Chicago Reader, June 25, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230625105055/https://chicagoreader.com/film/review-asteroid-city/, live, Asteroid City received a wide variety of negative reviews, including one article on Screen Rant which collated negative sentiments from a variety of sources.Do People Really Hate Wes Anderson’s Newest Movie, Asteroid City? BY LYNN SHARPE, DEC 19, 2023, screenrant website. A BBC review was entitled “Even Wes Anderson fans may be irritated by this ‘empty’ and ‘cartoonish’ film,” stating, “...at no point does [Anderson] allow us to settle into any narrative in particular.“Asteroid City review: Even Wes Anderson fans may be irritated by this ‘empty’ and ‘cartoonish’ film, 20 June 2023 By Nicholas Barber, bbc. Variety Magazine labeled Asteroid City as one of the worst movies of 2023, saying ” ...[in this] claustrophobic dud of a movie, Anderson triples down on his fetishistic yet oppressive way of engineering a story, even as his most ardent fans triple down on their devotion to the idea that he’s somehow expressing an arch humanity. This one, we kept hearing, is actually an aria of ‘grief,’ though the only grief I felt was that of being trapped in a stylized panorama so insistent it’s become a form of OCD.“The Worst Movies of 2023 By Owen Gleiberman, Peter Debruge, December 15, 2023, Variety Magazine.A review in the Alton Telegraph entitled, “’Asteroid City’ script lacks direction and plot,” said, “’Asteroid City’ made no sense. The script was mind-numbing. I saw several people nod off because they were bored.“Movie review: ‘Asteroid City’ script lacks direction and plot, By Mary Cox, For the Intelligencer, June 23, 2023. Time Magazine’s review was titled “Asteroid City Is Too Stiff and Stylized—Even for a Wes Anderson Movie, ” saying “Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City is what happens when a filmmaker’s world of wonder and whimsy becomes a prison.“ Asteroid City Is Too Stiff and Stylized—Even for a Wes Anderson Movie , by Stephanie Zacharek, May 24, 2023.

    Accolades

    The film appeared on multiple critics’ lists of the best films of 2023, including:{{div col}} {{div col end}}

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    Art Directors Guild Awards 2023>February 10, 2024Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film>Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film| Adam Stockhausen| {{nom}}TANGCAY >FIRST=JAZZ TITLE=SALTBURN, OPPENHEIMER, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON LEAD ART DIRECTORS GUILD 2024 NOMINATIONS ACCESS-DATE=2024-01-09 LANGUAGE=EN-US,
    39th Artios Awards>March 7, 2024Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature (Comedy)>Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Comedy)| Douglas Aibel, Jina Jay, Matthew Glasner| {{nom}}CLARK >FIRST=JASON TITLE=WONKA, BARBIE, OPPENHEIMER, THE IRON CLAW, ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE AMONG ARTIOS AWARDS FILM NOMINEES ACCESS-DATE=JANUARY 14, 2024 THEWRAP >LANGUAGE=EN-US ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20240114041809/HTTPS://WWW.THEWRAP.COM/WONKA-OPPENHEIMER-BARBIE-IRON-CLAW-SPIDER-VERSE-39TH-ARTIOS-NOMINEES/, live,
    2nd Astra Film Creative Arts Awards>February 26, 2023| Best Production Design| Adam Stockhausen| {{nom}} HTTPS://WWW.AWARDSDAILY.COM/2023/12/07/2024-ASTRA-AWARDS/ >TITLE= NEWLY REBRANDED HOLLYWOOD CREATIVE ALLIANCE ANNOUNCE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2024 ASTRA AWARDS LAST=LARKI DATE= 8 DECEMBER 2023, 15 December 2023,
    December 10, 2023| Best Ensemble Cast| Asteroid City| {{Runner-up}}Robert D. Yeoman| {{Runner-up}}
    2023 Cannes Film Festival>May 27, 2023| Palme d’Or| Wes Anderson| {{nom}} HTTPS://VARIETY.COM/2023/FILM/NEWS/CANNES-FILM-FESTIVAL-2023-PALME-DOR-PRIZES-AWARDS-1235627110/>TITLE=CANNES AWARDS: ‘ANATOMY OF A FALL’ TAKES PALME D’OR, ‘THE ZONE OF INTEREST’ AND ‘THE POT AU FEU’ AMONG WINNERSFIRST=PETERDATE=27 MAY 2023ARCHIVE-DATE=JUNE 9, 2023 URL-STATUS=LIVE, ROXBOROUGH >FIRST=SCOTT TITLE=CANNES GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH WES ANDERSON, HIROKAZU KORE-EDA, KEN LOACH, TODD HAYNES IN COMPETITION ACCESS-DATE= AUGUST 15, 2023 ARCHIVE-DATE= AUGUST 15, 2023 URL-STATUS=LIVE,
    December 12, 2023| Best Art Direction/Production Design| Adam Stockhausen| {{nom}}Robert D. Yeoman| {{nom}}
    29th Critics’ Choice Awards>January 14, 2024| Best Production Design| Adam Stockhausen| {{nom}}Critics’ Choice Super Awards4th Critics’ Choice Super Awards>April 4, 2024| Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie| Asteroid City| {{nom}}Columbus Film Critics Association January 4, 2023Columbus Film Critics Association>Best Ensemble| Asteroid City| {{nom}}Columbus Film Critics Association>Best Original Screenplay| Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola| {{nom}}
    Columbus Film Critics Association>Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy| Asteroid City| {{nom}}
    Columbus Film Critics Association>Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)Willem Dafoe, also for Poor Things, Inside (2023 film)>Inside and The Boy and the Heron| {{nom}}
    Columbus Film Critics Association>Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)Jeffrey Wright, also for American Fiction (film)>American Fiction and Rustin| {{Runner-up}}
    December 21, 2023Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast>Best Ensemble| Asteroid City| {{Runner-up}}Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director>Best Director| Wes Anderson| {{nom}}
    Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay>Best Original Screenplay| Wes Anderson| {{Runner-up}}
    HTTPS://NEXTBESTPICTURE.COM/THE-2023-GREATER-WESTERN-NEW-YORK-FILM-CRITICS-ASSOCIATION-GWNYFCA-NOMINATIONS/ >TITLE= THE 2023 GREATER WESTERN NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (GWNYFCA) NOMINATIONS LAST=MATT DATE= 22 DECEMBER 2023, 17 December 2023,
    June 30, 2023| Best Picture| Asteroid City| {{nom}}Scarlett Johansson| {{nom}}
    14th Hollywood Music in Media Awards>November 15, 2023Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film>Best Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film| Alexandre Desplat | {{nom}} HTTPS://WWW.BILLBOARD.COM/MUSIC/AWARDS/2023-HOLLYWOOD-MUSIC-AND-MEDIA-AWARDS-NOMINATIONS-FULL-LIST-1235461801/ >TITLE=SONGS FROM ‘BARBIE’ PACE 2023 HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS NOMINATIONS (FULL LIST) LAST=GREIN BILLBOARD (MAGAZINE)>BILLBOARD ACCESS-DATE=DECEMBER 10, 2023,
    December 18, 2023| Best Picture| Asteroid City| {{nom}}Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola| {{nom}}
    December 11, 2023| Best Film| Asteroid City10th Place}}BLAUVELT >FIRST=CHRISTIAN TITLE=2023 CRITICS POLL: THE BEST FILMS AND PERFORMANCES, ACCORDING TO 158 CRITICS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ACCESS-DATE=DECEMBER 11, 2023 INDIEWIRE >LANGUAGE=EN-US ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20231221140607/HTTPS://WWW.INDIEWIRE.COM/FEATURES/BEST-OF/BEST-MOVIES-2023-CRITICS-SURVEY-POLL-PERFORMANCES-1234933605/, live,
    8th Place}}
    10th Place}}
    December 13, 2023| Best Art Direction| Adam Stockhausen| {{nom}}Jake Ryan (American actor)>Jake Ryan| {{nom}}
    MANAKI >FIRST=MANAKI TITLE=OFFICIAL SELECTION “CAMERA 300” NARRATIVE FEATURES ACCESS-DATE=2023-11-05 LANGUAGE=EN-GB,
    London Film Critics Circle Awards 2023>February 24, 2023| Best British/Irish Performer of the Year| Tilda SwintonAlso for The Eternal Daughter and The Killer}} HTTPS://NEXTBESTPICTURE.COM/THE-2023-LONDON-FILM-CRITICS-CIRCLE-LFCC-NOMINATIONS// >TITLE=THE 2023 LONDON FILM CRITICS CIRCLE (LFCC) NOMINATIONS LAST=MATT DATE= 20 DECEMBER 2023, 27 December 2023,
    December 18, 2023| Gary Murray Award for Best Ensemble| Asteroid City| {{nom}}Robert D. Yeoman| {{nom}}
    People’s Choice Awards February 18, 2024| The Comedy Movie of the Year| Asteroid City| {{Nominated}}MALEC >FIRST=BRETT TITLE=2024 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS: COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES ACCESS-DATE=JANUARY 11, 2024 E!>E! ONLINE ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20240111232312/HTTPS://WWW.EONLINE.COM/NEWS/1392489/2024-PEOPLES-CHOICE-AWARDS-COMPLETE-LIST-OF-NOMINEES, live,
    December 15, 2023| Best Comedy Film| Asteroid City| {{nom}}San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle AwardsSan Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2023>January 9, 2024| Best Production Design| Adam Stockhausen| {{nom}}NEGLIA >FIRST=MATT TITLE=THE 2023 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE (SFBAFCC) NOMINATIONS ACCESS-DATE=JANUARY 5, 2024 LANGUAGE=EN-US,
    January 8, 2024| Best Ensemble Cast| Asteroid City| {{nom}}Robert D. Yeoman| {{Runner-up}}
    Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2023>December 10, 2023| Best Production Design| Adam Stockhausen & Kris Moran| {{nom}} 2023 WASHINGTON DC CRITICS NOMINATIONS (WAFCA) >URL=HTTPS://AWARDSWATCH.COM/2023-WASHINGTON-DC-CRITICS-NOMINATIONS-WAFCA/FIRST=ERIKDATE=9 DECEMBER 2023, December 11, 2023,
    DATE=2024-02-04 URL=HTTPS://MNFILMCRITICALLIANCE.WORDPRESS.COM/2024/02/04/OPPENHEIMER-WINS-SEVEN-MNFCA-AWARDS-INCLUDING-BEST-PICTURE/ WEBSITE=THE MINNESOTA FILM CRITICS ALLIANCE, en,

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