Licorice Pizza
Drama United Artists R 2h 13m Released Nov 26, 2021 Discussed 2022
Opening (limited)
$345,157
4 theaters
Per-theater average
$86,289
opening weekend
Domestic total
$17.3M
Worldwide total
$32.9M
53% domestic
Production budget
$40.0M
0.8× worldwide
RT critics
90%
RT audience
65%
-25 vs critics
Metacritic
90
Platform release: the opening figure is its limited debut in 4 theaters, not a wide-release weekend.
Where it turns up
Friday, November 11, 2022 Wakanda Forever weekend 2022
In the note
You look at the numbers that MGM achieved on Licorice Pizza last year with those 70mm runs (and let's be real here, neither of these films are special effects extravaganza's, so the 70mm benefits are iffy, but it's IMAX on steroids as a marketing tool), and you wonder why no one has copied the strategy because it drove the numbers through the roof.
Monday, December 26, 2022 Christmas Day 2022
In the note
Last year, both Spider-Man and Sing 2 did what you would expect a Christmas film to do (and then some), but The King’s Man, American Underdog, A Journal for Jordan, West Side Story and Licorice Pizza all struggled and didn’t come close to the business we’ve seen from similar titles over the lucrative Christmas period.