"Slightly undershooting some prerelease "tracking" estimates (which foresaw One Battle taking in $25 million domestically) while notching a global tally of $48.5 million, that haul arrives as the biggest opening of Anderson's three-decade career: eclipsing his previous personal best, the $4.8 million debut of 2007's Upton Sinclair adaptation There Will Be Blood."
"The crowd-pleasing two-hour-and-42-minute film, which has already shot to the front of the Best Picture Oscar race, will need to hang around in theaters over the coming months, posting sub-60 percent weekend-to-weekend drops in order to justify such a relatively rich outlay by its studio distributor, Warner Bros."
"Moreover, as a return on investment for One Battle After Another's reported $130 million production cost - a number widely disputed by industry observers who put its true price tag somewhere closer to $140 million or $160 million - that opening is considered relatively "soft.""
"On the flip side, though, that $22.4 million pales in comparison with One Battle star Leonardo DiCaprio's top-grossing openings like Inception ($62 million), 2013's The Great Gatsby ($50 million), and Shutter Island ($41 million)."
One Battle After Another opened domestically to $22.4 million and has a global total of $48.5 million, slightly below prerelease tracking that projected $25 million domestically. The result marks the biggest opening of Paul Thomas Anderson's career, surpassing the $4.8 million debut of There Will Be Blood, but remains modest compared with Leonardo DiCaprio's top openings such as Inception ($62 million). Reported production costs center on $130 million, though some observers estimate $140–160 million, making the opening a relatively soft return. The film must sustain sub-60 percent weekend drops and hold through October for Warner Bros. to reach profitability.
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