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Leonardo DiCaprio can still draw audiences to movie theaters.<\/p>\n
His latest film, \u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d landed in the top spot at the box office this weekend, hauling in $22.4 million in the U.S. and Canada. Globally, the film made $48.5 million in its opening weekend. Industry analyst estimates had pegged the film\u2019s debut at $20 million to $25 million, though some had predicted $30 million or more. Studio sources expected the film to bring in $20 million in its domestic opening.<\/p>\n
Written and directed by auteur filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d tells the story of a one-time revolutionary, played by DiCaprio, who must band together with old friends and community members to rescue his daughter from a former enemy. The film, which is loosely based on a Thomas Pynchon novel, also stars Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del Toro and Regina Hall. Its budget was $130 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d had strong interest from Hollywood cinephiles, but there were questions about whether it would connect with more casual moviegoers, particularly since early marketing was more ambiguous about its genre. In addition, adult dramas have not performed at the box office as they did before the pandemic, as older audiences have been slower to return to theaters<\/a>. Fans of DiCaprio, who may have followed his career since his turn in 1997\u2019s \u201cTitanic,\u201d fall into that group.<\/p>\n But the film notched a solid 98% approval rating on aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and has benefited from buzz about its awards potential.<\/p>\n \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d marks the latest win for Warner Bros. The studio has had a string of success at the theaters starting with April\u2019s \u201cA Minecraft Movie,\u201d which has grossed a total of $957 million. That streak continued with Ryan Coogler\u2019s \u201cSinners,\u201d James Gunn\u2019s \u201cSuperman,\u201d Zach Cregger\u2019s \u201cWeapons,\u201d and the latest installments of franchises like \u201cThe Conjuring\u201d and \u201cFinal Destination.\u201d It\u2019s been a remarkable turnaround for the studio and its film chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, who earlier this year were reportedly on the hot seat for under-performing films<\/a>.<\/p>\n At that time, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d was seen as an especially risky bet for De Luca and Abdy, but the success of the rest of the year\u2019s lineup has reduced the pressure on this film, said Shawn Robbins, director of movie analytics at Fandango and founder of site Box Office Theory.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re in an envious position right now because they don\u2019t need this movie to over-perform,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2018One Battle After Another\u2019 is a little bit of a cherry on top.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGabby\u2019s Dollhouse\u201d came in second place at the box office this weekend, grossing $13.5 million. \u201cDemon Slayer,\u201d \u201cThe Conjuring: Last Rites\u201d and \u201cThe Strangers: Chapter 2\u201d rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.latimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Leonardo DiCaprio can still draw audiences to movie theaters. His latest film, \u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d landed in the top spot at the box office this weekend, hauling in $22.4 million in the U.S. and Canada. Globally, the film made $48.5 million in its opening weekend. Industry analyst estimates had pegged the film\u2019s debut at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2055838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2055837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/One-Battle-After-Another-earns-22-million-in-box-office.com2F1b2Ff92Fd525e70e485eb87dd5c85947.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2055838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}