As Comscore Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian explained, Anderson’s films appeal to that core audience but also expand very well and “tend to earn a staggering multiple of that opening limited release revenue,” mainly because of the sheer number of screens they add in Week 2.

Wes Anderson's "The Phoenician Scheme" features some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Benicio Del Toro.

Actor Benicio Del Toro joins TODAY to talk about his role in the new Wes Anderson movie “The Phoenician Scheme” where he plays a character who survives multiple assassination attempts and launches a plan to protect his family fortune,

In my review of “Asteroid City ,” I wrote that “Anderson works with a palette of super-bright colors — and the result looks like a drunk, pastel-colored rainbow exploded all over the screen.” “The Phoenician Scheme” is a 1950s period piece that looks even more obnoxious.