Early previews for Warner Bros. Pictures’ latest action thriller, One Battle After Another, have revealed that it is performing significantly better than Leonardo DiCaprio‘s other award-winning movies. The studio reportedly spent around $130 million – $140 million for director Paul Thomas Anderson’s star-studded feature.

One Battle After Another delivers a promising box office performance

According to Deadline, previews for One Battle After Another have garnered a total gross of $3.1 million at the box office, making it higher than 2023’s Killers of the Flower Moon ($2.6 million) and 2015’s The Revenant ($2.3 million). However, the newest Leonardo DiCaprio movie is currently on track to make around $20-25 million during its opening weekend, which would be the same as Killers of the Flower Moon, but lower than The Revenant’s opening weekend numbers ($39.8 million).

One Battle After Another is written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The movie is produced by Anderson, Sara Murphy, and Adam Somner, with Jonny Greenwood providing the music. The film also stars Academy Award winners and Sean Penn (Milk). The ensemble cast features Regina Hall (Girls Trip, O’Dessa), Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza), Teyana Taylor (A Thousand and One), Wood Harris (Remember the Titans), Benicio del Toro (Sicario, The French Dispatch), D.W. Moffett (Traffic), Chase Infiniti (Presumed Innocent), John Hoogenakker (Dopesick), and more.

The film is inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland. This marks the second time that the acclaimed filmmaker has adapted one of Pynchon’s novels, after previously directing the 2014 movie Inherent Vice. The original Vineland novel takes place in the 1980s, following the culture clash during the Reagan administration.

(Source: Deadline)