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Released
2025 · FILM

The Phoenician Scheme

A ruthless businessman must reconcile with his estranged daughter and complete a high-stakes infrastructure project in Phoenicia while evading rival tycoons, foreign terrorists, and a cast of eccentric assassins.

“If something gets in your way: flatten it.”

Directed by
Wes Anderson, Carlos Fidel
Written by
Roman Coppola, Wes Anderson
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
102 min
ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

Wealthy businessman Zsa‑zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, who is a nun, as the sole heir to his estate. As Korda begins a new enterprise, they become targets of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists and determined assassins.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 749+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Barney PillingShot by Bruno DelbonnelScored by Alexandre DesplatDesigned by Adam StockhausenSound by Valentino GianniCostumes by Milena CanoneroStunts by Dominique FouassierVFX by Marta Baidek

Box Office

2025 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$40.6M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$40.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $19.6M — 48% of worldwide · International: $21.0M (52%)

Opening weekend: $560K — 3% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $732K — 4% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 6 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Phönizische Meisterstreichde
  • La trama feniciait

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