Overview

• The Phoenician Scheme opens wide in U.S. theaters on June 6 following its Cannes premiere on May 18 and a UK debut on May 23.
• Focus Features reports a $570,000 gross from six New York and Los Angeles venues, yielding a $95,000 per-screen average—the highest limited opening of 2025.
• Benicio Del Toro stars as industrialist Zsa-Zsa Korda and Mia Threapleton appears as his estranged nun daughter in the 100-minute, PG-13 drama.
• Co-written by Roman Coppola with a score by Alexandre Desplat, the film features Adam Stockhausen’s midcentury globetrotting design on Studio Babelsberg soundstages.
• Critics praise its meticulous visuals and ensemble performances but remain divided over the narrative’s depth and cohesion.