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Asteroid City

{{Short description|2023 film by Wes Anderson}}

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| director = Wes Anderson

| screenplay = Wes Anderson

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| cinematography = Robert Yeoman

| editing = Barney Pilling

| music = Alexandre Desplat

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| released = {{Film date|2023|5|23|Cannes|2023|6|16|United States}}

| runtime = 105 minutes{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/asteroid-city-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdeymzex|title=Asteroid City (12A)|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=May 23, 2023|archive-date=July 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705080446/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/asteroid-city-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdeymzex|url-status=live}}

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $25 million{{cite web|last=Casio|first=Jerome|url=https://screenrant.com/asteroid-city-movie-release-date-details-wes-anderson/|title=Wes Anderson's Next Movie Sets Summer 2023 Release Date|website=Screen Rant|date=December 7, 2022|access-date=June 19, 2023|archive-date=June 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622051447/https://screenrant.com/asteroid-city-movie-release-date-details-wes-anderson/|url-status=live}}

| gross = $54 million{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=14230388 |title=Asteroid City (2023) |access-date=September 26, 2023 |publisher_hide=y}}{{Cite The Numbers|id=Asteroid-City-(2023)#tab=summary |title=Asteroid City (2023) |access-date=September 14, 2023 |publisher_hide=y}}

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Asteroid City{{Cite web |title=Wes Anderson teases what you need to know about 'Asteroid City' |first=Christian |last=Holub |date=May 13, 2023 |url=https://ew.com/movies/wes-anderson-interview-asteroid-city-cast-inspirations/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=EW.com |language=en}} is a 2023 American science fiction comedy drama film written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson, from a story he wrote with Roman Coppola. It features an ensemble cast, including Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, and Jeff Goldblum. Its plot mostly follows a play about a Junior Stargazer convention in a retrofuturistic version of 1955, but it becomes metatextual because the making of the play is the subject of a television documentary.{{Cite web |last=Kohn |first=Eric |date=2023-06-15 |title=Wes Anderson on 'Asteroid City': Mental Health, Marilyn Monroe, and Sending Emails to Tom Hanks |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/wes-anderson-interview-asteroid-city-1234874967/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=IndieWire |archive-date=June 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615145546/https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/wes-anderson-interview-asteroid-city-1234874967/ |url-status=live}} The story is about extraterrestrials and UFOs witnessed in the American Southwestern desert in close proximity to atomic test sites after World War II.

The project was announced in September 2020 as an untitled romance film, with Anderson writing, producing and directing, alongside Jeremy Dawson of American Empirical Pictures and Steven Rales of Indian Paintbrush. In February 2021, it was described as being about a "group of brainy teenagers". Originally set for Rome, filming took place in Chinchón, Spain, between August and October, 2021, with cinematographer Robert D. Yeoman. Several sets resembling a desert landscape and a mock train station were used. Post-production included editor Barney Pilling and a musical score composed by frequent Anderson composer Alexandre Desplat, featuring country and western songs from many artists. The official title for Asteroid City was revealed in October 2021 at the BFI London Film Festival.

Asteroid City premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2023, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. It began a limited theatrical release through Focus Features in the United States on June 16, 2023, expanding to a wide release a week later.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' To Make Impact This Summer At Theaters |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-release-date-1235191519/ |access-date=December 7, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207000009/https://deadline.com/2022/12/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-release-date-1235191519/ |url-status=live}} It grossed $54 million worldwide on a $25 million budget,{{Citation |last=Anderson |first=Wes |title=Asteroid City |date=2023-06-23 |type=Comedy, Drama, Romance |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230388/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |others=Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks |publisher=Focus Features, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures}} and received generally positive reviews.

Plot

In a retro-futuristic version of the 1950s, a television host introduces a documentary about the creation and production of Asteroid City, a play by the famed playwright Conrad Earp. The play's events are depicted in widescreen and stylized color, while the television special is seen in black-and-white Academy ratio.

In the play, a youth astronomy convention is held in the fictional desert town of Asteroid City. War photojournalist Augie Steenbeck arrives early to the Junior Stargazer convention with Woodrow, his intellectual teenage son, and his three younger daughters. When their car breaks down, Augie phones his father-in-law, Stanley, asking for his help. Stanley, who dislikes his son-in-law, persuades him to tell the children about their mother's recent death, which Augie had concealed. Augie and Woodrow meet Midge Campbell, a famous but world-weary actress, and her daughter Dinah, who, like Woodrow, will be honored at the convention. Augie and Midge, and Woodrow and Dinah, gradually fall in love throughout the play. The other convention participants arrive:

  • Five-star General Grif Gibson
  • Astronomer Dr. Hickenlooper
  • Three additional teenaged honorees (Clifford, Shelly, and Ricky)
  • Their parents (J.J., Sandy, and Roger)
  • A busload of elementary-school children chaperoned by young teacher June Douglas
  • A cowboy band led by singer Montana.

A local motel provides everyone's accommodations.

Gibson welcomes the attendees at the Asteroid City crater where the teenagers are to receive awards for various inventions. A UFO suddenly appears above the crater; an alien emerges and steals the remnant of the meteorite that created the crater. Augie manages to photograph the creature. Gibson, with instructions from the president, places the town under military quarantine, and everyone is subjected to medical and psychiatric examinations. Meanwhile, a romance blossoms between Montana and June, who assure the students that the alien is likely peaceful. The Stargazer honorees use Dr. Hickenlooper's equipment to attempt to contact the alien. Tricking the guard watching the pay phone, Ricky calls his school newspaper to relay the quarantine details and cover-up to the outside world.

The Asteroid City events become national news. A furious Gibson is about to be forced to end the quarantine when the UFO reappears, dropping the meteorite back into its former position; the General sees new markings on it and deduces that it has been "inventoried." Gibson then reinstates the quarantine; the children, scientists, and parents revolt, using the honorees' inventions to overpower the military. In the play's epilogue, Augie and his family are the last to leave Asteroid City after Gibson officially lifts the quarantine. Woodrow reveals he has won the fellowship funding, and Midge leaves Augie her mailing address. Augie and his family quietly drive away.

Throughout the film, the play's creation is interspersed with the play itself in the television documentary. Some time after Conrad Earp started writing, he meets with actor Jones Hall, who performs an audition in Earp's home and is immediately cast. During the same interaction, Earp and Hall kiss, establishing their relationship as lovers. Earp writes the play with help from a local acting school and recruits most cast members from it, including Mercedes Ford, a temperamental yet talented actress who plays Midge.

During the recorded performance of the play, Hall, who plays Augie, confronts the play's director Schubert Green, saying he "still doesn't understand the play", and asks Green if he is "doing him right". Green tells Hall to keep playing Augie the same way despite being uncertain, and that he is doing him right. After that interaction, while taking a smoke break on a balcony, Hall runs into the actress who was cast to play Augie's wife before her only scene was cut. She recites the deleted scene's text to him, and he appears to gain new insight from it.

Six months into the play's run, Conrad Earp dies in an automobile accident.

Cast

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  • Jason Schwartzman as
  • Augie Steenbeck, a war photojournalist and Woodrow's father
  • Jones Hall, the actor playing Steenbeck
  • Scarlett Johansson as
  • Midge Campbell,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/scarlett-johansson-wes-anderson-movie-1234998177/|title=Scarlett Johansson Joins Newest Wes Anderson Movie (Exclusive)|date=August 16, 2021|first1=Mia|last1=Galuppo|first2=Borys|last2=Kit|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816204202/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/scarlett-johansson-wes-anderson-movie-1234998177/|archive-date=August 16, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 16, 2021}} a famous but disillusioned actress and Dinah's mother
  • Mercedes Ford, the actress playing Campbell
  • Tom Hanks as Stanley Zak,{{Cite magazine|last1=Galuppo|first1=Mia|last2=Kit|first2=Borys|date=2021-07-30|title=Tom Hanks Joins Wes Anderson's Next Film (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tom-hanks-wes-andersons-feature-exclusive-1234990834/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-30|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730204703/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tom-hanks-wes-andersons-feature-exclusive-1234990834/}} Augie's father-in-law who dislikes him
  • Jeffrey Wright as General Grif Gibson, a Five-star general who serves as the host of the Junior Stargazer convention
  • Tilda Swinton as Dr. Hickenlooper,{{Cite magazine|last=Ravindran|first=Manori|date=June 30, 2021|title=Wes Anderson's New Movie Will Shoot in Spain From September, Tilda Swinton Among Cast (Exclusive)|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/wes-anderson-spain-movie-shoot-september-1235008524/|access-date=2021-06-30|magazine=Variety|archive-date=June 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630155231/https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/wes-anderson-spain-movie-shoot-september-1235008524/|url-status=live}} a scientist at a local observatory
  • Bryan Cranston as the unnamed host of an anthology television series that the production is being broadcast on{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bryan-cranston-hope-davis-jeffrey-wright-liev-schreiber-join-newest-wes-anderson-film-1234998953/|title=Bryan Cranston, Hope Davis, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schreiber Join Newest Wes Anderson Film (Exclusive)|date=August 17, 2021|first=Borys|last=Kit|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817232141/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bryan-cranston-hope-davis-jeffrey-wright-liev-schreiber-join-newest-wes-anderson-film-1234998953/|archive-date=August 17, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 17, 2021}}
  • Edward Norton as Conrad Earp,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/wes-anderson-asteroid-city-1235073187/|title=Focus Features Reteams With Wes Anderson For Asteroid City|date=July 20, 2022|first=Anthony|last=D'Alesandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=July 20, 2022|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727134235/https://deadline.com/2022/07/wes-anderson-asteroid-city-1235073187/|url-status=live}} a legendary playwright
  • Adrien Brody as Schubert Green,{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=2021-07-19|title=Adrien Brody Reunites With Wes Anderson On Next Film Set in Spain|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/adrien-brody-wes-anderson-next-film-spain-1234795812/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=July 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719175820/https://deadline.com/2021/07/adrien-brody-wes-anderson-next-film-spain-1234795812/|url-status=live}} a director who's in charge of the televised production
  • Liev Schreiber as J.J. Kellogg, Clifford's father
  • Hope Davis as Sandy Borden, Shelly's mother
  • Stephen Park as
  • Roger Cho,{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2021/10/there-was-a-looming-zoom-manifestation-of-bill-murray-at-nyff/|title=There Was a Looming Zoom Manifestation of Bill Murray at NYFF|date=October 12, 2021|first=Harry|last=Haun|website=The New York Observer|access-date=October 14, 2021|archive-date=October 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013030017/https://observer.com/2021/10/there-was-a-looming-zoom-manifestation-of-bill-murray-at-nyff/|url-status=live}} Ricky's father
  • Linus Mao, the actor playing Cho
  • Rupert Friend{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jason-schwartzman-rupert-friend-join-wes-anderson-next-film-1234997121/|title=Rupert Friend, Jason Schwartzman Join Wes Anderson's Next Film (Exclusive)|date=August 13, 2021|first=Borys|last=Kit|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813161916/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jason-schwartzman-rupert-friend-join-wes-anderson-next-film-1234997121/|archive-date=August 13, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 14, 2021}} as
  • Montana, a singing cowboy interested in June
  • Asquith Eden, the actor playing Montana
  • Maya Hawke{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/oct/31/maya-hawke-mainstream-interview-stranger-things|title=Maya Hawke: 'My parents didn't want to have me do bit-parts in their movies'|date=October 31, 2021|first=Michael|last=Hogan|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107160608/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/oct/31/maya-hawke-mainstream-interview-stranger-things|archive-date=November 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=November 8, 2021}} as
  • June Douglas, a young schoolteacher who is interested in Montana
  • Lucretia Shaver, the actress playing Douglas
  • Steve Carell{{cite web|url= https://www.thewrap.com/how-to-watch-asteroid-city-online-streaming-theaters-where/ |title= How to Watch 'Asteroid City': Is the Wes Anderson Film Streaming? |first= Lawrence |last= Yee |work= TheWrap |date= June 23, 2023 |access-date= December 8, 2023 |archive-date= December 8, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231208091826/https://www.thewrap.com/how-to-watch-asteroid-city-online-streaming-theaters-where/ |url-status=live}} as a motel manager
  • Matt Dillon as
  • A mechanic{{cite web|url=https://www.uktimenews.com/liev-schreiber-joins-tom-hanks-and-visionary-director-wes-anderson-in-southeastern-spain/|title=Liev Schreiber joins Tom Hanks and visionary director Wes Anderson in southeastern Spain|date=September 8, 2021|website=UK Time News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914113425/https://www.uktimenews.com/liev-schreiber-joins-tom-hanks-and-visionary-director-wes-anderson-in-southeastern-spain/|archive-date=September 14, 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=September 14, 2021}}
  • Walter Geronimo, the actor playing the mechanic
  • Hong Chau as Polly,{{cite web|url= https://collider.com/asteroid-city-cast-characters/ |title= 'Asteroid City' Cast and Character Guide: Who Stars in Wes Anderson's Alien Movie |first= Katrina |last= Magat |work= Collider |date= June 23, 2023 |access-date= September 26, 2023 |archive-date= September 26, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230926232230/https://collider.com/asteroid-city-cast-characters/ |url-status=live}} Schubert's wife
  • Willem Dafoe as Saltzburg Keitel, a revered and extremely dedicated acting teacher
  • Margot Robbie{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/margot-robbie-joins-wes-andersons-next-film-exclusive-1234995448/|title=Margot Robbie Joins Wes Anderson's Next Film (Exclusive)|date=August 10, 2021|first=Borys|last=Kit|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810205007/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/margot-robbie-joins-wes-andersons-next-film-exclusive-1234995448/|archive-date=August 10, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 10, 2021}} as
  • Steenbeck's deceased wife and Zak's daughter
  • the actress playing the wife
  • Tony Revolori as Gen. Gibson's aide-de-camp{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/tony-revolori-wes-anderson-next-film-1234825262/|title=Tony Revolori Reunites With Wes Anderson On The Director's Next Film|date=September 1, 2021|first=Justin|last=Kroll|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901214050/https://deadline.com/2021/09/tony-revolori-wes-anderson-next-film-1234825262/|archive-date=September 1, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 1, 2021}}
  • Jake Ryan as
  • Woodrow,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-film-adds-jake-ryan-1234870164/|title=Wes Anderson's Asteroid City Adds Moonrise Kingdom And Eighth Grade Actor Jake Ryan|date=November 8, 2021|first=Matt|last=Grobar|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108221110/https://deadline.com/2021/11/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-film-adds-jake-ryan-1234870164/|url-status=live}} Steenbeck's son and Zak's grandson, and a Junior Stargazer winner
  • the understudy for the character of Woodrow
  • Grace Edwards as Dinah, Midge's daughter, and a Junior Stargazer awardee who develops a relationship with Woodrow
  • Aristou Meehan as Clifford, J.J.'s son, and a Junior Stargazer awardee
  • Sophia Lillis as Shelly, Sandy's daughter, and a Junior Stargazer awardee{{cite news|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/la-nueva-pelicula-que-wes-anderson-ha-rodado-en-espana-ya-tiene-titulo-gracias-a-bill-murray-4851204/|language=es|trans-title=The new film that Wes Anderson has shot in Spain already has a title and new details thanks to Bill Murray|title=La nueva película que Wes Anderson ha rodado en España ya tiene título y nuevos detalles gracias a Bill Murray|date=October 11, 2021|newspaper=20 minutos|access-date=October 14, 2021|archive-date=October 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014190225/https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/la-nueva-pelicula-que-wes-anderson-ha-rodado-en-espana-ya-tiene-titulo-gracias-a-bill-murray-4851204/|url-status=live}}
  • Ethan Josh Lee as Ricky, Roger's son, and a Junior Stargazer awardee who reports on the Alien{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/wes-anderson-asteroid-city-adds-ethan-josh-lee-1234872284/|title=Ethan Josh Lee Joins Wes Anderson's Asteroid City|date=November 11, 2021|first=Matt|last=Grobar|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111204002/https://deadline.com/2021/11/wes-anderson-asteroid-city-adds-ethan-josh-lee-1234872284/|archive-date=November 11, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=November 11, 2021}}
  • Jeff Goldblum as the alien
  • Kim Keukeleire as the puppeteer for the alien{{cite web|url=https://letterboxd.com/journal/stellar-storyteller-wes-anderson-interview-asteroid-city/|title=Stellar Storyteller: Wes Anderson on Star Wars, Satyajit Ray and staging Asteroid City|first=Kemp|last=Ella|website=Letterboxd Journal|access-date=June 8, 2021|archive-date=June 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627230517/https://letterboxd.com/journal/stellar-storyteller-wes-anderson-interview-asteroid-city/|url-status=live}}
  • Fisher Stevens as Detective 1{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/fisher-stevens-on-the-french-dispatch-and-succession.html|title=Fisher Stevens on The French Dispatch, Climate Change, and Getting Yelled at on Succession|url-access=limited|website=Vulture|first=Tomris|last=Laffly|date=November 2, 2021|access-date=November 2, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102144338/https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/fisher-stevens-on-the-french-dispatch-and-succession.html|url-status=live}}
  • Rita Wilson as Mrs. Weatherford
  • Jarvis Cocker{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/jarvis-cocker-reveals-he-will-play-a-cowboy-in-wes-andersons-next-movie-3812608|title=Jarvis Cocker reveals he will play a cowboy in Wes Anderson's next movie|date=August 19, 2022|first=Brian|last=Ferguson|newspaper=The Scotsman|access-date=August 27, 2022|archive-date=August 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828000107/https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/jarvis-cocker-reveals-he-will-play-a-cowboy-in-wes-andersons-next-movie-3812608|url-status=live}} as a cowboy
  • Bob Balaban{{cite web|url=https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/asteroid-city_first-look|title=Your First Look at Wes Anderson's Asteroid City|date=March 29, 2023|publisher=Focus Features|access-date=March 30, 2023|archive-date=March 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330060120/https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/asteroid-city_first-look|url-status=live}} as Larkings Executive
  • Seu Jorge{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/film-reviews/asteroid-city-review-wes-andersons-star-stuffed-ufo-adventure-3446917|title='Asteroid City' review: Wes Anderson's star-stuffed UFO adventure|date=May 23, 2023|first=James|last=Mottram|magazine=NME|access-date=June 7, 2023}} as a cowboy
  • Deanna Dunagan{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230388/fullcredits/?mode=desktop&ref_=m_ft_dsk|title=Asteroid City Full Cast and Crew|website=IMDb|access-date=July 30, 2023|archive-date=July 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730134041/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230388/fullcredits/?mode=desktop&ref_=m_ft_dsk|url-status=live}} as a waitress

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Production

=Development and casting=

In September 2020, it was reported Wes Anderson would write and direct a romance film, which he would produce with Jeremy Dawson of American Empirical Pictures and Steven Rales of Indian Paintbrush.{{cite web|url=https://discussingfilm.net/2020/09/22/wes-anderson-set-to-direct-new-film-in-march-2021-exclusive/|title=Wes Anderson Set To Direct New Film In March 2021 (Exclusive)|first=Jacob|last=Fisher|website=DiscussingFilm|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120160341/https://discussingfilm.net/2020/09/22/wes-anderson-set-to-direct-new-film-in-march-2021-exclusive/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/50546/1/wes-anderson-will-begin-shooting-his-next-film-in-2021|title=Wes Anderson will begin shooting his next film in 2021|date=September 23, 2020|first=Thom|last=Waite|magazine=Dazed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713115104/https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/50546/1/wes-anderson-will-begin-shooting-his-next-film-in-2021|archive-date=July 13, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 15, 2021}} By February 2021, Michael Cera and Jeff Goldblum entered negotiations to star; the film was then described as being about a "group of brainy teenagers".{{cite web|url=https://discussingfilm.net/2021/02/17/michael-cera-and-jeff-goldblum-in-early-talks-to-join-wes-andersons-next-film-exclusive/|title=Michael Cera and Jeff Goldblum in Early Talks to Join Wes Anderson's Next Film (Exclusive)|first=Jacob|last=Fisher|website=DiscussingFilm|date=February 17, 2021|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-date=February 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218013224/http://discussingfilm.net/2021/02/17/michael-cera-and-jeff-goldblum-in-early-talks-to-join-wes-andersons-next-film-exclusive/|url-status=live}} Tilda Swinton was the first person to officially join the cast, in June 2021. In May 2023, Anderson talked about how the COVID-19 pandemic inspired the film and its story, saying: "I don't think there would be a quarantine in the story if we weren't experiencing it. It wasn't deliberate...Writing is the most improvisational part of the whole process. It relies on having nothing."{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-scarlett-johansson-cannes-film-festival-covid-1235377990/|title='Asteroid City': How Covid Quarantine Inspired Wes Anderson's Latest About People Stuck In the 1950s Desert – Cannes|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=May 24, 2023|access-date=May 24, 2023|archive-date=May 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524150239/https://deadline.com/2023/05/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-scarlett-johansson-cannes-film-festival-covid-1235377990/|url-status=live}}

Bill Murray was originally cast as the motel manager, but had to drop out of the role due to being infected with COVID-19, leading to Carrell playing the part instead. However, after his recovery, he arrived at the film set in Spain, and while Anderson could not add another role to the film, he gave Murray the role of Tab Whitney, the actor playing Jock Larkings, business titan of the company bearing his name, which was an additional character created for a short promotional film trailer.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-missing-bill-murray-part-from-asteroid-city|title='The Missing Bill Murray Part from Asteroid City|magazine=The New Yorker |date=June 29, 2023 |last1=Schulman |first1=Michael}}

=Filming=

Principal photography, originally planned for Rome, took place in Spain between August and October 2021, with COVID-19 safety precautions in place.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/movies/the-french-dispatch-wes-anderson.html|url-access=limited|title=In the Company of Wes Anderson|date=October 22, 2021|first=Melena|last=Ryzik|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=October 23, 2021|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022232526/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/movies/the-french-dispatch-wes-anderson.html|url-status=live}} Several sets were built in Chinchón, including a vast diorama resembling a desert landscape with the eponymous town of Asteroid City, including its train station, a diner, a garage and an observatory.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-14/wes-anderson-rodara-su-nueva-pelicula-en-madrid.html/|url-access=registration|language=es|title=Wes Anderson rodará su nueva película en Madrid|trans-title=Wes Anderson will shoot his new film in Madrid|date=May 14, 2021|first=Gregorio|last=Belinchón|newspaper=El País|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815153808/https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-14/wes-anderson-rodara-su-nueva-pelicula-en-madrid.html/|archive-date=August 15, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 15, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Belinchón |first=Gregorio |date=2023-05-23 |title=De Chinchón a Cannes gracias a Wes Anderson y su tropa de amigos famosos en 'Asteroid City' |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2023-05-23/de-chinchon-a-cannes-gracias-a-wes-anderson-y-su-tropa-de-amigos-famosos-en-asteroid-city.html |access-date=2023-06-18 |newspaper=El País |language=es |archive-date=June 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618182619/https://elpais.com/cultura/2023-05-23/de-chinchon-a-cannes-gracias-a-wes-anderson-y-su-tropa-de-amigos-famosos-en-asteroid-city.html |url-status=live}} Cast member Fisher Stevens said the film would include "the wildest cast since The Bridge on the River Kwai" and that the cast and crew "were all bubbled together in a hotel, which was an old monastery".{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/fisher-stevens-on-the-french-dispatch-and-succession.html|url-access=limited|title=Fisher Stevens on The French Dispatch, Climate Change, and Getting Yelled at on Succession|date=November 2, 2021|first=Tomris|last=Laffly|website=Vulture|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105214716/https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/fisher-stevens-on-the-french-dispatch-and-succession.html|archive-date=November 5, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=November 11, 2021}}

Scarlett Johansson was paid $4,131 a week for her two months of work.{{Cite news |date=May 9, 2023 |title=Scarlett Johansson Opens Up About the Pain and Triumph of Disney Legal Battle Over 'Black Widow' and Wes Anderson's 'Liberating' Cannes Film |first=Tatiana |last=Siegel |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/features/scarlett-johansson-disney-lawsuit-child-actor-interview-1235605851/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918231509/https://variety.com/2023/film/features/scarlett-johansson-disney-lawsuit-child-actor-interview-1235605851/ |archive-date=September 18, 2023}}

=Post-production=

The film's title was revealed by Bill Murray to be Asteroid City at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/wes-anderson-shooting-next-film-asteroid-city-in-spain-reveals-bill-murray/5164134.article|url-access=limited|title=Wes Anderson shooting next film Asteroid City in Spain, reveals Bill Murray|date=October 10, 2021|first=Ben|last=Dalton|website=Screen Daily|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011020341/https://www.screendaily.com/news/wes-anderson-shooting-next-film-asteroid-city-in-spain-reveals-bill-murray/5164134.article|archive-date=October 11, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 11, 2021}} Alexandre Desplat composed the score, his sixth collaboration with Anderson.{{cite web|url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/11/10/alexandre-desplat-to-reteam-with-wes-anderson-on-asteroid-city/|title=Alexandre Desplat to Reteam with Wes Anderson on Asteroid City|date=November 10, 2021|website=Film Music Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111025300/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/11/10/alexandre-desplat-to-reteam-with-wes-anderson-on-asteroid-city/|archive-date=November 11, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=November 11, 2021}} Costume design was by multiple Academy Award winner Milena Canonero.{{Cite web |title=Asteroid City |url=https://periscostumes.com/trabajos/asteroid-city/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220122849/https://periscostumes.com/trabajos/asteroid-city/ |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Peris Costumes |language=es-ES}} In July 2022, it was announced that Focus Features would distribute the film, reuniting them with Anderson after Moonrise Kingdom (2012). It was also revealed that Murray would not be in the film as initially reported,{{Cite web|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|author-link=Naman Ramachandran|date=2021-07-16|title=Bill Murray Reunites With Wes Anderson, Tilda Swinton for Spain-Set Project (Exclusive)|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/bill-murray-wes-anderson-spain-film-1235021525/|access-date=2021-07-16|magazine=Variety|archive-date=July 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716151214/https://variety.com/2021/film/global/bill-murray-wes-anderson-spain-film-1235021525/|url-status=live}} as a result of contracting COVID-19 before he could shoot his scenes, leading to him being replaced by Steve Carell for the role of the motel manager.{{Cite magazine |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=2022-07-22 |title=Bill Murray Had to Drop Out of Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' Due to COVID |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bill-murray-dropped-out-wes-anderson-asteroid-city-covid-1235184889/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}

=Music=

{{Main|Asteroid City (soundtrack){{!}}Asteroid City (soundtrack)}}

Marketing

File:Asteroid City Experience London.jpg

A teaser poster for Asteroid City was released on March 28, 2023. The first trailer was released the following day, which featured a rendition of Johnny Duncan's 1957 song "Last Train to San Fernando".{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Jordan |date=2023-03-29 |title=Wes Anderson's Asteroid City trailer: Close encounters of the Wes kind [Watch] |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2023/asteroid-city-trailer-wes-anderson/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=GoldDerby |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329150049/https://www.goldderby.com/article/2023/asteroid-city-trailer-wes-anderson/ |url-status=live}} Jazz Monroe of Pitchfork called the trailer "extremely Andersonian", while Charles Pulliam-Moore of The Verge wrote that the film "looks and feels exactly how you'd think a Wes Anderson coming-of-age movie about stargazing in the desert would".{{Cite web |date=2023-03-29 |title=Watch the First Trailer for Wes Anderson's New Movie Asteroid City |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-the-first-trailer-for-wes-andersons-new-movie-asteroid-city/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Pitchfork |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329150048/https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-the-first-trailer-for-wes-andersons-new-movie-asteroid-city/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Pulliam-Moore |first=Charles |date=2023-03-29 |title=Asteroid City's first trailer is the most Wes Anderson thing you'll see today |url=https://www.theverge.com/23661537/asteroid-city-trailer-wes-anderson |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=The Verge |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329150047/https://www.theverge.com/23661537/asteroid-city-trailer-wes-anderson |url-status=live}}

Release

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Asteroid City premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2023.{{Cite web |last1=Wiseman |first1=Andreas |last2=Ntim |first2=Zac |date=2023-03-28 |title=Wes Anderson's Star-Studded Comedy 'Asteroid City' Is On Its Way To The Cannes Film Festival |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/wes-anderson-asteroid-city-cannes-film-festival-focus-features-1235311687/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328174047/https://deadline.com/2023/03/wes-anderson-asteroid-city-cannes-film-festival-focus-features-1235311687/ |url-status=live}} It was given a limited theatrical release in New York City and Los Angeles in the United States on June 16, 2023, expanding to a wide release on June 23, 2023. It had an earlier premiere in Sweden and a limited number of other countries on June 9, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Asteroid City |url=https://www.universalpictures.se/micro/asteroid-city |access-date=2023-06-12 |publisher=Universal Pictures Sweden |archive-date=June 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612123513/https://www.universalpictures.se/micro/asteroid-city |url-status=live}}

=Home media=

Asteroid City was released digitally on July 11, 2023, two and a half weeks after its theatrical premiere.{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2023 |title=Asteroid City Digital Release Date Set for Wes Anderson Movie |last=Sim |first=Jonathan |website=ComingSoon.net |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1301839-asteroid-city-digital-release-date-set-for-wes-anderson-movie |access-date=July 12, 2023 |archive-date=July 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712002116/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1301839-asteroid-city-digital-release-date-set-for-wes-anderson-movie |url-status=live}} A DVD and Blu-ray were released on August 15, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Paz |first=Maggie Dela |date=2023-08-03 |title=Asteroid City Blu-ray & DVD Release Date Set, Special Features Detailed |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1314546-asteroid-city-blu-ray-dvd-release-date-set-special-features |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=ComingSoon.net |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804151914/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1314546-asteroid-city-blu-ray-dvd-release-date-set-special-features |url-status=live}} It began streaming on Peacock on August 11, 2023.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2023-08-04 |title='Asteroid City' Hitting Peacock Next Week |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/asteroid-city-peacock-streaming-date-wes-anderson-1235454956/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804192849/https://deadline.com/2023/08/asteroid-city-peacock-streaming-date-wes-anderson-1235454956/ |url-status=live}}

=MPA rating=

Due to a "blink-and-you-could-miss-it" scene when Scarlett Johansson appears naked, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) initially gave the film an R-rating "for brief graphic nudity" in the United States.{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Ann |title='I didn't have a second thought': why Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson are stripping off on screen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/11/i-didnt-have-a-second-thought-why-jennifer-lawrence-and-scarlett-johansson-are-stripping-off-on-screen |website=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |access-date=June 29, 2025 |date=August 11, 2023}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-07 |title=CARA/MPA Film Ratings Bulletin For 02/08/23; MPA Ratings & Rating Reasons For 'My Happy Ending', 'Space Oddity' & More |url=https://screen-connections.com/2023/02/07/cara-mpa-film-ratings-bulletin-02-08-23-my-happy-ending-space-oddity/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Screen-Connections |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208034842/https://screen-connections.com/2023/02/07/cara-mpa-film-ratings-bulletin-02-08-23-my-happy-ending-space-oddity/ |url-status=live}} Focus Features successfully appealed the decision, and the film was re-rated PG-13 "for brief graphic nudity, smoking, and some suggestive material",{{cite web|url = https://screen-connections.com/2023/05/02/cara-mpa-film-ratings-bulletin-05-03-23-asteroid-city-kandahar-justice-league-warworld/|title = CARA/MPA Film Ratings Bulletin For 05/03/23; MPA Ratings & Rating Reasons For 'Asteroid City', 'Kandahar', 'Justice League: Warworld' & More|website = Screen-Connections|date = May 2, 2023|access-date = May 3, 2023|archive-date = May 3, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230503003242/https://screen-connections.com/2023/05/02/cara-mpa-film-ratings-bulletin-05-03-23-asteroid-city-kandahar-justice-league-warworld/|url-status = live}} which was the first time the MPA accepted an appeal to lower a rating due to "graphic content".{{cite web |last1=McCormick |first1=Colin |last2=Barker |first2=Stephen |title=How Asteroid City Is PG-13 Despite Scarlett Johansson's Nude Scene |url=https://screenrant.com/asteroid-city-pg13-nude-scarlett-johansson-scene/ |website=Screen Rant |publisher=Valnet |access-date=June 29, 2025 |date=February 15, 2024}} The MPA did not give an official reason for the change, but Ann Lee of The Guardian reported that there had been "speculation that it was down to the nudity being non-sexual".

Reception

= Box office =

Asteroid City grossed $28.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $25.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $54 million.{{Cite The Numbers |id=Asteroid-City-(2023) |title=Asteroid City (2023) – Financial Information |access-date=September 8, 2023 |publisher_hide=y}}

In its limited opening weekend, it made $853,382 from six theaters, finishing in tenth. Its per-venue average of $142,230 was the best total since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the largest since La La Land in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-box-office-focus-features-1235419761/ | title=Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' Rocks Strongest Limited Opening in Years with New High for Focus Features – Specialty Box Office | date=June 18, 2023 | access-date=June 23, 2023 | archive-date=June 23, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623135018/https://deadline.com/2023/06/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-box-office-focus-features-1235419761/ | url-status=live}}{{Cite news |date=June 18, 2023 |title='The Flash' Falls Down With $55M 3-Day Opening: Here's Why |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/box-office-the-flash-bomb-elemental-1235419478/ |access-date=June 18, 2023 |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622033913/https://deadline.com/2023/06/box-office-the-flash-bomb-elemental-1235419478/ |url-status=live}} Expanding to 1,675 theaters in its second weekend, it was projected to gross $7–8 million.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/box-office-jennifer-lawrence-no-hard-feelings-opening-weekend-projection-1235650655/|title=Box Office: Jennifer Lawrence's 'No Hard Feelings'; Aims for $12 Million Debut, 'The Flash' Braces for 60% Drop|magazine=Variety|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|date=June 21, 2023|access-date=June 21, 2023}} It made $3.8 million on its first day of wide release, including $1.1 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to make $9 million, finishing sixth.{{Cite news |date=June 26, 2023 |title='Spider-Verse' Swinging Ahead Of 'Elemental' After Game Of Chicken; 'Flash' Edging Out 'No Hard Feelings' |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/box-office-the-flash-no-hard-feelings-jennifer-lawrence-1235422274/ |access-date=June 25, 2023 |archive-date=June 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625194100/https://deadline.com/2023/06/box-office-the-flash-no-hard-feelings-jennifer-lawrence-1235422274/ |url-status=live}} It also had the highest opening for a Wes Anderson film in wide release.{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44346558/scarlett-johansson-asteroid-city-box-office-record/|title=Scarlett Johansson's new movie Asteroid City sets box office record|first=Dan|last=Seddon|website=Digital Spy|date=June 26, 2023|access-date=June 26, 2023|archive-date=June 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626191441/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44346558/scarlett-johansson-asteroid-city-box-office-record/|url-status=live}} Asteroid City completed its theatrical run in the United States and Canada on September 7, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Asteroid City (2023) - Domestic Release |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1592820481/?ref_=bo_tt_gr_1 |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

= Critical response =

{{RT prose|75|6.9|356|Asteroid City is unlikely to win Wes Anderson many new converts, but those who respond to his signature style will find this a return to immaculately arranged form.|ref=yes|access-date=October 6, 2023}} {{MC film|76|60|ref=yes|access-date=September 13, 2023}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 78% of filmgoers gave it a positive score, with 51% saying they would definitely recommend it.

In The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw called Asteroid City "terrifically entertaining and lightly sophisticated", and wrote: "The movie rattles cleverly and exhilaratingly along, adroitly absorbing the implications of pathos and loneliness without allowing itself to slow down. It is tempting to consider this savant blankness as some kind of symptom, but I really don't think so: it is the expression of style. And what style it is".{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=2023-05-23 |title=Asteroid City review – Wes Anderson's 1950s sci-fi is an exhilarating triumph of pure style |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/23/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-1950s-sci-fi-triumph |access-date=2023-06-15 |archive-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613204810/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/23/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-1950s-sci-fi-triumph |url-status=live}} John Nugent of Empire commended the film's unique visual and narrative style, writing: "[Anderson] remains cinema's most astonishing stylist, the rigour and detail in every frame never better", but warned: "It is occasionally a bit unfocused, and always a bit indulgent. If you don't like The Wes Anderson Film, you won't like this. But we others must hope he keeps making it."{{Cite magazine |last=Nugent |first=John |date=May 23, 2023 |title=Asteroid City Review |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/asteroid-city/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |magazine=Empire}}

In his review for Vulture, Bilge Ebiri wrote: "To the casual observer, Wes Anderson might seem like someone who either refuses to read his own press or has bought into his press to an absurd degree", alluding to criticism of Anderson's filmmaking style, but later argued: "There's a point to all this indulgence. Anderson's obsessively constructed dioramas explore the very human need to organize, quantify, and control our lives in the face of the unexpected and the uncertain [...] Asteroid City might be the purest expression of this dynamic because it's about the unknown in all its forms."{{Cite web |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |date=2023-05-23 |title=Wes Anderson Has Gone Mad |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/05/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-has-finally-gone-mad.html |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Vulture |archive-date=June 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608183624/https://www.vulture.com/2023/05/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-has-finally-gone-mad.html |url-status=live}}

In his review for The New Yorker, Anthony Lane highlighted Johansson's performance as what "cracks the movie's ordered surface", and wrote: "Even if you regard the latest movie as a box of tricks, you have to admire the nerve with which Johansson, as Midge, delves into that box and plucks out scraps of coolly agonized wit. More deftly than anyone else, she traffics in the to-and-fro between the real and the imagined".{{Cite magazine |last=Lane |first=Anthony |date=2023-06-16 |title=In "Asteroid City," Humans Can Leave Impact Craters, Too |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/26/asteroid-city-movie-review-maggie-moores |access-date=2023-06-18}} Adam Mullins-Khatib of the Chicago Reader hailed the film as "a true achievement from one of America's most unique cinematic voices", complimenting Anderson's direction and screenplay, as well as the cast's performances.{{cite news |last=Mullins-Khatib |first=Adam |date=2023-06-20 |title=Review: Asteroid City |url=http://chicagoreader.com/film/review-asteroid-city/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |newspaper=Chicago Reader |archive-date=June 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625105055/https://chicagoreader.com/film/review-asteroid-city/ |url-status=live}}

Filmmakers Robert Eggers, Carlos López Estrada, Chad Hartigan and James Ponsoldt all named Asteroid City among their favorite films of 2023.{{cite web |date=December 31, 2023 |title=38 Directors Pick Their Favorite Films of 2023 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/directors-best-movies-tv-2023|website=IndieWire}}

In June 2025, IndieWire ranked the film at number 16 on its list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 2020s (So Far)."{{cite web |date=June 16, 2025 |title=The 100 Best Movies of the 2020s (So Far)|url=https://www.indiewire.com/lists/best-movies-2020s/ |access-date=2025-06-23}}

In July 2025, it was one of the films voted for the "Readers' Choice" edition of The New York Times{{'}} list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century," finishing at number 292.{{cite web |title=Readers Choose Their Top Movies of the 21st Century |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/readers-movies-21st-century.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=2 July 2025}}

More critical reviews of Asteroid City focused on its pace and story.{{Cite web |last=Sharpe |first=Lynn |date=2023-12-19 |title=Do People Really Hate Wes Anderson's Newest Movie, Asteroid City? |url=https://screenrant.com/asteroid-city-wes-anderson-hate-worst-2023-explained/#:~:text=Despite%20being%20included%20on%20a,praise%20his%20consistency%20and%20mastery. |access-date= |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} Writing for the BBC, Nicholas Barber said "at no point does [Anderson] allow us to settle into any narrative in particular".{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=Nicholas |date=June 20, 2023 |title=Asteroid City review: Even Wes Anderson fans may be irritated by this 'empty' and 'cartoonish' film |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230615-asteroid-city-review-even-wes-anderson-fans-may-be-irritated-by-this-empty-and-cartoonish-film |access-date= |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} Owen Gleiberman of Variety found the film similar to the "fussy, top-heavy, narratively batty yet stretched-thin concoctions" he saw in The Darjeeling Limited and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and concluded: "...[the] extraterrestrial visit results in Asteroid City being placed under quarantine, which means that everyone who has come to town is trapped there. The audience will know just how that feels. 'Asteroid City' looks smashing, but as a movie it's for Anderson die-hards only, and maybe not even too many of them."{{Cite magazine |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=2023-05-23 |title='Asteroid City' Review: Wes Anderson's New Film Is a Piece of 1950s Desert Americana That's Visually Dazzling and Dramatically Inert |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/asteroid-city-review-wes-anderson-jason-schwartzman-scarlett-johansson-tom-hanks-1235615834/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |magazine=Variety}} Gleiberman called Asteroid City one of the worst movies of 2023.{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2023-12-15 |title=The Worst Movies of 2023 |url=https://variety.com/lists/worst-movies-2023/2-asteroid-city/ |access-date= |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Time's Stephanie Zacharek said, "Wes Anderson's Asteroid City is what happens when a filmmaker's world of wonder and whimsy becomes a prison."{{Cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=2023-05-24 |title='Asteroid City' Is Too Stiff and Stylized—Even for a Wes Anderson Movie |url=https://time.com/6281902/asteroid-city-review/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}

=Accolades=

The film appeared on multiple critics' lists of the best films of 2023, including:

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  • 2nd – The New Yorker{{cite news |last=Brody |first=Richard |date=2023-12-01 |title=The Best Movies of 2023 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2023-in-review/the-best-movies-of-2023 |access-date=2023-12-12 |newspaper=The New Yorker}}
  • 2nd – Esquire{{cite news |last=Cea |first=Max |date=2023-12-01 |title=The 65 Best Movies of 2023 |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/g42286117/best-movies-2023/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |magazine=Esquire}}
  • 3rd – IndieWire{{cite news |last=Ehrlich |first=David |date=2023-11-28 |title=The 25 Best Movies of 2023 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-movies-2023/beau-is-afraid-9/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=IndieWire}}
  • 3rd – IGN{{cite news |date=2023-12-31 |title=The Top 10 Movies of 2023 - A CineFix Movie List|url=https://nordic.ign.com/asteroid-city/77121/video/the-top-10-movies-of-2023-a-cinefix-movie-list |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=IGN}}
  • 4th – The Atlantic{{cite news |last=Sims |first=David |date=2023-12-12 |title=The Ten Best Films of 2023 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/12/best-movies-2023-oppenheimer-killers-flower-moon/676186/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |magazine=The Atlantic}}
  • 5th – RogerEbert.com{{cite news |last=Kenny |first=Glenn |date=2023-12-07 |title=The Ten Best Films of 2023 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/features/the-ten-best-films-of-2023 |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=RogerEbert.com}}
  • 6th – The New York Times{{cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |date=2023-12-01 |title=Best Movies of 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/movies/best-movies-2023.html |access-date=2023-12-13 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • 7th – The Independent{{cite news |last=Loughrey |first=Clarisse |date=2023-12-16 |title=The best films of 2023, from Barbie and Asteroid City to Killers of the Flower Moon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/best-films-2023-barbie-b2463974.html |access-date=2023-12-22 |newspaper=The Independent}}
  • 8th - The Film Stage{{cite news |date=2023-12-04 |title=The Film Stage's Top 50 Films of 2023 |url=https://thefilmstage.com/the-film-stages-top-50-films-of-2023/#:~:text=Killers%20of%20the%20Flower%20Moon,overwhelming%20film%20the%20year's%20best. |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=The Film Stage}}
  • 9th – Vulture{{cite news |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |date=2023-12-04 |title=The Best Movies of 2023: The Year in Film |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-movies-of-2023-films.html |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Vulture}}
  • 10th – Vanity Fair{{cite news |last=Lawson |first=Richard |date=2023-11-30 |title=The Best Movies of 2023 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/04/best-movies-2023 |access-date=2023-12-14 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}
  • 10th – IndieWire{{cite news |last=Zilko |first=Christian |date=2023-12-13 |title=The 50 Best Movies of 2023, According to 158 Critics from Around the World |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/50-best-movies-of-2023-critics-survey/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=IndieWire}}
  • 11th – Slant Magazine{{cite news |last=Henderson |first=Eric |date=2023-12-08 |title=The 25 Best Films of 2023 |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-25-best-films-of-2023/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |magazine=Slant Magazine}}
  • 13th – Sight and Sound{{cite news |last=Stevens |first=Isabel |date=2023-12-08 |title=The 50 best films of 2023 |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/50-best-films-2023 |access-date=2023-12-13 |magazine=Sight and Sound}}
  • 15th – Mashable{{cite news |last=Puchko |first=Kristy |date=2023-12-11 |title=25 best movies of 2023, and where to watch them |url=https://mashable.com/article/best-movies-2023 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Vulture}}

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=Awards and nominations=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+ {{Screen reader-only|Awards and nominations for Showing Up}}

! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Date of ceremony

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Recipient(s)

! scope="col" | Result

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scope="row"| ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards

| February 10, 2024

| Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film

| Adam Stockhausen

| {{nom}}

| align="center"|{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=January 9, 2024 |title=Saltburn, Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon Lead Art Directors Guild 2024 Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/art-directors-guild-2024-nominations-1235866107/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

scope="row"| Artios Awards

| March 7, 2024

| Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Comedy)

| Douglas Aibel, Jina Jay, Matthew Glasner

| {{nom}}

| align="center"|{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Jason |date=January 12, 2024 |title=Wonka, Barbie, Oppenheimer, The Iron Claw, Across the Spider-Verse Among Artios Awards Film Nominees |url=https://www.thewrap.com/wonka-oppenheimer-barbie-iron-claw-spider-verse-39th-artios-nominees/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114041809/https://www.thewrap.com/wonka-oppenheimer-barbie-iron-claw-spider-verse-39th-artios-nominees/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Astra Film Awards

| February 26, 2023

| Best Production Design

| Adam Stockhausen

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.awardsdaily.com/2023/12/07/2024-astra-awards/ |title= Newly Rebranded Hollywood Creative Alliance Announce Nominations for the 2024 Astra Awards |first= Shadan |last=Larki |work= Awards Daily |date= 8 December 2023 |access-date= 15 December 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

| rowspan="2"| December 10, 2023

| Best Ensemble Cast

| Asteroid City

| {{Runner-up}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |{{Cite web|url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/current-winners/|title=Current Winners – 2023 Awards|website=Boston Society of Film Critics|date=December 10, 2023|access-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815183714/https://bostonfilmcritics.org/current-winners/ |archive-date=2023-08-15 |url-status=}}

Best Cinematography

| Robert D. Yeoman

| {{Runner-up}}

scope="row"| Cannes Film Festival

| May 27, 2023

| Palme d'Or

| Wes Anderson

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/cannes-film-festival-2023-palme-dor-prizes-awards-1235627110/|title=Cannes Awards: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Takes Palme d'Or, 'The Zone of Interest' and 'The Pot au Feu' Among Winners|website=Variety|first=Peter|last=Debruge|date=27 May 2023|access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230609094834/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/cannes-film-festival-2023-palme-dor-prizes-awards-1235627110/ |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=13 April 2023 |title=Cannes Goes Back to the Future With Wes Anderson, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes in Competition |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-film-festival-2023-lineup-1235370980/ |access-date= August 15, 2023 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date= August 15, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230815183714/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-film-festival-2023-lineup-1235370980/ |url-status=live}}

scope="row" rowspan="3"| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

| rowspan="3"| December 12, 2023

| Best Art Direction/Production Design

| Adam Stockhausen

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" |{{Cite web|url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/blog/2023nominations|title=Three Films Claim Impressive 10 nominations each in Chicago Film Critics Association 2023 Awards|website=Chicago Film Critics Association|date=December 8, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2023}}

Best Cinematography

| Robert D. Yeoman

| {{nom}}

Best Costume Design

| Milena Canonero

| {{nom}}

scope="row" | Critics' Choice Awards

| January 14, 2024

| Best Production Design

| Adam Stockhausen

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-critics-choice-award-cca-nominations/|title=The 2023 Critics Choice Award (CCA) Nominations |website=Next Best Picture |date=December 13, 2023|access-date=December 13, 2023}}

scope="row" | Critics' Choice Super Awards

| April 4, 2024

| Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie

| Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |date=2024-03-07 |title=Nominations announced for the Critics Choice Association's 4th Annual "Critics Choice Super Awards" honoring Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action Movies and Series |url=https://www.criticschoice.com/2024/03/07/nominations-announced-for-the-critics-choice-associations-4th-annual-critics-choice-super-awards-honoring-superhero-science-fiction-fantasy-horror-and-action-movies-and-s/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240307210936/https://www.criticschoice.com/2024/03/07/nominations-announced-for-the-critics-choice-associations-4th-annual-critics-choice-super-awards-honoring-superhero-science-fiction-fantasy-horror-and-action-movies-and-s/ |archive-date=2024-03-07 |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Critics Choice Association}}

scope="row" rowspan="5"| Columbus Film Critics Association

| rowspan="5"| January 4, 2024

| Best Ensemble

| Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" |{{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=December 31, 2023 |title=The 2023 Columbus Film Critics Association (COFCA) Nominations |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-columbus-film-critics-association-cofca-nominations/| access-date=January 5, 2024}}

Best Original Screenplay

| Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

| {{nom}}

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

| Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

| Willem Dafoe, also for Poor Things, Inside and The Boy and the Heron

| {{nom}}

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

| Jeffrey Wright, also for American Fiction and Rustin

| {{Runner-up}}

scope="row" rowspan="4"| Florida Film Critics Circle

| rowspan="4"| December 21, 2023

| Best Ensemble

| Asteroid City

| {{Runner-up}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=December 13, 2023 |title=The 2023 Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Nominations |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-florida-film-critics-circle-ffcc-nominations/ | access-date=December 13, 2023}}
{{Cite web |title='The Boy and the Heron' flies high with Florida Film Critics |url=http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2023/12/21/the-boy-and-the-heron-flies-high-with-florida-film-critics/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Florida Film Critics Circle |language=en}}

Best Director

| Wes Anderson

| {{nom}}

Best Original Screenplay

| Wes Anderson

| {{Runner-up}}

Best Art Direction/Production Design

| Adam Stockhausen

| {{Won}}

scope="row" | Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

| January 6, 2024

| Best Picture

| Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-greater-western-new-york-film-critics-association-gwnyfca-nominations/ |title= The 2023 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Nominations |first= Neglia |last=Matt |website= Next Best Picture |date= 22 December 2023 |access-date= 17 December 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan="3"| Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards

| rowspan="3"| June 30, 2023

| Best Picture

| Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" |{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Erik |date=June 30, 2023 |title=Hollywood Critics Association 2023 Midseason HCA Awards: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives, Air are Top Winners |url=https://awardswatch.com/hollywood-critics-association-2023-midseason-hca-awards-spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-past-lives-air-are-top-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701114512/https://awardswatch.com/hollywood-critics-association-2023-midseason-hca-awards-spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-past-lives-air-are-top-winners/ |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |access-date=August 28, 2023 |website=AwardsWatch}}

Best Supporting Actress

| Scarlett Johansson

| {{nom}}

Best Screenplay

| Wes Anderson

| {{nom}}

scope="row"| Hollywood Music in Media Awards

| November 15, 2023

| Best Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film

| Alexandre Desplat

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2023-hollywood-music-and-media-awards-nominations-full-list-1235461801/ |title=Songs from 'Barbie' Pace 2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominations (Full List) |first=Paul |last=Grein |magazine=Billboard |date=November 2, 2023 |access-date=December 10, 2023}}

scope="row" rowspan="5"| Indiana Film Journalists Association

| rowspan="5"| December 18, 2023

| Best Picture

| Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" |{{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=December 12, 2023 |title=The 2023 Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Nominations |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-indiana-film-journalists-association-ifja-nominations/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=Next Best Picture}}

Best Original Screenplay

| Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

| {{nom}}

Best Ensemble Acting

| Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

Best Cinematography

| Robert D. Yeoman

| {{nom}}

Best Musical Score

| Alexandre Desplat

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3" scope="row"| IndieWire Critics Poll

| rowspan="3"| December 11, 2023

| Best Film

| Asteroid City

| {{draw|10th Place}}

| rowspan="3" align="center"|{{Cite web |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |date=December 11, 2023 |title=2023 Critics Poll: The Best Films and Performances, According to 158 Critics from Around the World |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/best-movies-2023-critics-survey-poll-performances-1234933605/ |access-date=December 11, 2023 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US |archive-date=December 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221140607/https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/best-movies-2023-critics-survey-poll-performances-1234933605/ |url-status=live }}

Best Director

| Wes Anderson

| {{draw|8th Place}}

Best Screenplay

| Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

| {{draw|10th Place}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

| rowspan="2"| December 13, 2023

| Best Art Direction

| Adam Stockhausen

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |{{Cite web|url=https://awardswatch.com/las-vegas-film-critics-society-lvfcs-nominations-barbie-oppenheimer-lead/ |title=Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) Nominations: 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer' Lead |first=Erik |last=Anderson |website=AwardsWatch |date=December 8, 2023|access-date=December 12, 2023}}

Youth in Film - Male

| Jake Ryan

| {{nom}}

scope="row" | London Critics Circle Film Awards

| February 24, 2023

| Best British/Irish Performer of the Year

| Tilda Swinton

| {{nom}}{{efn|Also for The Eternal Daughter and The Killer}}

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-london-film-critics-circle-lfcc-nominations// |title=The 2023 London Film Critics Circle (LFCC) Nominations |first= Neglia |last=Matt |website= Next Best Picture |date= 20 December 2023 |access-date= 27 December 2023}}

scope="row"| Manaki Brothers Film Festival

| September 29, 2023

|Golden Camera 300

|Robert D. Yeoman

|{{Nominated}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |last=Manaki |first=Manaki |date=2023-09-11 |title=Official Selection "Camera 300" Narrative Features |url=https://manaki.com.mk/narrative-features/ |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Manaki Brothers - International Cinematographers' Film Festival |language=en-GB}}

scope="row"| Minnesota Film Critics Alliance

|February 4, 2024

|Best Ensemble

|Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web |last=Liedke |first=Matthew |date=2024-02-04 |title='Oppenheimer' wins seven MNFCA awards, including Best Picture |url=https://mnfilmcriticalliance.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/oppenheimer-wins-seven-mnfca-awards-including-best-picture/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=The Minnesota Film Critics Alliance |language=en}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| North Texas Film Critics Association

| rowspan="2"| December 18, 2023

| Gary Murray Award for Best Ensemble

| Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |{{Cite web|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-north-texas-film-critics-association-ntfca-nominations/ |title=The 2023 North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Nominations |first=Matt |last=Neglia |website=Next Best Picture |date=December 12, 2023 |access-date=December 14, 2023}}

Best Cinematography

| Robert D. Yeoman

| {{nom}}

scope="row" | Online Association of Female Film Critics

| December 21, 2023

| Best Costume Design

| Milena Canonero

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web|url=https://nextbestpicture.com// |title=The 2023 Online Association Of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) Winners |first=Matt |last=Neglia |website=Next Best Picture |date=December 21, 2023 |access-date=December 22, 2023}}

rowspan="2" scope="row"| People's Choice Awards

| rowspan="2"| February 18, 2024

| The Comedy Movie of the Year

| Asteroid City

| {{Nominated}}

| rowspan="2" align="center"|{{Cite web |last=Malec |first=Brett |date=January 11, 2024 |title=2024 People's Choice Awards: Complete List of Nominees |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1392489/2024-peoples-choice-awards-complete-list-of-nominees |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=E! Online |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111232312/https://www.eonline.com/news/1392489/2024-peoples-choice-awards-complete-list-of-nominees |url-status=live }}

The Comedy Movie Star of the Year

| Scarlett Johansson

| {{nom}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Phoenix Critics Circle

| rowspan="2"| December 15, 2023

| Best Comedy Film

| Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |{{Cite web|url=https://nextbestpicture.com// |title=The 2023 Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) Nominations |first=Matt |last=Neglia |website=Next Best Picture |date=December 12, 2023 |access-date=December 14, 2023}}

Best Science Fiction Film

| Asteroid City

| {{nom}}

scope="row"| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards

| January 9, 2024

| Best Production Design

| Adam Stockhausen

| {{nom}}

| align="center"|{{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=January 5, 2024 |title=The 2023 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) Nominations |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-san-francisco-bay-area-film-critics-circle-sfbafcc-nominations/ |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=Next Best Picture |language=en-US}}

scope="row" rowspan="3"| Seattle Film Critics Society

| rowspan="3"| January 8, 2024

| Best Ensemble Cast

| Asteroid City

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Best Cinematography

| Robert D. Yeoman

| {{Runner-up}}

Best Art Direction/Production Design

| Adam Stockhausen

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scope="row"| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

| December 10, 2023

| Best Production Design

| Adam Stockhausen & Kris Moran

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External links

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