“Spencer” seems to be having a “people problem.” Pablo Larrain’s Princess Diana movie just isn’t cutting it outside of critics circles. And, even then … it started off with a 95 on Metacritic during the Venice Film Festival, only for more regional critics to chime in with less-than-stellar reviews a few weeks later. It now stands at a 76 on MC.
As we speak, “Spencer” has a 50% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on over 500 reviews submitted, and, even more concerning, it is failing at the U.S. box-office. Both of these things could sink the film and K-Stew’s Oscar odds.
“Spencer” earned $630,000 for a $6.04 million 17-day cume. The film’s budget is said be around $18 million.
What’s even stranger about Neon’s “Spencer” distribution is how, in its third week of release, Neon dropped “Spencer” from 311 theaters. After all the time and money that had been put into Kristen Stewart for Best Actress as Princess Diana, the studio is backing off a bit, for now.