Despite Warner Bros refusing to report box office numbers for Clint Eastwood’s “Juror #2,” Deadline is reporting that the film, being dubbed as Eastwood’s “final” one, is set to earn a 3-day total of around $275K in just 35 screens.
More impressively, Eastwood’s film earned $5M internationally, including a whopping $3M in France where the filmmaker has been championed for many decades. There are currently no plans to theatrically expand “Juror #2” in the U.S. as I’m hearing Warner Bros has already set up a VOD date for the film in late November,
Meanwhile, Edward Berger’s “Conclave” continues to impress, smoking with a small -20% second weekend hold. The acclaimed Vatican thriller has grossed $15M in just two weeks of release. Much like Eastwood’s film, strong reviews are pushing it to a segment of the moviegoing audience hungry for non-IP and smartly conceived adult-oriented cinema.
Another indie success, Sean Baker’s “Anora” (Neon), continued its slow expansion with a strong $1.9M in just 235 locations; its estimated domestic gross now stands at $4M, and $6.4M worldwide. It has already made back its budget, and then some. It’ll be interesting to see how it does on 1000+ screens, which is the current plan for the film, before Thanksgiving weekend hits.
Criterion's December lineup has some great additions to the library, but the title that jumped out at me is Werner Herzog's "Grizzly Man," which officially joins the Collection on December 8.