UPDATE: Clint Eastwood’s “Juror #2” is #1 on VOD this week, and has also maintained its top spot on the iTunes and Fandango charts. The film became available for premium digital purchase and rental on December 3.
EARLIER: More questions are now being raised about Warner Bros’ treatment of Clint Eastwood’s “Juror #2” which has immediately topped the iTunes charts in its first day on VOD.
Yes, 32 days after its tepid limited release, “Juror #2,” an acclaimed older-audience drama from Eastwood, has debuted on VOD at #1 on iTunes. Here’s IndieWire’s Tom Brueggeman:
#1 for a film that played at most in only one theater in the cities it played in and without any ads? That’s unheard of […] This has to be seen as further evidence that WBD failed to grasp the interest in the film.
What’s even more confounding is that ‘Juror #2’ will be readily available to stream for free on MAX two weeks from now, on December 20. Normally, films that move to PVOD, and then later, to streaming have a two-month leeway in between.
You know what would be even more embarrassing for Warner Bros? If “Juror #2” somehow, someway, gets Oscar-nominated, and there’s been some hints that Oscar voters have warmed up to the film, and are ready to vote for it in their respective ballots. Stay tuned.