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.
Edward Berger seems to have settled on what comes next. His Lance Armstrong biopic, starring Austin Butler, is now holding casting calls, with production eyed for January.