Warner Bros. Killed One of the Year’s Best Movies and Now It’s Popular
Drew Dietsch Published
Juror #2 It’s the kind of movie audiences often see before they take over the blockbusters entirely: a tense, high-concept, coming-of-age thriller that’s not full of spectacle and grandiosity. Directed by the iconic Clint Eastwood, the simple yet complex story of a juror clutching a terrible secret manages to maintain tension and drama in just under two hours. Before Marvel changed movie theaters forever, this was the movie we took for granted.
This has been evident ever since Warner Bros. decided to kill Juror #2 Before it had any real chance at the box office.
Warner Brothers Guilty
at first, Juror #2 I originally planned to go directly to Max, Warner Bros.’s streaming service. Immediately, fans were confused that the movie wouldn’t get a wide theatrical release. It has a famous cast, is well made, and is helmed by a director with a storied history in the studios. The idea that the film will skip theaters entirely is a bit strange.
Then Warner Bros. changed its attitude and decided to give Juror #2 Theatrical performances in the United States were extremely limited. The film opened in fewer than fifty theaters nationwide, and Warner Bros. did not release box office receipts. Thankfully, the film did get an international theatrical release, but it wasn’t enough to have a serious impact on today’s cultural landscape.
Now, Juror #2 It will air on Max on December 20 and will be labeled Max Original. Will it find a bigger audience there than in movie theaters? We’ll never know thanks to Warner Bros., but we can report something that may seem obvious: people really, really liked this movie.
“Juror #2” was a hit, no thanks to Warner Bros.
Juror #2 After being released on the on-demand video rental platform iTunes, it immediately reached the number one spot. As of this writing, it’s still the number one movie on iTunes five days later. Audiences were clearly interested in the film and therefore paid to rent it. In an age where “I’ll wait until it finally shows up on my streaming service” has become the de facto stance toward movies for many consumers, watching a movie like this Juror #2 To get such a huge response from people willing to rent says something worthwhile.
The audience is always going to be behind your next blockbuster, with a multi-million dollar marketing campaign behind it. Everyone is excited about the historic success Barbie That film’s multi-billion dollar marketing budget doesn’t seem to have been taken into account. like a movie Juror #2 – must have given infinitesimal fractions Barbieof your marketing budget – find ways to cut through the noise of all the other content vying for your attention. People want to see this movie.
So, well done, Warner Bros., for once again shooting itself in the foot with a critically acclaimed coming-of-age film. I suspect dumping Juror #2 Will do wonders for your maximum number of subscriptions. Maybe that’s why we don’t see movies like this Juror #2 We’re often supposed to have less to do with audiences and more to do with studios not knowing what they’re doing.
watch Juror #2. This is a very good movie that doesn’t need to bother trying to win over an audience.
