2 weeks Ago By anthonypauldalessandro
Following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, those at home tuned in significantly to two papal movies: Focus Features’ Oscar winner Conclave and Netflix’s 3x Oscar nominated The Two Popes . Luminate data reports that an increase in U.S.
streaming viewership for Conclave on all platforms between Sunday, April 20 and Monday April 21, +283% increase with 1.8M minutes watched and 6.9M minutes watched on each day.
The Edward Berger directed movie is a fictional account of the election process after a Pope dies, Ralph Fiennes playing a key cardinal in the mix. The movie won an Oscar for Peter Straughn’s Best Adapted Screenplay. The FilmNation financed, Focus Features stateside distributed movie was also a huge grossing title around the world earning over $115M on a $20M production cost.
Some comps on Conclave ‘s viewership per Luminate: The movie had daily viewership of 1.7M minutes watched in the U.S.
during the tracking week April 11-17. So on Monday it saw over 5M more minutes watched than the average day last week. Watch on Deadline The Two Popes , which follows Pope Benedict XVI ceding the head of church to Pope Francis, saw its U.
S. viewership soar by +417% increase over the same two days with 290K minutes watched on April 20 and 1.5M minutes watched on April 21.
That movie, which starred Jonathan Pryce as Pope Francis and Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict, was nominated for Pryce as Best Actor at the Oscars, Hopkins in Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay by Anthony McCarten..
