Clint Eastwood’s possible final movie is a hit everywhere around the world. Except here.
International sales come to $9.6 million. This is in places like France, the UK, and Spain. There, the Eastwood film was given a decent release.
In the US, “Juror Number 2” barely exists. It’s playing in about 30 theaters, and none near you. Warner Bros. has refused to post numbers, so no one knows what it’s made. Eventually it will hit MAX streaming, and then forgotten about.
What a travesty: Warner’s has nothing else for the Oscars. “Joker Folie a Deux” imploded. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is a hit, but it’s not Oscar material. “Juror Number 2” should be their prestige release. It’s a scintillating thriller with top notch work from Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette. The screenplay is excellent. And the direction, by Eastwood, is as good as we get.
Eastwood has had countless hits for Warner Bros, and won Oscars for movies like “Unforgiven,” “Mystic River,” and “Million Dollar Baby.” He deserves better than this. And so does the audience. If it had been presented properly, “Juror Number 2” would have been a theater draw. Too bad. In this case, Warner Bros is “unforgiven.”
