{"id":7823,"date":"2025-04-23T17:43:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T21:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/04\/23\/conclave-streaming-numbers-jump-after-pope-francis-death\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T17:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T21:43:33","slug":"conclave-streaming-numbers-jump-after-pope-francis-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/04\/23\/conclave-streaming-numbers-jump-after-pope-francis-death\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Conclave\u2019 Streaming Numbers Jump After Pope Francis\u2019 Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">How do you process the death of a world figure like Pope Francis? With prayers, rituals and, apparently, movies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Streaming minutes for the 2024 Oscar-winning film \u201cConclave,\u201d which explores the Byzantine process of selecting a new pope, jumped this week after the news of the pope\u2019s passing, according to the tracking firm Luminate. Viewership also jumped for Netflix\u2019s 2019 picture \u201cThe Two Popes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even before Amazon Prime Video made \u201cConclave\u201d available at no extra cost to subscribers on Tuesday, the film\u2019s total daily U.S. streaming viewership jumped on Monday to 6.9 million minutes watched, compared with 966,000 the previous Monday. On Tuesday, the numbers of minutes watched jumped to 18.3 million, compared with 574,000 the previous Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe data shows an increase of +3,200 percent in week-over-week viewership,\u201d Luminate said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Given the jump that \u201cConclave\u201d saw on Monday, Luminate said that viewership was influenced both by the pope\u2019s death and Amazon\u2019s decision to make the film free to Prime subscribers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Released in October 2024 and based on Robert Harris\u2019s 2016 thriller of the same title, \u201cConclave,\u201d which won an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay, follows a fictionalized papal election process (and all of the palace intrigue) after the death of a pope. Contenders are played by Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow, among others. Secrets emerge and tensions flare as the competition field narrows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The papal election process depicted in \u201cConclave\u201d is fairly accurate, according to experts. The film\u2019s depictions of different ritual acts, including how cardinals count votes by reading paper ballots aloud, weaving them along a single thread and then burning them, are \u201cmore or less correct,\u201d said Piotr H. Kosicki, an associate professor of history at the University of Maryland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in remarks on his blog, Cardinal Se\u00e1n O\u2019Malley, the former Archbishop of Boston, said that the 2013 conclave he participated in when Pope Francis was elected was a \u201cmuch different experience than what they depicted in the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cFor all its artistic and entertainment value,\u201d he said, \u201cI don\u2019t think the movie is a good portrayal of the spiritual reality of what a conclave is.\u201d Netflix\u2019s \u201cThe Two Popes,\u201d a biographical drama about Pope Francis and his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, also saw a growing audience, with Luminate reporting a 417 percent increase in viewership. According to Luminate, the 2019 film had 290,000 minutes watched on Sunday compared with 1.5 million minutes watched on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you process the death of a world figure like Pope Francis? With prayers, rituals and, apparently, movies. Streaming minutes for the 2024 Oscar-winning film \u201cConclave,\u201d which explores the Byzantine process of selecting a new pope, jumped this week after the news of the pope\u2019s passing, according to the tracking firm Luminate. 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