Tag: August Diehl

Bonhoeffer Box Office Prediction

On a weekend where the eyes of box office forecasters are trained on the debuts of Wicked and Gladiator II, Angel Studios will attempt to find an audience with Bonhoeffer. The historical drama is directed by Todd Komarnicki with Jonas Dassler playing the anti-Nazi dissident title character. Costars include August Diehl, David Jonsson, Flula Borg, Moritz Bleibtreu, and Clarke Peters.

Last summer, the film’s distributor found massive and unexpected success in the form of Sound of Freedom. Since then, their openings have been quieter. That includes After Death ($5.1 million), The Shift ($4.4 million), Cabrini ($7.2 million), and Sight ($2.8 million).

If this manages to reach $4 million, that should be enough to put it in fourth place. That’s exactly where I’m putting it.

Bonhoeffer opening weekend prediction: $4 million

For my Wicked prediction, click here:

Wicked Box Office Prediction

For my Gladiator II prediction, click here:

Gladiator II Box Office Prediction

Oscar Watch: A Hidden Life

In his near half century as an acclaimed director, Terrence Malick has only made ten features and his latest is the World War II era drama A Hidden Life. The Fox Searchlight pic debuted early this summer at the Cannes Film Festival and has continued to Toronto before its December release.

Some critical reaction indicates it could be an awards player while other reviews haven’t been quite as effusive. The Rotten Tomatoes score is at 74%. Malick has seen two of his works attract Academy attention in the last two decades with 1998’s The Thin Red Line and 2011’s The Tree of Life. Both received Picture nods and nabbed direction calls for Malick.

With Jojo Rabbit garnering a heavily mixed response in Toronto, perhaps Fox (now owned by Disney) could shift its marketing focus to Life. I wouldn’t count their campaign abilities out, but this will definitely need a strong push to contend. My Oscar Watch posts will continue…