Since the death of Pope Francis, Conclave has exploded in streaming!
Obviously, everyone is burning to know how we elect a new pope …
The Vatican has not yet elected its new pope, but the faithful are already ready for the conclave!
The disappearance of Pope Franciswhich occurred on April 21 the day after Easter, did not only upset the Catholic world: it also sparked an unexpected tidal wave on streaming platforms. Conclavethe politico-religious thriller released in 2024, a hit in VOD for a few days.
Directed by Edward Berger (To the west, nothing new) and carried by a luxury duo in cassocks – Ralph Fiennes And Stanley Tucci – Conclave Explore the secret behind the scenes of the election of a new pontiff sovereign. A burning subject, which suddenly resonates with the news, since a conclave like this will be held in the coming days, in Rome.
Available on several VOD platforms, the film is also accessible at no additional cost for Amazon Prime Video subscribers in the United States where it is smoking.
The viral effect was instantaneous: according to Luminate, Conclave experienced a leap of 283 % in a single day, going from 1.8 million minutes viewed on April 20 to 6.9 million on April 21. In other words, the world rushed on its sofa to relive, through fiction, the tensions of the Vatican in mourning.
Even The two popesthe drama signed Netflix with Anthony Hopkins And Jonathan Prycetook advantage of this shock wave. Its views quadrupled on Monday (+417 %), from 290,000 to 1.5 million minutes viewed.
