Conclave became available on U.S. Prime Video on April 22, 2025, one day after Pope Francis died at age 88. Reports citing Luminate said viewing rose sharply around the film’s streaming debut, although the reported 283% and 3,200% increases use different time windows and should not be read as competing calculations.
What happened to Conclave viewership?
ANSA, citing Luminate figures, reported that Conclave drew about 1.8 million viewing minutes on April 20, 2025, and 6.9 million by the end of April 21. ANSA described the change as a 283% rise. Its report contains a conflicting date for Francis’s death; contemporaneous reporting by TheWrap put his death on April 21, 2025.
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TheWrap, also citing Luminate, reported 18.3 million U.S. streaming minutes for Tuesday, April 22, compared with 574,000 on the preceding week’s Tuesday. It described a 3,200% week-over-week gain based on the combined Monday-and-Tuesday totals. TheWrap reported that the film became available on U.S. Prime Video that Tuesday.
The percentages refer to different comparisons: ANSA’s 283% figure accompanies its April 20-to-April 21 viewing-minute report, while TheWrap’s 3,200% figure uses a Monday-and-Tuesday week-over-week comparison. Luminate’s primary dataset and full methodology are not available in these reports, so the figures are best treated as outlet-reported estimates rather than independently verified totals.
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- Genre: Mystery / Suspense
- Number of Discs: 1
- Number of Tracks: 0
- Playback Duration: 121
- Rating: PG
When did Pope Francis die?
Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025, aged 88, according to TheWrap’s account of the announcement by Cardinal Kevin Farrell. That date is the relevant context for the reports of increased interest in Conclave.
What is Conclave about?
Directed by Edward Berger and starring Ralph Fiennes, Conclave is a 2024 political thriller adapted from Robert Harris’s 2016 novel. It follows the process of selecting a pope, focusing on the cardinals and the maneuvering surrounding the choice.
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How accurately does the film depict a conclave?
Conclave is fiction, not a documentary or a procedural guide to electing a pope. Experts quoted by the Associated Press said the film captures elements of the Vatican setting and the conversations that take place before a conclave, while also taking dramatic liberties.
William Cavanaugh, a Catholic studies professor at DePaul University, told the Associated Press: “The film gets a lot right. They tried to reproduce the mise-en-scene of the Vatican accurately.” He also said the film shows “that a lot of the drama is around the preconclave conversations among cardinals.” Those observations describe aspects the film gets right, not a claim that every detail follows real procedure.
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Where can you watch Conclave?
TheWrap reported a U.S. Prime Video debut on April 22, 2025. Amazon’s guide described the film as included for Prime members and available to rent or buy in the U.S. when that guide was published. Streaming catalogs and terms vary by country and can change, so check the live Prime Video listing in your region for current access and pricing.
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