Overview

• The festival’s 50th edition screened more than 200 films across 11 days and drew roughly 700,000 public attendees.
• Fresh awards chatter zeroes in on Russell Crowe for Nuremberg, with strong reactions also greeting Roofman, The Lost Bus and Wake Up Dead Man.
• Studios and streamers outline compressed releases, with Netflix’s Wake Up Dead Man and Apple TV+’s The Lost Bus getting two-week theatrical runs before moving online, and Prime Video taking Hedda one week after its Oct. 22 opening.
• Traditional rollouts persist for select titles, including Paramount’s Roofman on Oct. 10 and Lionsgate’s Good Fortune on Oct. 17, while Black Bear steps in to distribute Christy and Tuner.
• A softer summer box office of $3.67 billion underscores the stakes, and recent TIFF acclaim has not guaranteed turnout, as shown by The Life of Chuck’s muted release.