The $10m price tag screams of Amazon trying to be taken seriously as a distributor, darling or not Lonergan's sensibilities don't translate to big box office, and the streaming services' cursory theatrical releases are kind of a joke. Even as a breakout this would likely make $30m from a well-planned theatrical…

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