6 Biggest Cannes Winners and Losers — From Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun’ Triumph to George Miller’s Disappointing Genie
variety.comWinner: Neon. The indie distributor has a special touch with Palme d’Or winners. Following 2019’s “Parasite” and 2021’s “Titane,” Neon landed North American rights to this year’s big Cannes champ: Ruben Östlund’s comedy “Triangle of Sadness,” which stars Woody Harrelson as a rabid Marxist who is the captain of a cruise for the super-rich. Loser: An expensive genie. The conventional wisdom on George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, is that it’s too divisive and artsy to make back its $60 million budget. Winner: Star Power. Cannes returned with a roar, bringing back A-list glamour to the first full festival since 2019.
In addition to Cruise, the fest also welcomed Julia Roberts — who attended the Trophée Chopard dinner on May 19 — Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway and Sharon Stone.
Stone won every red carpet she walked, even though she didn’t have a film playing at the festival. Winner: “Elvis.” Baz Luhrmann’s big-spectacle biopic starring Austin Butler scored the largest and most enthusiastic standing ovation at Cannes — clocking in at 12 minutes — a good sign for film’s popular appeal.
Warner Bros. Discovery pulled out all the stops with a raging after-party on the beach attended by its newly minted CEO David Zaslav.
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