Michael Keaton just beat the Joker for a second time, 35 years after Tim Burton’s Batman

like Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Victory over Joker: Folie à Deux At the box office, despite being several weeks into his run, Michael Keaton has officially beaten the Clown Prince of Crime for the second time. In 1989, despite some skepticism from fans, Keaton emerged as the quintessential Bruce Wayne in Tim Burton’s Batman. The movie pitted the Caped Crusader against his arch-nemesis, The Joker, played brilliantly by Jack Nicholson. In the film’s finale, Batman launched the Joker onto a crumbling gargoyle, which eventually fell off and sent him plummeting to his death.

Keaton just reprized his other iconic role from a Burton-directed ’80s classic in the long-awaited sequel to Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was a huge box office hit, quickly becoming one of the biggest blockbusters of the Halloween season. In the same season, The Joker returned to multiplexes in Joker: Folie à DeuxThe sequel to Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips’ surprise 2019 hit. Unlike these Beetlejuice Continuation, the Joker Sequel was a massive bomb. Since Beetlejuice 2 is outperforming Joker 2 At the box office, Keaton has officially beaten the Joker for a second time.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s 6th Weekend Box Office Was Higher Than Joker: Folie à Deux’s 2nd Weekend

Beetlejuice 2 made $7.3 million in its sixth weekend; Joker 2 made $7 million in its second

Since its massive $111 million opening weekend, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice went on to gross $421,090,643 worldwide (via Box Office Mojo), making it the 10th highest-grossing movie of the year so far. It has gone even the most optimistic projections for a truly impressive blockbuster run. Joker: Folie à DeuxOn the other hand, it was not such a success story. It opened to just $37,678,467 and went on to gross $164,959,127 at the global box office (via) Box Office Mojo), falling far short of its $200 million budget and the $1 billion success of its predecessor.

One of the clearest indicators of Joker: Folie à Deuxs failure is that Beetlejuice Beetlejuice managed to dig more in its sixth weekend than Joker 2 Grost in its second weekend. Beetlejuice 2 Made $7.3 million in its sixth weekend, the weekend of October 11-13. In the same weekend, one week after its release, Joker 2 Made only $7 million. That was an 81% drop from its opening weekendMarking one of the biggest second week drops in box office history. Keaton has officially kicked the Joker’s butt for the second time.

Why Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s box office is so good and still going strong

Unlike Joker 2, Beetlejuice 2 was really well received

The main reason why Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Has done so well is that it is really well-received. A lot of nostalgic fans of the 1988 original were interested in seeing the sequel, but the overwhelmingly positive response solidified their decision to check it out. Beetlejuice 2 has afresh“Score of 77%, only 6% below its classic predecessorand a CinemaScore of B+, indicating good word-of-mouth. It’s a really fun movie and a real crowd-pleaser, and since it arrived in September, it’s been able to get ahead of the Halloween horror audience.

moreover, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Has a wide appeal in terms of the age range of the audience. In addition to bringing back Keaton and Winona Ryder to appeal to older ’80s fans, The sequel cast rising star Jenna Ortega to appeal to younger generations of viewers. Compare all this to Joker: Folie à Deuxwhich was met with a great negative reaction. it has a “PolandRT score of 33% and the lowest cinemascore of any comic book movie ever made with an obscure view. For audiences who have to choose between the two, the choice is obvious.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was much more successful for Michael Keaton than his Batman return

Why Beetlejuice 2 Was So Successful When The Flash Bombed

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice It’s not the first time Keaton has reprized one of his most iconic roles from the ’80s in a long-awaited legacy sequel. As Harrison Ford reprises his roles as Han Solo, Rick Deckard and Indiana Jones in the space of a decade, Keaton is returning to all his old characters in quick succession. In 2023, Keaton reprized his role as Batman alongside Ezra Miller’s Flash and Sasha Kale’s Supergirl in the multiverse adventure The bottle. Barry’s interdimensional travels bring him to Burton’s Batman universe, where he recruits Keaton’s Dark Knight to help defeat him Man of Steels Zod.

unfortunately, The bottle Wasn’t nearly as successful as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. It wasn’t as big a bomb as that Joker: Folie à DeuxBut it didn’t go well. Whereas Beetlejuice 2 has earned more than $400 million, The bottle Gross only $ 271,433,313 Against a budget of at least $200 million (by Box Office Mojo). Unlike Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The bottle It had everything going against it: mostly negative reviews, ties to an already canceled franchise, and a wildly controversial star in Miller.

Source: Box Office Mojo