Joker: Folie à Deux has passed a major global box office milestone, but it’s still far from making money. The musical DC Comics sequel, which stars Joaquin Phoenix in the title role opposite Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, earned a D CinemaScore, the worst ever for a Hollywood superhero movie. The Joker: Folie à Deux Box office was a massive disappointment, falling short of projections with its $37.7 million domestic debut and experiencing one of the worst Week 2 drops in history, dropping 81.2% for a cumulative domestic total of just $51 million against its reported $200 million Budget.
Per VarietyAs of Sunday morning, Joker: Folie à Deux is projected to close its second weekend in theaters with an international gross of $22.6 million, coming from 77 territories. That will bring its cumulative international total to $113 million and its overall global gross to $165.3 million by Sunday evening. This will make it The 20th film of the year passed the important global milestone of $150 millionPassed by The book ($152.7 million) to land at number 20 on the 2024 worldwide chart.
however, Joker: Folie à Deux is still far from making money. His break even point is estimated to be approximately $450 million, which means that it Still needs to make another $285 million just to turn a profit.
What the global milestone means for Joker: Folie à Deux
The DC movie probably won’t even break even in theaters
This international weekend shows that the release still has legs in overseas territories that it does not in North America. Its 81.2% drop, probably spurred by the negative Joker: Folie à Deux Reviews from critics and audiences, is unmatched internationally. The movie did had a still significant but less drastic overseas drop of 72.1%Making its global week-on-week drop approximately 75.5%. Until now, the international grosses have consistently maintained a total that is more than twice the domestic gross.
Each subsequent global weekend will likely make less than the weekend’s $29.6 million…
However, even though international audiences are kinder to the movie, that doesn’t mean it will never break even in theaters. overseas markets Still fell below original projections and slumping harder than the average superhero blockbusterPotentially due to a variety of reasons including the controversial addition of a musical element and The Division Joker: Folie à Deux ending Natural diminishing returns mean that each subsequent global weekend will likely make less than this weekend’s $29.6 million, making it nearly impossible for the movie to pass the $450 million mark.
Our take on the Joker: Folie à Deux Global Box Office
The DC brand likely won’t suffer for long
finally, Joker: Folie à Deux It seems destined to add to the list of recent DC flops, which includes 2023’s Shazam! Wrath of the Gods (which grossed $134.1 million against an approximately $125 million budget), The bottle ($273.1 million versus approximately $220 million), and Blue bug ($130.8 million versus approximately $125 million). however, The brand is likely to recover soon. The newly rebranded DC Universe (of which Joker is not a part, being a DC Elseworlds property) is relaunching in 2025 with James Gunn’s SupermanA buzzy title that could become a hit and right the DC ship.
Source: Variety