Joker: Folie à Deux The box office hit an all-time low in its second weekend, falling far behind the rival evil clown film. Horror 3. Joker 2 The box office failed to take the world by storm, debuting more than $100 million lower than the 2019 DC Comics original film during its worldwide opening weekend. Meanwhile, the continuation of the slasher Horror 3The film, which features the return of Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton), has been steadily gaining momentum in its early predictions leading up to Halloween.
Per Deadlineas of Saturday morning, Horror 3 is projected to take first place at the domestic box office. over Joker: Folie à Deux with a 3-day opening weekend gross of $17 to $18 million, beating the entire worldwide theatrical run of $15.7 million. Horror 2 in one weekend. Meanwhile, Joker is falling and is projected to bring in between $6.7 million and $7 million in its second weekend. This represented a drop of 81.4% to 82.2% from the already dismal opening weekend domestic haul of $37.7 million.
Even at the highest level of their forecasts, Joker: Folie à Deux configured to have worst second week release of any movie starring a DC character as well as the worst of the entire superhero genre, including Miracles (78.1%) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (69%). At the low end of projections, an 82.2% drop would tie the film to Waitress: The Musical and became the 11th worst domestic drop of all time. This would place it on the chart above the notorious 2003 flop. Gigliwhich dropped just 81.9% in its second weekend.
What does this week’s 2 drop mean for Joker 2?
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The second week release of a sequel starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga is startling, but not necessarily surprising given the widespread negativity around the world. Joker: Folie à Deux reviews from both critics and fans. In addition to receiving a D CinemaScore, the worst for any comic book film in history, it has a 33% critic score and 32% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing. However, this result is especially disastrous given the film’s reported budget of approximately $200 million. sets a break-even point of about $450 million..
It will probably only be able to pay off if it keeps the same pace as the original film…
At the end of the first week, Joker: Folie à Deux earned just $121.5 million worldwide. Although it performed better than it did in North America during its international debut, it still underperformed overseas, falling significantly short of initial projections. He may not have the same precipitous fall in week two at international level when his weekend abroad is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, but his prospects nonetheless look bleak as he is likely to be able to pull through even if will remain at the same level. pace similar to the original film, which only dropped 41.9%.
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Although Joker: Folie à Deux crashes and burns Horror 3 The release shows there is still hope for the October box office. Although his first weekend is lower than JokerThat is, he operates in a completely different area. For starters, the infamously gory slasher film has a more limited audience than the DC film, although both are rated R. Plus, Art the Clown only cost $2 million, meaning that in just three days it’s already over than it paid off. , becoming the latest horror hit of 2024.
Source: Deadline