‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Lower In Opening With $37M+ After ‘D’ CinemaScore – Box Office
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The opening for Warner Bros‘ Joker: Folie a Deux was even lower at $37.8M this weekend versus the $40M that the studio reported yesterday morning. Sunday came in at $6.2M, -45% off Saturday’s $11.3M. The movie cost $190M+ before P&A.
Overseas was better as we told you yesterday with a $81.1M take, however, just like domestic, prospects aren’t bright. More on what went wrong with this film under the David Zaslav led Warner Bros. Discovery conglom here. As we told you, the studio gave filmmaker Todd Phillips to make the movie he wanted, but at a much higher greenlight price of $190M+, a that’s 171% above the original 2019 movie’s $70M, which had two co-financiers, Village Roadshow and the then Bron. Joker 2 only had one co-fi partner, Domain at 25%.
Saturday’s gross went off a cliff next to Friday+previews’ $20.3M. This is all after bad word of mouth with a D Cinemascore, 1/2 star on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak and a Rotten Tomatoes audience score, which is even lower than the critics’, 31% to 33%.
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