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See previous update below for more on the weekend.
In both cases, most critical and social scores are seriously bad.
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’.Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection
The global debut was$121.1M.
Japan and China are still to launch, but no one is expecting a big multiple.
(On a brighter note for WB,Beetlejuice Beetlejuicecrossed $400M worldwide this frame see below.)
This film will sadly not emulate that.
Heres Anthonysanalysison the domestic situation.
1 inKorealast Tuesday, but grossed just $3.7M across a six-day frame that in fact included two holidays.
It has a 5.8 Naver score with audiences whereas the first movie was closer to a 9.
All in,Folie a Deuxs Top 5 launch markets, all at No.
Germanyedged strong local titleThe School of Magical Animalsfor the 2ndbest WB opening in the last 12 months.
Including previews, opening weekend results were ahead ofThe Batman(+28%).
By way of an R-rated comp, it was 56% ahead ofOppenheimers start.
Francecame in roughly on par with WBsIt Chapter Twoand 13% ahead ofBeetlejuice Beetlejuice.
The Imax global take was $10M, including $5M from overseas.
After this weekend, on deck are Japan on October 11 and China on October 16.
As weve noted, the firstJokerdid not release in China.
The international drop was a mere 12%.
The offshore running total is$36.5Mfor$100.4Mworldwide.
In staggered international release, it added six markets including Germany and Korea.
Germanydebuted to $2.2M (including previews) in 3rd place behindSchool of Magical AnimalsandJoker 2.
The film had the best day-on-day increase through the weekend.
The opening is aboveMigration,Puss in Boots 2andThe Bad Guys.
The CGV Egg rating is a wild 99%.
The weekend result excluding previews is aboveTransformers OneandMigration, and in line withTrolls.
Strong play-out is expected.
Also new wasHong Kongwith $500K from 59 screens, including previews on Tuesdays national holiday.
Reactions and WOM are strong.
It will overtake the lifetimes of bothMigrationandTrollsby the end of the third weekend.
In better news for WB,Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceconjured another$8.2Min 77 markets.
The holdover drop was 42% for a$137.1Minternational cume to date.
Worldwide has passed $400M, now at$402.6mthrough Sunday.
Paramount/HasbrosTransformers Onepicked up another$7.9Mfrom 61 markets to bring the international running cume to$49.8M.
The offshore holdover drop was 36%.
Globally, the origins story is nearing $100M with$97Mthrough Sunday.
The UK and Germany release next week, followed by France on October 23.
Meanwhile, speaking of Golden Week,Chinasaw a slew of new local titles in play.
This is the second installment of ChensVolunteerstrilogy.
The Imax total for Golden Week movies is $8.3M.
