Warner is reporting$40Mthis morning, others see it lower.
More people sawMarvelsat 3.3M admissions in its opening weekend one versusJoker 2s 2.5M per EntTelligence.
Everyone was so serious about this movie being frontloaded, and indeed it was.
No point in lingering if you know a hurricane is coming.
Anyone feelingMegalopolisdeja vu from last weekend, youre not imagining things.
That movie received a D+ CinemaScore.
Lady Gaga is Lee QuinzelWarner Bros
They dont throw good money after bad.
I dont know: the audience exits say it all.
Between theHangoverfranchise andJoker, Warner Bros. has reaped $2.5 billion off of Phillips fare at the box office.
What do you do with a director whos done that much for you?
Give him final cut.
However, that brings up a point.
What happens if these filmmakers turn in non-commercial final cuts?
Its not bad movies its bad budgets as Ive written before.
And auteur cinema comes at a cost.
Some sayJoker 2cost $200M before P&A, we believe its at $190M+ net.
By the way, thats not the movie going overbudget.
Thats what the movie was greenlit at, I understand.
If the budget doubled to $140M, thats one thing.
Sources tell me that between Phillips, Gaga and Pheonix, they repped $50M of budget.
Domain co-financedJoker 2I hear to the tune of 25%.
Lets not fault Warners and Phillips for breaking the boundaries of cinema.
God bless em, they made the $168MFuriosaearlier this year which only yielded $173.3M global.
Its not like the audiences movie tastes for aJokerhere changed between pre-Covid and post-Covid.
The originalJokernetted $437M in profitafter its $1.1 billion at the box office, and a B+ CinemaScore.
By comparison,Joker 2makes Paul Newmans 5x Oscar-nominatedThe Verdictlook likeSpeedwith Keanu Reeves.
Sixty-three percent of the audience was 18-34.
Imax and PLFs repped 41% of the weekends ticket sales so far.
Um, no, think again.
from -20% at the start of summer to a current -11% per ComScore.
You think R-rated comic book movies dont work?
How does this impact the current Gunn-Safran led DC Studios, even though they didnt make this movie?
Why did the movie get made?
The original starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson was greenlit by the Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger administration.
The incoming Joe Drake one wanted to capitalize on the heat of the franchise.
Lionsgate will lose some from this.
Pics blurb: Paranormal investigators Sam and Colby have hunted ghosts at the worlds most iconic haunted locations.
Thirteen critics didnt get it at 54% on RT.
$521 per theater average.
Pic is chiefly making its dough in NYC and LA.
The weekend box office was suppose to hit $100M for all movies based onJoker 2s projections yesterday.
Updated Sunday chart:
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That movie actually was more expensive thanJoker 2, $270M to $190M.
Lady Gagas fans across all platforms clocked 231.3M fans with 43.7M views feeding into her Instagram.
Outside the top 5 is Lionsgates misfireWhite Birdwith$650Ktoday, and$1.5M-$2Mopening for the weekend.
We knew that was going to happen.
Whats not funny is the Comscore/Screen Engine PostTrak audience exits forJoker 2,which tell a different story.
Holy guacamole, Batman.
Did theMegalopoliscynics show up last night?
Or, wait, did PostTrak switch up the reports?
Lionsgates Helen Mirren movieWhite Birdreceived five stars last night!
Reviews for the movie stand at 72% on Rotten Tomatoes.
A very low 24% say theyll definitely recommendJoker 2to their friends.
God knows what this means for the sequels stability throughout the weekend.
Rest of the week was as follows:
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