That is no joke. Todd Phillips‘ sequel Joker: Folie à Deux has made historical past by turning into the the primary Hollywood comedian ebook film to earn a D CinemaScore from audiences. Exit polls are equally as grim as audiences specific their unhappiness with the sequel.
That unhappiness is translating right into a troubled opening on the field workplace, the place the Warner Bros. film is coming in effectively behind expectations. The divisive sequel earned a comfortable $20 million on Friday, together with $7 million in previews, for a projected launch south of $50 million.
Rival studios present the Joaquin Phoenix–Girl Gaga movie opening anyplace from $42 million to $47 million (one studio even thinks $40 million or much less). Heading into the weekend, Joker 2 was anticipated to do $50 million to $60 million. That was down from the $70 million anticipated three weeks in the past when the pic first got here on monitoring.
In 2019, Joker debuted to a dreamy $96.2 million on its approach to a record-shattering worldwide complete of $1 billion. Phillips’ polarizing, R-rated sequel — which made its world premiere on the Venice Movie Competition to combined evaluations — is a genre-busting, music-infused movie that strays exterior the consolation zone of the everyday fanboy-fueled comedian ebook pic.
Extra worrisome than Thursday’s evening gross is horrible exit scores on PostTrak, with audiences giving it a half-star out of 5, much like the Thursday evening rat.
