Terrifier 3 Beating Joker: Folie à Deux At The Box Office Explained: How Art Became The #1 Clown

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Now that Terrifier 3 has topped Joker: Folie à Deux on the domestic box office charts, Art has officially beaten the Joker to become Hollywood’s biggest clown. Following its premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 19, the horrifyingly violent Terrifier 3 was finally released in U.S. theaters on October 11. In its opening weekend alone, the slasher threequel has become the highest-grossing entry in the cult horror franchise. And not only that; it took the number-one spot at the domestic box office, outgrossing Joker: Folie à Deux in its second weekend and The Wild Robot in its third.
Both Terrifier 3 and Joker: Folie à Deux are highly anticipated sequels about killer clowns. But where the former is breaking box office records in a good way, the latter is breaking records in a bad way. Terrifier 3 has been a massive box office success, while Joker 2 is performing well below expectations for the long-awaited follow-up to a $1 billion blockbuster. So, how exactly did Art manage to beat the Joker at the box office? Why is an ultraviolent slasher that’s making audiences throw up grossing more than a big-budget comic book sequel?
How Much More Terrifier 3's Opening Weekend Made Than Joker 2's Second Weekend Terrifier 3 Made $18.3 Million Domestically; Joker: Folie à Deux Made Just $7 Million Close In this past weekend, Terrifier 3 grossed over 2.5 times more than Joker: Folie à Deux. Terrifier 3 made an impressive $18.3 million at the domestic box office, while Joker: Folie à Deux only brought in around $7 million. Even with Joker 2 being in its second weekend, it’s still wild to see Terrifier 3 not only beat it, but do so by such a wide margin. In its opening weekend, Joker 2 made $37.7 million, which was far below expectations. The DC sequel’s worldwide opening came in more than $100 million less than its sleeper-hit predecessor.
Terrifier 3 topped the domestic box office this weekend, with The Wild Robot in second place, Joker: Folie à Deux in third place, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in fourth place, and Piece by Piece in fifth place.
Terrifier started off as a microbudget slasher that earned a cult following due to its boundary-pushing portrayal of bloodshed, and it has blossomed into one of the most iconic horror franchises around. Joker promised a fresh origin story for one of the most beloved supervillains ever created, and garnered unexpected interest when the morality of its depiction of vigilante justice was questioned. The popularity of both the Terrifier and Joker franchises was born out of controversy, but where Terrifier has maintained its fervent fan base, Joker lost the goodwill of its fan base almost overnight.
Why Terrifier 3's Box Office Is So Good Unlike Joker 2, Terrifier 3 Has Been Well-Received Close One of the main reasons why Terrifier 3 is succeeding where Joker 2 is failing is that, unlike Joker 2, Terrifier 3 has been well-received. Terrifier 3 has a good Rotten Tomatoes score promising a frightful time at the movies. Its “fresh” critics’ score of 76% isn’t quite as high as Terrifier 2’s 87%, but it is higher than the first film’s 60%. The threequel’s audience score is even better, at 89%. That, paired with a B CinemaScore, indicates a solid audience reception — especially for a movie so disgusting that it’s prompted walkouts and vomiting.

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