Box Office: Joker 2 Debuts To Just Half The OG 2019 Movie"s Opening Despite Reported $190M Budget

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This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Joker: Folie à Deux is expected to debut with a total less than half of the original installment. The DC comic book movie, which re-teams director Todd Phillips and star Joaquin Phoenix, is a sequel to 2019"s Joker, which made over $1 billion at the worldwide box office against a roughly $70 million budget. The sequel, which features multiple musical numbers and co-stars Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, has a price tag more than two-and-a-half times as large, as the reported Joker: Folie à Deux budget is $190 million.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, as of Saturday morning, Joker: Folie à Deux is projected to take in a three-day opening weekend total between $42 and $47 million at the domestic box office. This falls far below the initial industry projections of about $70 million. Even at the top of the projected range, it is less than half of what the original 2019 movie earned in its domestic debut, which raked in $96.2 million, making its budget back over the course of a single weekend.
What This Opening Weekend Means For Joker: Folie à Deux The Movie Could Still Break Even Close This disappointing opening weekend total is likely the result of the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the movie. In addition to Joker: Folie à Deux reviews earning the movie a 32% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, it has a matching 32% audience score tabulated from more than 1,000 verified users. The movie has scored poorly across the board on popular review platforms, compounding its dismal D+ CinemaScore with a 4.1 out of 10 on Meteoritic, a 5.3 out of 10 on IMDb, and a 2.5 out of 5 on Letterboxd.
This might be just enough for the movie to break even....
However, this does not necessarily mean that the movie will be a failure. While it seems unlikely to build strong word-of-mouth viewership, if it continues to grow in proportion to the original, it could eventually climb to $472 million or higher worldwide. This might be just enough for the movie to break even if it doesn"t crater in its second weekend and is buoyed by the Joker: Folie à Deux cast earning Oscar nominations in early 2025. Because movies typically need to earn back at least two-and-a-half times their budgets, its break-even point is likely somewhere around $475 million.
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Source: THR

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