Where the misfortune of the Singing Clown brings happiness to the Killer Clown… For its second weekend of operation in the United States, Joker: Folie à deux only grossed $7.1 million (-81.3%; total: $51.6 million), slipping from first to third place at the box office, behind the horror novelty Terrifier 3 (18.3 million) and the continuation The Wild Robot (13.4 million). Suffice to say that the film’s career is almost over (60 million?). With this historic fall, Arthur Fleck is doing worse than the worst in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (The Marvels : -78.1%), Spider-Man (Morbius : -73.8%), DC Comics (The Flash : -72.5%) and X-Men (X-Men : Dark Phoenix : -71.5%). This is therefore the biggest drop in history for a superhero production, a record briefly held by The Marvels (-78.1%), which ended last November the 26-year reign of Steel (-78%). 26 years old vs. 11 months… It seems that DC Comics wanted to recover its title as quickly as possible. By the way, it’s even the biggest drop in history for a blockbuster (Friday the 13th : -80.4% / Halloween Ends : -80%). Joker and its budget of 200 million dollars are therefore already beaten by Art the Clown and its budget of 2 million dollars. Into which dimension have we shifted?
A l’international, Joker: Folie à deux must be satisfied with 22.7 million dollars (total: 113.7 million), with inglorious accumulations in the United Kingdom (11.8 million), Germany (7.9 million) and Italy (7.6 million). On a global scale, this gives us a prize pool of 165.3 million dollars, with always in our sights The Marvels (206.1 million). Isn’t it wonderful, Todd Phillips’ clown blockbuster already does better than Madame Web (100.5 millions), Blue Beetle (130.8 millions), Shazam: Rage of the Gods (134.1 million)… and soon Morbius (167.5 millions), The Suicide Squad (168.7 million) and Wonder Woman 1984 (169.6 million). We seem to be dreaming, while we are talking about the one who a few months ago was still one of the favorites of the year 2024. We will make a final update next weekend, just to make the connection with Venom : The Last Dancebut there is not much more to say, except that we have rarely seen such a spectacular plantade. So, when the show is not on screen, we can always count on the box office!
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Joker: Folie à deux of Todd Phillips was released in France on October 2, 2024, with Joaquin Phoenix (Arthur Fleck/The Joker), Lady Gaga (Harleen ‘Lee’ Quinzel/Harley Quinn), Zazie Beetz (Sophie Dumond), Catherine Keener (Maryanne Stewart), Brendan Gleeson (Jackie Sullivan), Harry Lawtey (Harvey Dent), Steve Coogan (Paddy Meyers) et Leigh Gill (Gary Puddles).
