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JOKER: THE MOVIE produced by Martin Scorsese (TBD)
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Reporters keep warning us about the danger lurking in a bleak comic book movie. Is that why 'Joker' shattered box office records?

 

Just a few weeks ago the media world couldn’t wait for “Joker” to hit theaters.

 

The film promised a gritty twist on the superhero genre, stripping the CGI and PG:13 yuks from the formula. Trailers showing Joaquin Phoenix’s take on the iconic character mesmerized movie fans. And a crush of early reviews suggested the movie had Oscar bait stamped all over it.

 

Now?

 

Reporters are obsessed with the film’s potential for real-world violence. Critics are savaging the movie from numerous fronts above and beyond its quality or entertainment value. Vice published a wildly imbalanced hit piece suggesting “Joker” is “terrible.” Read the headline for yourself.

 

The movie’s current RottenTomatoes.com score? 70 percent fresh from the professional critics and 92 percent from audiences. The Vice water cooler crowd may have scorched “Joker,” but most people clearly dig it.

 

That’s only the beginning.

 

Liberal review after liberal review condemn the film, for not being liberal enough and/or for allegedly promoting violence. Others said the fact that Phoenix’s character, Arthur Fleck, can’t land a date would make an army of fellow “incels” rise up in collective fury.

 

It’s almost like they’re begging for an unhinged soul to stake out a “Joker” screening.

 

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DEADLINE: Warner Bros. Laughing All The Way To The Bank With ‘Joker’: $95M-$96M Debut

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Updated, Sunday Writethru: Refresh for chart and more analysis Since Thursday night Warner Bros./Village Roadshow/Bron Studios’ Joker has overindexed. On Friday night, industry estimates had it at $94M with Warner Bros. reporting a $39.9M opening day, and this morning, before the Burbank studio reports, the town is seeing the film at around $32.7M Saturday, -18% for an opening that’s between $95.8M-$96M. Final endgame for Joker is around $265M domestic, which is more than Venom a year ago which finaled at $213.5M.

 

One rival distribution source on Friday believed that Joker, in play at 73 offshore territories, is heading to a worldwide opening between $188M-$194M. That would be right behind Venom‘s opening October global record of $207.4M. We’ll see soon.

 

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Moviegoers ignored the online pearl-clutching and gave DC Films another massive opening for a most unconventional offering. Audiences danced with the devil in the pale moonlight and loved that Joker. The Todd Phillips-directed and Joaquin Phoenix-starring lightning rod of a movie (review) opened with a diabolical $93.5 million opening weekend, giving a much needed win for the Legion of Doom over those pesky Super Friends. For better or worse, this blockbuster opening shows that audiences will show up for almost anything as long as it’s encased in a well-liked Marvel or DC superhero/supervillain property.

 

Joker exemplifies what Warner Bros. does best. The Todd Phillips-directed flick is a comic book movie within an established brand. However, it’s also (sans IP) a deeply uncommercial movie with limited appeal, a comic book version of Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy and Observe & Report.  As such, its (thus far) success puts it alongside Magic Mike, The Conjuring, American Sniper, It and A Star is Born as the Dream Factory turning something that isn’t quite a stereotypical tentpole into a genuine event movie.

 

It scored the biggest October launch ever, and the second-biggest September/October debut ever (sans inflation) between It Chapter Two ($91 million last month) and It ($123 million in 2017). Joker pulled a decent 2.34x multiplier along with a B+ Cinemascore to boot. Moreover (clears throat), the opening weekend went off without any major incidents or inconveniences. There were a few misbehaving moviegoers, and a few prank signs placed in theater lobbies, but metaphorically speaking, neither ferry chose to blow the other up this weekend.

 

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26 minutes ago, Bosco685 said:

 

Holy cow looks like all the fake hype actually worked. It easily beat my (and WB's) early predictions.  :applause:

Though Mendelson doesn't seem to be as confident in the legs of this one as he usually is with movies he loves.

-J.

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2 minutes ago, Jaydogrules said:

Holy cow looks like all the fake hype actually worked. It easily beat my (and WB's) early predictions.  :applause:

Though Mendelson doesn't seem to be as confident in the legs of this one as he usually is with movies he loves.

-J.

And down goes Venom's $207.4M USD October record. :applause:

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Now sitting at 4.3X production budget. Hugely profitable!  :whee:

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