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JOKER: THE MOVIE produced by Martin Scorsese (TBD)
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For those still keeping score, Joker earned another $2.425 million (-51% from last Wednesday) to bring its domestic cume up to $256.245 million. That puts it in spitting distance from Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259 million in 2014) and The Amazing Spider-Man ($262 million in 2012). That will put it in 28th place among all comic book adaptations, in terms of unadjusted domestic grosses, behind Man of Steel ($291 million in 2013). It might be a week or so before it passes the Superman reboot, by which point Warner Bros. will (hopefully) be celebrating a decent opening for Doctor Sleep, their next big R-rated horror movie.

 

Of the various dramas coming from the Dream Factory, I’m most optimistic for Bill Condon’s The Good Liar. I haven’t seen it, and I don’t have the tracking yet for the film (that’s hopefully for later). But, offhand, the New Line release has a solid premise (Ian McKellen is a con man trying to romance his way to Helen Mirren’s booty... and booty), is being sold as a thriller and has two stars who may hold some sway over the older audiences who still see old-school movies in movie theaters. Mirren’s The Woman in Gold earned $33 million in 2015 and Eye in the Sky earned $17 million in 2016.

 

If Joker legs, from this point onward, like Deadpool 2, Logan and Venom, it’ll end its run with between $305 million and $311 million domestic, or just under what Man of Steel earned (around $322 million) when adjusted for inflation. That said, it has displayed remarkable legs thus far, and it has clear sailing in North America until Terminator: Dark Fate on November 1. The big question going forward is whether it can continue to leg out in the face of a pretty crowded holiday season (it’ll lose screens by default) and whether it can last long enough to get any kind of Oscar season boost.

 

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