Joker 2 US Box Office Update: Sequel Set to Record Historically Heaviest Fall Ever

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Joker 2 fails to perform in second week

In the opening weekend, the film grossed $38 million at the US box office, well below the prediction of $50-$70 million. But the second week proved to be a very poor one for the sequel as it grossed only $7 million from 4,102 theaters in the US. This means a drop of 81%, which is the largest drop recorded in the history of a comic book based film. It also ranks as the fastest domestic decline for a film.

With this decline percentage, the film ranked among the top 20 biggest second weekend declines of all time, as reported by Box Office Mojo, which has been collecting data on box office measures since 1982. Is known. Earlier, the record for the fastest decline was held by The Marvels. which was released on the 23rd and saw a 78% decline in its second week, as reported by The Guardian.

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joker 2 global box office update

At the global box office, the film starring Joaquin Phoenix grossed $165 million, still a far cry from recouping its $200 million budget. In comparison, Joker was made with one third of the sequel’s budget and grossed $248.4 million worldwide in its opening weekend. The debut film grossed $1 billion at the global box office, setting a record for being the first R-rated film to do so. The 2019 film was also the highest-grossing R-rated film until this year, but it was later replaced by Deadpool and Wolverine.

Joker 2, which is mostly a musical, failed to impress critics as they termed it “boring” and “initially dull”. The film stars Phoenix as the Joker/Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.