55m record second weekend !!! - Joker (2019) Discussion

[–] NorrinRad (5022) 5 years ago

58m record second weekend !!!
posted an hour ago by darkpast (2390)

Looks like good wom combined with people scared to show up opening weekend due to media fearmongering.

It looks like a record number of people did actually go out the opening weekend and WOM has induced others this weekend. The Joker has it's own momentum now and is finding an audience.

Character matters and The Joker has a defined characterization that audiences can watch unfold on screen. Methinks it is going to go a bit higher than $58 Million this weekend.

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[–] Satan2016 (23360) 5 years ago

Fake BO! We don't even know Saturday yet.

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[–] NorrinRad (5022) 5 years ago

Calm down, calm down now. These ARE estimates of course, but at this late in the weekend they are almost always pretty much accurate and more often than not on the low side.

The Joker is of course not a traditional CBM and plays more like a Nolan branded than a James Wan branded WB/DC film. No one has any superpowers or powers or handbuzzers that can electrocute you. In other words many adults can easily get into the story without rolling their eyes.

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[–] NorrinRad (5022) 5 years ago

Probably as high as $61 Million after actuals are posted Tuesday of next week.

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[–] NorrinRad (5022) 5 years ago

Hmmmm, so after Friday the numbers have dropped ($60 Million/$58 Million to around $55 Million) a wee bit to just about above average for a CBM. What happened?

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[–] QueenFanUSA (3375) 5 years ago

There is a natural ebb and flow to general audience movie-going where you'll get a very brief scale-back.or a bit of a "hiccup"( if you will) for even the most popular films...and make no mistake...this film is white-hot.

It's also very likely that WB is low-balling their estimate to get 2 great news cycles...smiling mischieviously when they release a higher actual number a day from now.

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[–] alienzen (1929) 5 years ago

The actuals will definitely be higher. Probably closer to 60 Million. Either way, it's at 544 Million after it's second weekend. Will definitely be the highest grossing R-rated film of all time. It had a 29% drop at the overseas box office. Stunning.

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[–] QueenFanUSA (3375) 5 years ago

I know. The overseas performance has been the biggest surprise of all.

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[–] alienzen (1929) 5 years ago

I was expecting this. I live in Germany. I bought tickets for an early Friday screening on Tuesday, and there were still a fair number of tickets available. By Thursday I checked and every single screening untill Monday was sold out. Except for Thursday and Friday screenings are never sold out in Germany.

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[–] AdamS (336) 5 years ago

Fearmongering was nothing but media hype...

Don't know media hypes? sorry for you.

Brilliant movie, great performance by Phoenix.

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[–] AdamS (336) 5 years ago

Glad more showed up but,
Sham for letting you be scarred off by any thing media.

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[–] B1cKsurN (14798) 5 years ago

I skipped last weekend because I hate people and crowds. I went to the last showing on Friday, and had the place mostly to myself... it was great.

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