JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX Expected To Slip To #3 During Second Weekend As TERRIFIER 3 Gets The Last Laugh

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX Expected To Slip To #3 During Second Weekend As TERRIFIER 3 Gets The Last Laugh

Things have somehow managed to get even worse for Joker: Folie à Deux at the North American box office because the sequel will slip to third place this weekend behind Terrifier 3 and The Wild Robot...

By JoshWilding - Oct 12, 2024 05:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Joker
Source: Deadline

As Joker: Folie à Deux enters its second weekend in theaters, box office projections point to the sequel dropping to third place behind Terrifier 3 and DreamWorks Animation's The Wild Robot (which opened on September 27).

According to Deadline, Terrifier 3 made roughly $7.7 million on Friday for an expected $15 million weekend. As for The Wild Robot, it grossed $3.6 million yesterday and is expected to earn $13.1 million, an impressive result for a movie that's been buoyed by glowing reviews. 

Then, there's Joker: Folie à Deux; in a distant third, the DC Comics adaptation managed to hit $2.8 million yesterday for a projected $8 million - $9 million second weekend, a decline of 77%. 

The Joker sequel should be pretty safe in third place as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will make $6.7 million and Transformers One is eyeing $4.1 million. 

"There's a warmth in that scene, which is nice," Joker: Folie à Deux star Joaquin Phoenix recently said of the movie's divisive ending. "That's all that I was thinking about that I was after, is here's this young man who's telling me a joke and he's nervous to tell me the joke, I can tell that he's nervous, and I'm going to hear him out. And it's a pretty good setup."

Of course, it was those closing moments which caused the fan and audience backlash and left the movie with a 32% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Warner Bros. appears to have accepted that Joker: Folie à Deux will be one of the year's biggest flops as the studio has pretty much given up promoting the sequel on social media. 

The last post was on January 9 and it's just a generic "Now Playing" teaser which you can watch below. 

In our review of the movie, we concluded by saying, "Lady Gaga shines and Joaquin Phoenix brings more of the same to Joker: Folie à Deux, a wholly unnecessary sequel with no new ideas and nothing to say. It doesn’t work as a movie or a musical. What a waste of $200 million."

Joker: Folie À Deux finds Arthur Fleck institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.

The sequel stars Joaquin Phoenix once again in his Oscar-winning dual role as Arthur Fleck/Joker, opposite Oscar-winner Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born). The movie also features Oscar nominees Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Catherine Keener (Get Out), alongside Zazie Beetz, reprising her role from Joker.

Joker: Folie À Deux is now playing in theaters. 

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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/12/2024, 5:47 AM
Wild Robot deserves to be doing much better. Inside Out 2 is the highest grossing movie this year, but The Wild Robot is definitely the best animated movie of the year.
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 10/12/2024, 5:52 AM
Make a sequel they said. Bring back Phillips & Phoenix, add Gaga, and go win more Oscars they said...

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Moriakum
Moriakum - 10/12/2024, 6:20 AM
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Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 10/12/2024, 6:53 AM
Terrifier 3 made roughly $7.7 million on Friday
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BeNice123
BeNice123 - 10/12/2024, 7:09 AM
What made Tod Phillips think doing a musical with joker would have had a positive impact on the movie and the character? Disney might have put him up to it. Lol
Forthas
Forthas - 10/12/2024, 7:19 AM
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TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 10/12/2024, 8:37 AM
@Forthas - This is one of those cases where you have so much to say, yet the situation is so bad you can't get the words out. This picture is a perfect representation of that feeling.
Forthas
Forthas - 10/12/2024, 11:30 AM
@TheJok3r - I used to use this gif during the long string of box office disasters that DC had as it was closing out the DCEI era. Here we go again!
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 10/12/2024, 11:37 AM
@Forthas - I can't help but feel we'll be seeing you post this when Superman releases next year. If Gunn and his team are smart, they'll delay that movie into 2026 to distance it from this mess of a movie.
Forthas
Forthas - 10/12/2024, 1:11 PM
@TheJok3r - That would be a smart move but this is Warner Brothers we are talking about.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/12/2024, 7:45 AM
Joker: Folie à Deux

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Terrifier 3 was Great movie lots of Ripping, Tearing, Smashing, Chopping, Cutting, Blood and Gore just has I expected. A True Art Masterpiece. 10 Stars / 10 Stars for me.

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PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 10/12/2024, 7:49 AM
Superman The Movie - "You Will Believe A Man Can Fly".

Joker 2 - "You Will Believe Butt-Rape Can Heal".
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/12/2024, 7:50 AM
Folie a Deux losing to a movie about a murderous evil clown with an ambiguous background is some shit man lol.

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Anyway , congrats to The Wild Robot since it seems like WOM is really working in its favor which is great…

I have heard really good things and want to see it but I’m going out of the country soon so been busy with that.

I didn’t know until recently that one of the directors of Lilo & Stitch & How To Train Your Dragon was behind the film which makes sense given how much the heart in the film is being appreciated!!.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/12/2024, 8:00 AM
Then, there's Joker: Folie à Deux; in a distant third, the DC Comics adaptation managed to hit $2.8 million yesterday for a projected $8 million - $9 million second weekend, a decline of 77%.

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Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/12/2024, 10:23 AM
@AllsGood - Almost as bad as The Marvels horrible 79% second weekend drop.

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AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/12/2024, 11:12 AM
@Feralwookiee - The Marvels has Fresh Tomatoes 62% Critic Score and a Fresh Audience Score of 82%. The Joker: Folie à Deux has a Rotten Tomatoes Score of 33% and Audience Score of 32%.

The Marvels had a Domestic Opening of $46,110,859. The Joker made 10 million less and heading for a 175 million less worldwide finish.

Domestic = $84,500,223
International $121,636,602

Worldwide = $206,136,825

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Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/12/2024, 1:08 PM
@AllsGood - Thank you Disneybot #327187.
The Marvels also was the biggest financial flop for the MCU losing them hundereds of millions of dollars along with it's 79% second weekend drop.
It was totally rejected by audiences just like Joket 2: Prison Boogaloo.
LeDiableBlanc
LeDiableBlanc - 10/12/2024, 2:19 PM
@Feralwookiee - The Marvels not only made $200m+, but added needed content to Disney+ as a movie with positives reviews. Also, it added revenue in merchandise in a way that joker2 could not.
The Marvels > joker2
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/12/2024, 3:17 PM
@LeDiableBlanc - Both movies suck and are box office failures.
The Marvels budget was north of $275 million, so saying it made $200 million + is like saying the Titanic only hit ONE iceberg.
A bomb is a bomb, and both movies were total flops.
Toecutter
Toecutter - 10/12/2024, 8:09 AM
Someone should study Warner Bros.'s recent failures. You take the second-highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time and turn the sequel into this [frick]ing mess.

Thing94
Thing94 - 10/12/2024, 8:11 AM
Not interested in Terrifier 3 at all
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 10/12/2024, 8:38 AM
This won't reach $100 million domestically. How they went from the first one to this is something that should be studied in film school.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/12/2024, 8:53 AM
@TheJok3r - Joker: Folie à Deux won't even hit 175 million worldwide.

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TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 10/12/2024, 8:57 AM
@AllsGood - I originally predicted it wouldn't hit $200, but at this rate it you might be right about it not hitting 175. We'll see what the worldwide box office is in the next couple of days to get a better idea.
Floke
Floke - 10/12/2024, 8:59 AM
"The last post was on January 9"

They knew already back then? 🤔
phoenixvici
phoenixvici - 10/12/2024, 9:04 AM
Still trying to decide if Joker is the worst movie I've ever seen.. and I've seen a lot of bad movies.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/12/2024, 10:20 AM
@phoenixvici - May I introduce you to our lord and savior, Neil Breen?

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marvel72
marvel72 - 10/12/2024, 12:45 PM
Terrifier 3 $7.7 Million on Friday, it cost $2 Million to make.

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