'Joker: Folie à Deux' Opening Weekend Box Office - Ticket Sales Revealed
justjared.comThe numbers are in for Joker: Folie à Deux, and unfortunately, it’s not the smash they were hoping for. The Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga-led sequel to the billion-dollar generating comic book movie opened to No.
1 with $40 million at the box office in its opening weekend, via Variety. The initial projections were between $50 million to $65 million, which were already lowered from pre-release tracking with $70 million. Keep reading to find out more… 2019’s Joker started with $96.2 million during the same weekend.
It debuted to an estimated $81.1 million this weekend at the international box office, for a global haul of $121.1 million thus far.
Joker 2 cost $200 million to make, versus the original’s $65 million price tag. It will need $450 million to break even, according to sources familiar with the film’s financials to Variety.
Read more on justjared.com