‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ May Lose Up To $200 Million From Its Theatrical Run
As if the opening weekend field workplace numbers have been dangerous sufficient for “Joker: Folie à Deux,” the second weekend file that was set is much more embarrassing. Now, after a tough 10 days in theaters, there may be now an estimate of how a lot cash Warner Bros. goes to lose from Todd Phillips’ bomb. And it’s maybe probably the most embarrassing of all.
In response to Selection, field workplace consultants predict that “Joker: Folie à Deux” will lose someplace between $150 million and $200 million by the point it leaves theaters. That might simply set it as much as be one of many greatest bombs of 2024, if not the largest.
To interrupt the quantity down much more, “Joker: Folie à Deux” value the studio a reported $190 million to provide, and one other $100 million was spent on promoting. In response to field workplace consultants, the movie is simply anticipated to herald roughly $215 million globally by the top of its run. Whenever you consider that the studio splits that quantity with the theaters, it doesn’t bode properly for the ‘Joker’ sequel.
Fortunately, it could seem that Todd Phillips didn’t have any need to make a 3rd ‘Joker’ movie already. So, it’s not like it is a franchise that was anticipated to run for years. It was a little bit of a miracle to get the second movie in entrance of cameras, anyway.
So, what brought on all of those points? The massive downside is the movie simply isn’t superb. Even if you strip away the controversial musical numbers, individuals are nonetheless not happy with “Joker: Folie à Deux” in any means. Making issues even worse is the truth that word-of-mouth was abysmal after an already embarrassingly low opening weekend. The movie opened actually low after which dropped a stunning 81% in its second weekend. Ouch.
When you nonetheless need to see “Joker: Folie à Deux,” you may have a while left, because the movie is at the moment nonetheless in theaters. For now, at the least.
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ May Lose Up To $200 Million From Its Theatrical Run