And it only cost 55 million to make. Go figure.
“Joker” earned $2.4 million on Thursday, bringing its 21-day total to $258.6 million. It s set to retake the top spot from ‘Maleficent’ at the week-end box-office. The film had earned $778 million worldwide as of Wednesday, and it has now grossed $788.3 million worldwide. This means it has surpassed “Deadpool” ($782.6 million in 2016) and “Deadpool 2 “($785.05 million in 2018 as the biggest R-rated movie of all time.
Paul Greengrass’ "The Uprising," starring Andrew Garfield, opened to $3.2M from 2,068 theaters this weekend. Yikes. The budget hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to be in the $20-$30M range.