“Folie à Deux” Scores $7 Million in Previews, Rejected by Fanboys

The Todd Phillips-directed sequel from Warner Bros Joker: Folie à Deux earned $7 million in previews that began Thursday at 3 p.m. The figure suggests that the $190 million-plus film could reach an opening of $50 million, especially when compared to films that have exceeded that threshold in their early days, such as: Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One ($7 million last year), No time to die ($6.3 million in 2021) and John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum ($5.9 million in 2019).

Forget the fact that Joker 2The previews are down 47% from the first film’s $13.3 million in 2019, which rose to $39.3 million on Friday, making it the biggest domestic opening ever at $96.2 million represented October. We knew this would happen.

What’s not funny is the Comscore/Screen Engine PostTrak audience exit Joker 2, that tell a different story.

While many knew this Joaquin Phoenix-Lady Gaga combination would be a challenge due to the fact that it’s a musical, fanboys soundly rejected the sequel last night on PostTrak with a half star and 40% positive rating . Holy guacamole, Batman. Did that Megalopolis Did cynics show up last night? Because that’s the same Thursday night grade (45% positive, in fact) that the Francis Ford Coppola-directed $120 million dystopian epic received a week ago, before it rose to a star on PostTrak. Or, wait, did PostTrak change the reports? Lionsgate’s Helen Mirren film White bird Got five stars last night! This feature film is a sequel and prequel to RJ Palacio’s novel Wonder, is expected to gross just $2 million from 1,018 theaters this weekend $275,000 Thursday evening. The film’s reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are at 72%.

A very low 24% say they will definitely recommend it Joker 2 to their friends. God knows what that means for the stability of the sequel over the weekend. RT audience scores for Joker 2 is also in the gutter at 36%, with critical reviews plummeting from 62% “fresh” to 39% “rotten.”

By the way, CinemaScore outputs are usually smoother than PostTrak outputs, but God knows where that will be. Megalopolis received a D+ last weekend. Also, Joker 2Previews are $400,000 higher than the $6.6 million The miracleswhich collapsed last November with an opening price of $46.1 million – the lowest price ever for a Marvel Studios Disney title.

The rest of the week went like this:

1.) The wild robot (Uni) 3,962 theaters, Thu $2M (+9% vs. Wed), Week $45M/Week 1

2.) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (WB) 3,804 theaters, Thu $972,000 (-12%), week $20.9M, total $255M/week 4

3.) Transformers One (Par) 3,970 (-8) Theaters, Thu $602,000 (-1%), Week $11.9M, Total $41.7M/Week 2

4.) Don’t speak evil (Uni) 2,971 (-704) Theaters, Thu $287,000 (-28%), Week $5.9M, Total $29.7M/Week 3

5.) Devara part 1 (Prath) 1,040 theaters, Thu $78,000 (-40%), week $5.57M/week 1

6.) Megalopolis (LG) 1,854 theaters, Thu $233,000 (-34%), week $5.4M/week 1