- Joker: Folie a Deux (review)- $40M
Where to start with this one? Joker was a billion dollar success story which brought both critical and commercial love to all involved, so obviously a sequel was coming. The one we got? A bit of a left turn. While $40M seems a decent opening weekend one really has to consider that, in order to break even, the film needs to make $500M at the box office. Something tells me this is the last time Todd Phillips gets a blank check…
2. The Wild Robot– $18.7M/$63.9M
3. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice– $10.3M/$265.5M
4. Transformers One – $5.3M/$47.2M
5. Speak No Evil– $2.8M/$32.5M
6. Sam and Colby: The Legends of the Paranormal – $1.7M
I think this is a first, and if so it’s going to set quite a precedent. Admittedly I had to look this flick up to see what it was as I had never heard of it before. One short rabbit hole later and I realize that Sam and Colby are YouTuber’s who took their YT schtick and morphed it to a big screen appearance as they investigate Skinwalker Ranch (that place is a portal to hell, look it up). That in itself isn’t too crazy but the fact that these guys landed on the top 10 is going to start a trend, mark my words.
Side note: The film only opened on 302 screens. If you look at it on a per-screen average this film actually comes in at #2.
7. White Bird – $1.5M
8. Deadpool & Wolverine – $1.5M/$633.8M
Still sticking in there after 11 weeks in theaters, the Merc and the Clawed One are still putting butts in seats. That’s even considering that the movie has been available for home viewing for a few weeks at this point. Poor Hugh, he’s never going to be allowed to rest.
9. The Substance – $1.3M/$9.7M
10. Megalopolis– $1M/$6.4M
Ouch. Not only did Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project fall nearly out of the top 10 in its second week of release, it also sported the highest drop of any film on the list. Megalopolis lost 73.8% of its opening weekend audience. Now we just have to pray Coppola has one more film in him of quality so an icon doesn’t go out on this low.
