Jesse James
The reviews have been trickling in all weekend, but today the ‘Joker’ reigns supreme. The word comes down today that Todd Phillip’s new film has taken over the top spot at the box office. ‘Joker’ has a stellar weekend, bringing in opening weekend earnings of $93.5 million USD, according to box office ticket sales. The Hollywood Reporter indicates that the film gained a total of $234 million USD globally. The earnings overseas occurred across 70 markets and is believed to have set benchmarks of their own.
Domestically Joker topped last year’s Venom, which brought in $80 million USD. As of now, the film is one of the best R-rated opening weekends of all time, while standing as the fifth-best for 2019 in general. The film features a “hard-R” rating and even with theaters across the US opting out of showing the film, it did big things. Stat-wise, eight percent of moviegoers were between the ages of 13-17 and 65 percent between 18-34, according to PostTrak’s exit polling service. Besides Joker, Abominable placed second with $12 million USD domestically this weekend, followed by Downton Abbey with $8 million USD. For the sake of looking back,
The Dark Knight earned $158 million USD. This was a great weekend for ‘Joker’ and DC Comics. Have you seen it yet? Do so if you haven’t! Keep it locked here to The Culture Curators for more movie news coming very soon.
Photos via Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros
