"Joker 2" box office plummeted in the second weekend, creating the biggest drop in the history of comic book movies

"Joker 2" box office plummeted in the second weekend, creating the biggest drop in the history of comic book movies

"Joker 2" hit American theaters on October 4, with a box office of 37 million US dollars in its first weekend, which is only one-third of the previous "Joker" (96 million US dollars). Now in its second weekend of screening, the box office of "Joker 2" has plummeted from 37 million US dollars to 7 million US dollars, a drop of 81%, creating the largest drop in the history of comic book adaptations. This record was previously held by Marvel's "Captain Marvel 2" (78%).

On CinemaScore, Joker 2 received a "D" rating, the lowest among all comic book adaptations, and its second weekend box office decline exceeded that of 2022's Morbius (74%), 2023's The Flash (72%), 2019's X-Men: Dark Phoenix (71%), 2008's Hellboy II: The Golden Army (70%), 2010's Jonah Hex (69%), 2023's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum of Madness (69%), 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (69%), and 2023's Shazam! Wrath of the Gods (69%).

So far, Joker 2 has grossed $165 million worldwide, with a domestic total of about $57 million, while the previous Joker earned $39.3 million on its first Friday in 2019 alone, soaring to $335 million in the U.S. and $1.06 billion worldwide, becoming the first R-rated movie to break the $1 billion milestone and the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time until Marvel's Deadpool vs. Wolverine broke that record.

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