Joker' Gets Last Laugh, Setting A Record On North America Screens
Anees Ahmed (@Aneesah05582539) Published October 07, 2019 | 03:46 PM
Warner Bros. "Joker" has survived the intense controversy over its violent themes to take in an estimated $93.5 million in North American theaters this weekend, setting a record for an October release, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.Starring Joaquin Phoenix
LOS ANGELES (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 07th October, 2019) Warner Bros. "Joker" has survived the intense controversy over its violent themes to take in an estimated $93.5 million in North American theaters this weekend, setting a record for an October release, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.Starring Joaquin Phoenix, "Joker" provides the backstory for the rise of Batman s maniacal nemesis, painting a dark and disturbing portrayal of a would-be stand-up comedian s descent into madness.Amid fears that it might inspire violence -- a shooting at a 2012 screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colorado claimed 12 lives -- some theaters provided extra security for the opening of "Joker."The film, directed by Todd Phillips (maker of "The Hangover" trilogy), has drawn tepid reviews; the Washington Post called it "grim, shallow (and) distractingly derivative." But Hollywood Reporter said the R-rated film got a B+ CinemaScore rating and earned 69 percent on the Rotten Tomatoes website.Universal s family-friendly "Abominable" placed a distant second at the box office, earning $12 million for the Friday-to-Sunday period in its second weekend.
It tells the story of a teen and her friends trying to help a young Yeti reunite with its family as a wealthy man seeks to capture it as a prize.In third, at $8 million, was Focus Features "Downton Abbey," the cinematic follow-up to the hit tv series about an upper-class family and their stately home in a changing Britain.
The movie has the Crawleys and their earnest staff scrambling to prepare for an unexpected visit by the British royals."Hustlers" from STX Films placed fourth, at $6.3 million. The Jennifer Lopez movie is based on a true story about strippers who plot to steal from their wealthy clients in recession-hit New York.And in fifth was horror film "IT: Chapter Two," at $5.4 million.
The Warner Bros. movie features the grown-up versions of the kids who battled the terrifying clown Pennywise 27 years earlier as they are forced do it again.
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