After two weeks reigning at the top of the worldwide box office, Joker has been dethroned by Disney’s latest release, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.
Joker took a further $29.2m at the domestic box office, falling short of the Angelina Jolie sequel’s $36m. Joker now boasts a huge $247m domestic total and edges ever closer to the $300m milestone.
Internationally the Todd Phillips film brought in another $77.8m for an overseas total in the region of $490m and a worldwide total that now stands at $737.5m bringing it close to the record for highest grossing R-rated film. That record is currently held by Deadpool 2 which grossed $785m.
Disney has plenty of cause to celebrate as Maleficent: Mistress of Evil lands an impressive international weekend with $117m. The film opened in all major markets and, according to BoxOfficeMojo, took an estimated $22.4m opening in China followed by Russia ($10.7m), Mexico ($7.8m), Indonesia ($4.8m), Italy ($4.7m), Korea ($4.6m), Brazil ($4.5m), UK ($4.3m), France ($3.9m), Thailand ($3.7m), Philippines ($3.5m), Germany ($3.4m) and Spain ($3.2m).
Despite taking the top spot at the domestic box office, Mistress of Evil dropped significantly from the $69.4m the original film opened with in 2014. Globally the film has opened with takings of $153m.
Todd Phillips directs Joker from a screenplay he co-wrote with writer Scott Silver, based on characters from DC. The film is being produced by Phillips and Bradley Cooper under their Joint Effort banner, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff. It is executive produced by Richard Baratta, Joseph Garner and Bruce Berman.
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, also starring are Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, and Shea Whigham.
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