In a week with few new releases, Warner Bros. has return to the top of the pile with Joker. After slipping in to second place behind Maleficent: Mistress of Evil last week the Todd Philips won’t the weekend by a reported $400k.
Joker grossed an estimated $18.9m across the three-day weekend, according to BoxOfficeMojo the Disney sequel starring Angelina Jolie came in second with $18.5m.
Joker‘s now finds itself outgrossing Wonder Woman at the worldwide box office as its global tally reaches $850m. Whilst Maleficent‘s domestic tally now totals $65.4m. Internationally the film grossed a further $64.3m for an overseas cume that now passes $228m and a global tally just shy of $294m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSAY-5oVJPMPhillips directs 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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