{"id":10473,"date":"2019-10-07T11:21:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T18:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=10473"},"modified":"2019-10-14T12:21:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T19:21:37","slug":"box-office-insider-joker-makes-a-killing-and-breaks-the-october-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/box-office-insider-joker-makes-a-killing-and-breaks-the-october-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office Insider: \u2018Joker\u2019 Makes A Killing And Breaks The October Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each week on <\/span>Atom Insider<\/span>, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. Last month, Warner Bros. released an R-rated event movie centered around a murderous clown haunting the victims of an 80s-aesthetic setting. This month, <\/span>Joker <\/span><\/i><\/a>came out in theaters.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Week\u2019s Top Earner \u2013 \u2018Joker\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

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We knew <\/span>Joker <\/span><\/i>would have a massive opening weekend thanks to pre-sale estimates and a record-breaking Thursday preview night<\/a>, but even I\u2019m a bit blown away by these numbers. <\/span>Joker <\/span><\/i>brought in $93.5 million domestically in its first weekend, shattering the record for the highest-grossing film ever to debut in October, which was previously held by last year\u2019s <\/span>Venom <\/span><\/i>($80 million).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Warner Bros. film is also getting the last laugh overseas. It made $234 million against an estimated budget of $50 to $70 million. These numbers make <\/span>Joker <\/span><\/i>the fourth-biggest opening ever for an R-rated film behind the first <\/span>It<\/span><\/i>. And domestically, it\u2019s just a few hundred thousand dollars short of outgrossing the box office opening of <\/span>Justice League <\/span><\/i>from 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How will <\/span>Joker <\/span><\/i>do moving forward? Hard to say, but the film certainly has a strong runway thanks to a lack of comic book movie competition. Just last winter, <\/span>Aquaman <\/span><\/i>opened to $67.8 million, but it went on to become the highest-grossing DC Comics film of all time. <\/span>Joker <\/span><\/i>isn\u2019t the same sort of family crowd-pleasing movie to be sure, but it has a similar opportunity to stand out from the pack as we dance through awards season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second Place\u00a0 \u2013 \u2018Abominable\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n