The 2024 Box Office thread

[Gary]

https://deadline.com/2024/10/joker-folie-a-deux-box-office-1236109191/

So it opened 3 million under the estimates and lower than Morbius.

Even funnier, it has a lower Cinemascore rating than Morbius and Madam Web (I kniw Cinemascore is awful, but still)

 

[Smues]

To be fair, those weren't rated R so it's not a completely apt comparison. To be unfair: HAHAHAHA FUCK YOU JOKER MOVIE.

 

[Gary]

1	N	Terrifier 3	Cineverse	$18,300,000		2,514		$7,279	$18,300,000	1
2	(2)	The Wild Robot	Universal	$13,450,000	-29%	3,854	-143	$3,490	$83,737,000	3
3	(1)	Joker: Folie à Deux	Warner Bros.	$7,055,000	-81%	4,102	n/c	$1,720	$51,611,000	2
4	(3)	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Warner Bros.	$7,050,000	-30%	3,408	-168	$2,069	$275,617,000	6
5	N	Piece by Piece	Focus Features	$3,800,000		1,865		$2,038	$3,800,000	1
6	(4)	Transformers One	Paramount Pi…	$3,650,000	-32%	2,758	-348	$1,323	$52,851,000	4
7	(-)	Saturday Night	Sony Pictures	$3,435,269	+1,168%	2,309	+2,288	$1,488	$4,189,000	3
8	N	My Hero Academia the Movie: You’re Next	Toho Interna…	$3,007,420		1,845		$1,630	$3,007,420	1
9	(-)	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Walt Disney	$2,300,000		1,700		$1,353	$89,907,116	1,618
10	N	The Apprentice	Briarcliff E…	$1,580,000		1,740		$908	$1,580,000	1

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N

Average Joe

Fathom Events

$1,115,895

1,713

$651

$1,115,895

1

-

N

We Live in Time

A24

$225,911

5

$45,182

$225,911

1

I for one welcome our new ultra-violent clown overlord. Also, lol at "Joker 2", which may be the steepest drop for a comic movie of all time (I'm probably wrong, but Goddamn an 81% drop. There's box office bombs, and there's that.)

Next week is "Smile 2" and "Anora" in limited release. The week after is "Venom: The Last Dance".

 

[Smues]

Joker? I haven't met'er, and neither has anyone else!

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Great hold for The Wild Robot too

 

[Brocklock]

Beetlejuice probably made more when the actuals come out. Remember, WB rounded up to 40 last weekend when the actuals the next day had it at 37.

The record for a second week drop is Gigli with a 82% drop. There's a chance Joker can still beat it when the actual gross comes out tomorrow.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Really glad MHA made some money. I've heard Transformers One was actually very good but the trailers for it were really bad.

 

[BruiserBrody]

I thought Saturday Night would do decent, but that must be the Boomer in me.

 

[Youth N Asia]

I thought Saturday Night would do decent, but that must be the Boomer in me.

The budget is somehow $25-$30 million on this one. Really tough to see where it’s at.

 

[Hawk 34]

The budget is somehow $25-$30 million on this one. Really tough to see where it’s at.

The Milton Berle prosthetic dick doesn’t come cheap, pal

 

[Brocklock]

Joker 2 fell behind a million on a Holiday and only made 930,000 on Monday. They also announced a Digital release for October 29, and it looks like it's not even going to cross 60 million at the domestic box office.

Coyote V. Acme probably would've made more than this, and that cost way less, and got good reactions from test scores.

 

[Gary]

1	N	Smile 2	Paramount Pi…	$23,000,000		3,619		$6,355	$23,000,000	1
2	(2)	The Wild Robot	Universal	$10,100,000	-28%	3,829	-25	$2,638	$101,717,000	4
3	(1)	Terrifier 3	Cineverse	$9,307,881	-51%	2,762	+248	$3,370	$36,215,033	2
4	(3)	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Warner Bros.	$5,000,000	-32%	3,251	-157	$1,538	$283,973,000	7
5	(-)	We Live in Time	A24	$4,185,758	+1,699%	985	+980	$4,250	$4,506,030	2
6	(4)	Joker: Folie à Deux	Warner Bros.	$2,180,000	-69%	2,857	-1,245	$763	$56,443,000	3
7	(5)	Piece by Piece	Focus Features	$2,100,000	-45%	1,873	+8	$1,121	$7,602,000	2
8	(6)	Transformers One	Paramount Pi…	$1,965,000	-48%	2,169	-589	$906	$56,635,000	5
9	(7)	Saturday Night	Sony Pictures	$1,800,000	-47%	2,336	+27	$771	$7,632,000	4
10	(9)	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Walt Disney	$1,129,000	-53%	1,860	+160	$607	$92,423,550	1,619

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N

Goodrich

Ketchup Ente…

$650,277

1,055

$616

$650,277

1

-

N

Rumours

Bleecker Street

$314,083

630

$499

$314,083

1

-

N

The Line

Utopia

$8,487

1

$8,487

$8,487

1

Reminder that the first "Smile" movie was originally meant to be a Paramount+ exclusive. I think "We Live in a Time" made more money than expected, and I still enjoy seeing "Joker" tank.

Net week is "Venom: The Last Dance" and "Conclave"

 

[Gary]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1849500233727680941

Everything about this movie seems dreadful, so lol

 

[Gary]

1	N	Venom: The Last Dance	Sony Pictures	$51,000,000		4,131		$12,346	$51,000,000	1
2	(1)	Smile 2	Paramount Pi…	$9,400,000	-59%	3,624	+5	$2,594	$40,714,000	2
3	N	Conclave	Focus Features	$6,500,000		1,753		$3,708	$6,500,000	1
4	(2)	The Wild Robot	Universal	$6,500,000	-36%	3,427	-402	$1,897	$111,368,000	5
5	(5)	We Live in Time	A24	$4,848,132	+15%	2,964	+1,979	$1,636	$11,760,401	3
6	(3)	Terrifier 3	Cineverse	$4,770,505	-49%	2,720	-42	$1,754	$44,527,900	3
7	(4)	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Warner Bros.	$3,230,000	-35%	2,874	-377	$1,124	$288,744,000	8
8	(-)	Anora	Neon	$867,142	+58%	34	+28	$25,504	$1,619,582	2
9	(7)	Piece by Piece	Focus Features	$720,110	-65%	1,298	-575	$555	$8,883,000	3
10	(8)	Transformers One	Paramount Pi…	$720,000	-64%	1,422	-747	$506	$57,946,000	6

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N

Your Monster

Vertical Ent…

$515,000

651

$791

$515,000

1

-

N

Memoir of a Snail

IFC Films

$69,000

5

$13,800

$69,000

1

I think that's the lowest debut for a "Venom" movie thus far. "Conclave" made more than I thought it would, "Anora" being in the top 10 despite only playing in 34 theaters is impressive, and "We Live in a Time" opening in more theaters/probably getting good word of mouth ain't bad.

Next week is...not much. The week after we get "Heretic", "Overlord: the Sacred Kingdom" (anime) and "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"

 

[Gary]

1	(1)	Venom: The Last Dance	Sony Pictures	$26,100,000	-49%	4,131	n/c	$6,318	$90,047,000	2
2	(3)	The Wild Robot	Universal	$7,550,000	+11%	3,231	-196	$2,337	$121,476,000	6
3	(2)	Smile 2	Paramount Pi…	$6,800,000	-29%	3,235	-389	$2,102	$52,687,000	3
4	(4)	Conclave	Focus Features	$5,300,000	-20%	1,796	+43	$2,951	$15,222,000	2
5	N	Here	Sony Pictures	$5,000,000		2,647		$1,889	$5,000,000	1
6	(5)	We Live in Time	A24	$3,474,299	-28%	2,964	n/c	$1,172	$17,694,022	4
7	(6)	Terrifier 3	Cineverse	$3,227,684	-32%	2,357	-363	$1,369	$50,541,750	4
8	N	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3	Shree Krishn…	$2,230,000		754		$2,958	$2,230,000	1
9	N	Singham Again	Moviegoers E…	$2,190,000		749		$2,924	$2,190,000	1
10	(7)	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Warner Bros.	$2,085,000	-33%	2,251	-623	$926	$292,099,000	9
11	(8)	Anora	Neon	$1,897,500	+109%	253	+219	$7,500	$3,946,632	3
12	N	Absolution	Samuel Goldw…	$1,425,105		1,537		$927	$1,425,105	1
13	N	Hitpig	Viva Pictures	$1,100,000		2,055		$535	$1,100,000	1
14	(-)	Godzilla Minus One	Toho Interna…	$510,000		1,365		$374	$56,928,793	49
15	(11)	The Substance	MUBI	$476,237	-24%	339	-85	$1,405	$15,444,274	7

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N

Lost On A Mountain In Maine

Blue Fox Ent…

$380,000

630

$603

$380,000

1

-

N

A Real Pain

Searchlight …

$240,000

4

$60,000

$240,000

1

-

N

Luther: Never Too Much

Giant Pictures

$122,028

9

$13,559

$122,028

1

-

N

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Kino Lorber

$9,076

1

$9,076

$9,076

1

Pretty small week, though ouch for "Here". Also, two Bollywood movies in the top 10 and "Terrifier 3" still making cash. "The Wild Robot" is quite the hit.

 

[Brocklock]

Venom had a really good hold. It's not doing as good as the first two domestically, but there's still an audience for those stupid movies. Other than Here, most of the movies did pretty well this week with decent holds. Also, WB is not reporting Joker 2's numbers anymore lmao.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Coppolla and Zemeckis' comebacks didn't go quite as they planned. How's that new Eastwood movie gonna fare?

 

[Brocklock]

Warner Brothers completely fucked Clint's new movie. It was supposed to get a major release, but they gave it a limited release and plan on putting it on Max to rot. It is his best reviewed movie since Unforgiven, and has one of the best critic scores on RT of his career. I'm thinking it's going to have some awards buzz, but the small release might hurt it in the long run. Just total disrespect for one of the true legends of the classic era of film that is left. You'd think they would go all out to promote Clint's last movie.

Man, I can't wait until Zaslav is gone. He really hates movies and is sabotaging so many.

 

[Gary]

1	(1)	Venom: The Last Dance	Sony Pictures	$16,225,000	-37%	3,905	-226	$4,155	$114,819,000	3
2	N	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever	Lionsgate	$11,100,000		3,020		$3,675	$11,100,000	1
3	N	Heretic	A24	$11,016,055		3,221		$3,420	$11,016,055	1
4	(2)	The Wild Robot	Universal	$6,650,000	-11%	3,051	-186	$2,180	$130,888,000	7
5	(3)	Smile 2	Paramount Pi…	$5,000,000	-26%	2,822	-413	$1,772	$60,540,000	4
6	(4)	Conclave	Focus Features	$4,100,000	-19%	2,283	+487	$1,796	$21,513,000	3
7	(11)	Anora	Neon	$2,455,000	+36%	1,104	+851	$2,224	$7,218,392	4
8	(5)	Here	Sony Pictures	$2,425,000	-50%	2,732	+85	$888	$9,502,000	2
9	(6)	We Live in Time	A24	$2,210,612	-36%	1,865	-1,099	$1,185	$21,812,338	5
10	(7)	Terrifier 3	Cineverse	$1,470,356	-54%	1,563	-794	$941	$53,313,195	5
11	N	Elevation	Vertical Ent…	$1,185,000		1,416		$837	$1,185,000	1
12	N	Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom	Sony Pictures	$1,165,000		621		$1,876	$1,165,000	1

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N

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

IFC Films

$73,500

405

$181

$73,500

1

-

N

Bird

MUBI

$24,104

1

$24,104

$24,104

1

"Heretic" is the third biggest opening for an A24 movie thus far. Next week is "Red One" and "Bird" gets a wider release. The Week after is "Wicked" and "Gladiator II"

 

[HarleyQuinn]

This has been a good year for animated movies doing really well. Inside Out 2, Despicable Me 4, Kung Fu Panda 4, The Wild Robot, IF, even The Garfield Movie to an extent (latter 2 still inside the Top 20 domestic for now).

 

[Gary]

1	N	Red One	Amazon MGM S…	$34,073,449		4,032		$8,451	$34,073,449	1
2	(1)	Venom: The Last Dance	Sony Pictures	$7,355,000	-54%	3,421	-484	$2,150	$127,600,000	4
3	(3)	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever	Lionsgate	$5,400,000	-50%	3,020	n/c	$1,788	$19,952,121	2
4	(2)	Heretic	A24	$5,167,153	-52%	3,230	+9	$1,600	$20,436,947	2
5	(4)	The Wild Robot	Universal	$4,300,000	-35%	2,894	-157	$1,486	$137,773,000	8
6	(5)	Smile 2	Paramount Pi…	$2,950,000	-42%	2,462	-360	$1,198	$65,654,000	5
7	(6)	Conclave	Focus Features	$2,850,000	-31%	2,377	+94	$1,199	$26,557,000	4
8	N	Hello, Love, Again	Abramorama F…	$2,370,000		248		$9,556	$2,370,000	1
9	(-)	A Real Pain	Searchlight …	$2,300,000	+681%	1,185	+1,173	$1,941	$3,037,466	3
10	(7)	Anora	Neon	$1,839,000	-27%	1,500	+396	$1,226	$10,500,198	5

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N

Ghost Cat Anzu

GKIDS

$158,229

328

$482

$158,229

1

-

N

All We Imagine as Light

Sideshow Rel…

$51,000

3

$17,000

$51,000

1

LOL at "Red One", while everything 2-7 still has some legs. Not a bad showing for "A Real Pain"

Next week is "Wicked" and "Gladiator II" (which made $87,000,000 overseas). The week after is "Moana 2"

 

[Brocklock]

Red One actually did more than I thought. It's the third highest opening weekend for an original movie this decade after Nope, and that Ryan Reynolds imaginary friend movie. That's really sad. Rock is still a box office draw, because if this had Gosling or Pine with Chris Evans it would do a 18 million opening weekend.

I wouldn't be surprised if The Rock's A24 movie The Smashing Machine ends up breaking Civil War's highest opening weekend for a A24 film, and opens to around 25 million.

 

[Youth N Asia]

I wouldn't be surprised if The Rock's A24 movie The Smashing Machine ends up breaking Civil War's highest opening weekend for a A24 film, and opens to around 25 million.

I’d be pretty surprised. Seems like people are tired of Rocky, and I don’t think that movie isn’t going to have a wide appeal.

I honestly don’t think I’ve wanted to see one of his movies since The Rundown. Mainly because it was the first one out the gate for him.

 

[Gary]

I’d be pretty surprised. Seems like people are tired of Rocky, and I don’t think that movie isn’t going to have a wide appeal.

I honestly don’t think I’ve wanted to see one of his movies since The Rundown. Mainly because it was the first one out the gate for him.

It's been a slow burn as far as losing favor is concerned. First was him getting in a feud with Vin Disel. Granted, people took Rock's side at the time (it's not like Vin isn't an egomaniac either), but then came "Black Adam" bombing and reports of what he wanted from Warner Bros and DC. Then "Young Rock" (which was basically him testing the waters with "hey, want me to get into politics next?"), all the behind the scenes stuff about "Red One", and the fact he hasn't given an interesting performance since at least "Pain & Gain" or the better "Fast and the Furious" movies. He's more brand than actor at this point, and people are eventually going to be tired of that (the clock is still ticking, Ryan Reynolds...). Hell, him returning to wrestling even felt a little desperate.

 

[Gary]

1	N	Wicked	Universal	$114,000,000		3,888		$29,321	$114,000,000	1
2	N	Gladiator II	Paramount Pi…	$55,500,000		3,573		$15,533	$55,500,000	1
3	(1)	Red One	Amazon MGM S…	$13,284,603	-59%	4,032	n/c	$3,295	$52,909,550	2
4	N	Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin	Angel Studios	$5,120,013		1,900		$2,695	$5,120,013	1
5	(2)	Venom: The Last Dance	Sony Pictures	$4,000,000	-45%	2,558	-863	$1,564	$133,825,000	5
6	(3)	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever	Lionsgate	$3,500,000	-33%	2,279	-741	$1,536	$25,515,822	3
7	(4)	Heretic	A24	$2,233,199	-55%	1,622	-1,608	$1,377	$24,766,852	3
8	(5)	The Wild Robot	Universal	$2,000,000	-53%	2,110	-784	$948	$140,727,000	9
9	(6)	Smile 2	Paramount Pi…	$1,110,000	-62%	952	-1,510	$1,166	$67,759,000	6
10	(9)	A Real Pain	Searchlight …	$1,109,000	-50%	1,185	n/c	$936	$4,959,588	4
11	(7)	Conclave	Focus Features	$1,100,000	-61%	1,013	-1,364	$1,086	$28,964,000	5
12	(8)	Hello, Love, Again	Abramorama F…	$1,000,000	-58%	244	-4	$4,098	$4,800,000	2

-	N	Flow	Janus Films	$50,764		2		$25,382	$50,764	1
-	N	Porcelain War	Picturehouse	$11,227		1		$11,227	$11,227	1

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Wicked looking like it's going to do what it was expected to do. Gladiator II did a solid opening but trying to replicate the Barbenheimer tactic didn't seem to pay off the same way (also forgotten was Barbie & Oppenheimer were dropped dead in the middle of summer with both movies getting heavy buzz for different reasons).

Barbie did $11K and Oppenheimer did $7K more per theater in their releases.