


JOKER GOOD DOCS UPDATE
I'll update my box office predictions once we are closer to opening weekend, and then again after we've seen those first weekend figures. Oscar buzz will boost all of those figures higher, as will critical acclaim (as opposed to just majority-positive reviews) and an audience score of A-, A, or A+. This would result in a worldwide cume of $475+ million. My prediction is a domestic opening of $80+ million, at least $225+ million as the final domestic tally, and at least $250+ million from foreign markets.
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So a Joker-branded movie reminding audiences and critics of The Dark Knight's more serious, Oscar-worthy portrayal, with likely good critical reception, and positioned in a calendar spot designed to maximize its opening weekend potential, should deliver a result at the higher end of possible outcomes. What this means is the Joker has been in multiple blockbusters over several decades, in very different portrayals, and with variety of critical receptions.

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The Joker's three modern live-action big-screen appearances (not counting the 1966 movie Batman based on the TV show) were 1989's Batman, 2008's The Dark Knight, and 2016's Suicide Squad, which took $411.5 million, $1 billion, and $746.8 million in total global receipts, respectively, and with Rotten Tomato scores of 71% ,94%, and 27%, respectively. It's Joker, as in Batman's famous arch enemy, as in instant brand recognition and one of the most popular and successful villains in screen history. This isn't just any ol' R-rated October release, after all. The average outcome from these various examples would be $344 million, a very strong result for a $55 million budgeted R-rated release. Again, these are just preliminary figures, based on the parameters established by the top four grossing October releases from the past 6 years - I'll make adjustments in a moment.Īny of those outcomes spells success for Joker, since anything north of about $190+/- million is profit territory. The midrange multiplier of 2.6x results in a possible grand total of $156 million stateside.Īssuming a pure 50/50 split between domestic and international box office, the above figures would translate into worldwide totals of $240 million on the low end, $480 million on the high end, and $312 million for the midrange outcome. The more outrageously high result of 4+x final multiplier would give it $240+ million domestically. If Joker opened at $60 million and played on the lowest end of final multipliers, it would finish with approximately $120+ million in North America. I think that's a reasonable starting set of potential outcomes to consider for Joker, before we start further adjusting for factors like branding, competition in the marketplace, and current buzz. When he isn't working on a computer or DIY project, he is most likely to be found camping, backpacking, or canoeing.If we adjust Gravity and The Martian for inflation, then they give us a basement of roughly $60 million, while Venom and Halloween suggest a ceiling in the range of $78 million. He has designed crossovers for homemade speakers all the way from the basic design to the PCB. He regularly repairs and repurposes old computers and hardware for whatever new project is at hand. He enjoys DIY projects, especially if they involve technology.
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He also uses Proxmox to self-host a variety of services, including a Jellyfin Media Server, an Airsonic music server, a handful of game servers, NextCloud, and two Windows virtual machines. He has been running video game servers from home for more than 10 years using Windows, Ubuntu, or Raspberry Pi OS. Nick's love of tinkering with computers extends beyond work.

In college, Nick made extensive use of Fortran while pursuing a physics degree. Before How-To Geek, he used Python and C++ as a freelance programmer. He has been using computers for 20 years - tinkering with everything from the UI to the Windows registry to device firmware. Nick Lewis is a staff writer for How-To Geek.
