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FRIDAY TIME: From this moment on, Todd Phillips is bold Joker: Folie à Deux expects an OK Friday of $20 million, including last night's expenses $7 millionand hope to stay up $50 million but could decrease $45 million in 4,102 cinemas. Even though it was a PG-13 film, this one looks far too similar in terms of numbers The miracles, which scored $6.6 million in previews, a first day of $21.6 million and a disastrous three-day total of $46.1 million. This film was actually more expensive than Joker 2$270 million to $190 million. The fear is that poor word of mouth about this film will cause it to gain more prominence and free fall on Saturday.

RelishMix saw good social media metrics, with the image's follower reach of 567.3 million across TikTok, YouTube, X, Instagram and Facebook, which is 7% above pre-release superhero genre norms. Lady Gaga's fans across all platforms recorded 231.3 million fans with 43.7 million views fed into her Instagram. However, the poor response after Venice, where the film received a 62% rating from critics on RT, was also reflected in pre-sales, which were reported to be not doing particularly well before the premiere.

Elsewhere, Universal's DreamWorks Animations The wild robot at 3,997 venues there is a second Friday with $4.9 million and a second weekend with $19.5 million-46%, for 10 days $64.7 million.

Warner Bros. has better luck with this weekend Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at 3,576 locations, which will also remain at -30% on weekend 5. It is the publication of a 3-day post $11.4 million after raising nearly $3 million on Friday for a running total through Sunday of $266.5 millionStill the second highest-grossing film in September after 2017 It ($327.4 million).

Fourth belongs to Paramount Transformers One at 3,106 locations with a third Friday of $1.35 millionthird weekend of $5.5 million-40% and a running total of $47.4 million.

Fifth is the fourth weekend of Universal/Blumhouse Don't speak evil at 2,274 locations, with $900,000 today a 3 day one $3 million-30% for a running total of $32.7 million.

Outside the top five is Lionsgate's misfire White bird with $650,000 today, and $1.5 million to $2 million Opening for the weekend.

FRIDAY ON: The Todd Phillips-directed sequel from Warner Bros Joker: Folie à Deux earned $7 million in previews that began Thursday at 3 p.m. The figure suggests that the $190 million-plus film could reach an opening of $50 million, especially when compared to films that have exceeded that threshold in their early days, such as: Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One ($7 million last year), No time to die ($6.3 million in 2021) and John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum ($5.9 million in 2019).

Forget the fact that Joker 2The previews are down 47% from the first film's $13.3 million in 2019, which rose to $39.3 million on Friday and was October's biggest at $96.2 million – domestic premiere of all time. We knew this would happen.

What's not funny is the Comscore/Screen Engine PostTrak audience exit Joker 2, that tell a different story.

While many knew this Joaquin Phoenix-Lady Gaga combo would be a challenge due to the fact that it's a musical, fanboys rejected the sequel last night on PostTrak with a half star and 40% positive. Holy guacamole, Batman. Did that Megalopolis Did cynics show up last night? Because that's the same Thursday night grade (45% positive, in fact) that the Francis Ford Coppola-directed $120 million dystopian epic received a week ago, before it rose to a star on PostTrak. Or, wait, did PostTrak change the reports? Lionsgate's Helen Mirren film White bird Got five stars last night! This feature film is a sequel and a prequel to RJ Palacio's novel Wonder, is expected to gross just $2 million from 1,018 theaters this weekend $275,000 Thursday evening. The film's reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are at 72%.

A very low 24% say they will definitely recommend it Joker 2 to their friends. God knows what that means for the stability of the sequel over the weekend. RT audience scores for Joker 2 is also in the gutter at 36%, with critical reviews plummeting from 62% “fresh” to 39% “rotten.”

By the way, CinemaScore outputs are usually smoother than PostTrak outputs, but God knows where that will be. Megalopolis received a D+ last weekend. Also, Joker 2Previews are $400,000 higher than the $6.6 million The miracleswhich collapsed last November with an opening price of $46.1 million – the lowest price ever for a Marvel Studios Disney title.

The rest of the week went like this:

1.) The wild robot (Uni) 3,962 theaters, Thu $2M (+9% vs. Wed), Week $45M/Week 1

2.) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (WB) 3,804 theaters, Thu $972,000 (-12%), week $20.9M, total $255M/week 4

3.) Transformers One (Par) 3,970 (-8) Theaters, Thu $602,000 (-1%), Week $11.9M, Total $41.7M/Week 2

4.) Don't speak evil (Uni) 2,971 (-704) Theaters, Thu $287,000 (-28%), Week $5.9M, Total $29.7M/Week 3

5.) Devara part 1 (Prath) 1,040 theaters, Thu $78,000 (-40%), week $5.57M/week 1

6.) Megalopolis (LG) 1,854 theaters, Thu $233,000 (-34%), week $5.4M/week 1