"Joker" today exceeded 700 million US dollars in the global box office. How amazing is this number? Just look at the masterpieces that are left behind by it and those that are about to be left behind by it!
"Joker" reached US$29.2 million in the box office this weekend in North America, with a total of US$247 million. This result ranked 9th in the North American box office list of DC comics, and it was just surpassed by the "Justice League" that DC had high hopes of 229 million.
not only dominates in North America, the overseas box office of "Joker" has exceeded 490 million US dollars, and the global box office is 730 million US dollars! What it surpassed was "Recall the Clown", which once broke many records in R-rated movies and earned $700 million worldwide. And "Joker" has risen to No. 7 in the box office list of DC Comics, and the next thing that will be surpassed by it is the 747 million "Suicide Squad"!
"Joker" currently ranks No. 4 in the global box office list of R-rated movies. The three movies ahead of it are "The Matrix 2: Reloaded", 738 million, "Deadpool" 783 million, and "Deadpool 2" 785 million!
is still quite a long time away from "Joker", and is only $50 million away from the top box office of "Deadpool 2". There is no doubt that when "Joker" is released, it will create a new R-rated movie global box office record.
Facing such a good box office trend of "Joker", I believe Warner Bros. can breathe a sigh of relief. After all, the production cost of this film is only tens of millions. According to the estimated final box office of about 900 million, this will bring Warner's highest input-output ratio in recent years.
Although "Joker" has not been unanimously recognized by professional media and filmmakers like some movies. At present, Rotten Tomatoes has only 68% freshness, and the "Freshness Certification" of Rotten Tomatoes has been cancelled. However, 89% of the popcorn index, which is the reputation of the audience, is contrary to the reputation of film critics, indicating the public's recognition of "Joker".
The audience's recognition of the clown movie, first of all, comes from the image of the villain, the clown, which is too popular. Among the audience's favorite villains selected by various media, the clown is always in the forefront.
Of course, this is inseparable from the creation of the character image of the clown in a century of film history. Almost every version of Joker has become a classic on the screen. In the new century, the clown played by Heath Ledger in the most famous "Batman The Dark Knight" was recognized as the most classic clown image in film history before this movie.
On the one hand, Heath Ledger’s performance is really wonderful, showing a very three-dimensional image of the clown who is neurotic but good at digging into the hearts of justice and exposing human nature; on the other hand, Heath Ledger’s unexpected death also gives This character has a touch of sadness. Just as many viewers still think that Huang Rong played by Weng Meiling is the most classic.
Of course, Jared Leto in "Suicide Squad" is also very good. But since the movie was finished, the role of the clown was cut for only about 10 minutes, so Jared Leto did not have much room for performance.
It is said that Jared Leto was very dissatisfied with this, and when the new independent film "Joker" was established, the starring role was changed to Jackie Phoenix, which made him protest to Warner.
But Jacques Phoenix proved himself with his performance, and even let the audience exclaim that this is the best clown after Heath Ledger. In fact, Jacques Phoenix’s childhood experiences are somewhat similar to the clowns in the film.
Although Jacques Phoenix did not have the tragic experience of a clown, the shock of his childhood street performance and the unexpected death of his brother at the age of 19 was not easy for him. As far as he is concerned, his perverse behavior and his personality on the edge of Hollywood are not unrelated to this experience. His film works are also mostly bizarre roles.
Therefore, from the perspective of these two factors, the role of the clown is quite familiar to Jackie Phoenix. Of course, Jacques Phoenix takes this role very seriously, not only for the sake of "Joker" weight loss, but often too deep into the film, the role can not extricate himself, and was still in poor condition at the Venice premiere. .
Fortunately, Jacques Phoenix’s hard work was not in vain. Although "Joker" has a polarized reputation, it has received manyRecognition of the audience. I believe that if there is a sequel movie, Jacques Phoenix is still the first candidate.
But from the future DC comic film plan announced by Warner, there is no sequel to "Joker". The films that will be released in the next two years are "Birds of Prey", which will be released on February 7, 2020; "Wonder Woman 1984", will be released on June 5, 2020; "New Suicide Squad," will be released on August 6, 2021; "Thunder Shazan 2", shooting will start in the first half of 2020, and the release date is undetermined;
"Black Adam" will start shooting in July 2020; the release date is undetermined; "Aquaman 2", released on December 16, 2022; "Batman", 2021 It was released on June 25th, 2015; there is also a "Flash", which is in the preparatory work.
Although there is no "Joker" sequel in the plan, on the one hand, "Joker" is a DC comic film, but unlike other comic movies, it is not in the DC Super British movie universe, but a An independent Joker origin movie;
On the other hand, the huge profits brought by the popularity of "Joker" at the box office will make Warner seriously consider the possibility of a sequel to "Joker". It is not uncommon in film history to shoot a sequel because of the first movie's box office sales.
It’s also uncommon that many sequels are sequels. It’s rare to reach the level of the first one, let alone surpass it. I hope that if the sequel of "Joker" can be filmed in the future, there will be an exception. The standard of this one is fine.
