Joker: Folie à Deux debuts with $37.8M in its opening weekend at domestic box office

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This is actually great news for LG7!!!

[r4therupbeat 1,587]

14 hours ago, ThisGuyTony said:

ASIB did $42.9M its opening weekend  

Thankfully all the attention is on Todd and Joaquin so she will remain unscathed from this bomb 

I keep getting viral Facebook articles and the comments are all hating on her because they think if another actress was cast it wouldn't be a musical

[Nite 5,151]

17 minutes ago, r4therupbeat said:

I keep getting viral Facebook articles and the comments are all hating on her because they think if another actress was cast it wouldn't be a musical

It's so frustrating to see when Todd has literally said how it was decided and that Gaga was pulled in because of that plan 

Phillips and his co-writer Scott Silver came up with an idea of following Arthur in a new story that would lean into the music the sadsack character has heard as the soundtrack to his life.

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How did you settle on Lady Gaga?

Phillips: It just felt like we should find an actress that brings music with them. That’s the best way to describe it … We thought if we could get her, it would be an interesting duo … I kind of knew her because I was a producer on A Star is Born with Bradley (Cooper).

https://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/todd-phillips-and-joaquin-phoenix-talk-joker-folie-a-deux-and-working-with-lady-Gaga

And tbh the idea that Gaga could just waltz up to a bunch of producers and tell them to make it a musical is ridiculous in itself 

Actually I think the musical part could've worked if they'd done it differently and advertised it as such. 

[r4therupbeat 1,587]

54 minutes ago, Nite said:

It's so frustrating to see when Todd has literally said how it was decided and that Gaga was pulled in because of that plan 

Phillips and his co-writer Scott Silver came up with an idea of following Arthur in a new story that would lean into the music the sadsack character has heard as the soundtrack to his life.

...

How did you settle on Lady Gaga?

Phillips: It just felt like we should find an actress that brings music with them. That’s the best way to describe it … We thought if we could get her, it would be an interesting duo … I kind of knew her because I was a producer on A Star is Born with Bradley (Cooper).

https://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/todd-phillips-and-joaquin-phoenix-talk-joker-folie-a-deux-and-working-with-lady-Gaga

And tbh the idea that Gaga could just waltz up to a bunch of producers and tell them to make it a musical is ridiculous in itself 

Actually I think the musical part could've worked if they'd done it differently and advertised it as such. 

Literally that, it's clear those people don't have a clue what they are talking about. Pretty much everyone I know do not want to come and watch it with me because it is labeled as 100% a musical. However it is sad that they could've made it the best musical of all time at least for the ones who enjoy them and now nobody can be happy as it is neither a musical nor a movie without singing scenes. 

The director completely failed at utilising Gaga and he should be the only person taking the heat.

[Chromatix 2,582]

So 121M for the opening weekend. How about full opening week (Friday-Thursday), what are the predictions?

[Morphine Prince 103,619]

Omg it’s even lower than $40M 

[IHE 561]

I loved the movie. Anyone else notice the birth of the real joker at the end in the background?

[IHE 561]

On 10/6/2024 at 5:18 PM, NarlesLM said:

Pretty much it

Lady Gaga’s biggest opening weekend at the global box-office:

#1. “Joker: Folie à Deux” — $121.1M

#2. “A Star is Born” — $57.1M

#3. “House of Gucci” — $34.8M

Exactly so maybe we can all discuss the film instead all this money arguing. Gaga did amazing. I forgot it was her. 

[Tinnitus15 50,725]

Preorders in china has started I think. First day reaching $14k 

[LateToCult 40,287]

1 minute ago, Tinnitus15 said:

Preorders in china has started I think. First day reaching $14k 

K or m? 

[Tinnitus15 50,725]

3 minutes ago, LateToCult said:

K or m? 

K 

[LateToCult 40,287]

1 hour ago, Tinnitus15 said:

K 

[MOT 2,787]

Word of mouth will not be disastrous for this movie imo. Read through the comments on some youtube reviews (outside of comicbook channels). There's plenty of negativity, yes, but also plenty of positvity.

[Kayi 1,777]

On 10/7/2024 at 1:09 PM, r4therupbeat said:

I keep getting viral Facebook articles and the comments are all hating on her because they think if another actress was cast it wouldn't be a musical

May they all suffer from the hate they send to her, amen. 

[LG2008 3,851]

Thank god Gaga didn't say anything about this... It would've been messy like this 

"I'M DOING OK!"  

Edited October 11, 2024 by LG2008