Security concerns did not seem to detract audiences.
The filmmakers and studio behind"Joker" have reason to put on a happy face. Despite concerns over its violent themes and ramped up theater security, audiences flocked to the multiplex to check out the R-rated film this weekend resulting in a record October opening.
Since debuting at the Venice Film Festival where it won the prestigious Golden Lion last month,"Joker" has been both praised and criticized for its dark spin on the classic Batman villain played by Joaquin Phoenix. The film from director and co-writer Todd Phillips was always seen as a bit of a gamble with one of the studios' most valuable pieces of intellectual property, hence its modest-for-a-comic-book-film $55 million budget.
"Sixty-six percent of the audience was under the age of 35," Goldstein said."That tells you that the audience will expand out with that younger group as time goes on." The younger audience also gave the film a more favorable A- CinemaScore. In the landscape of R-rated comic book films,"Joker" is nestled between"Deadpool" and its sequel, both of which opened over $125 million, and"Logan," which launched with $88.4 million.
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