Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker will reportedly be just as profitable as Avengers: Infinity War.
Joker appears to be another huge success for Warner Bros. and DC. Late last year, Aquaman stunned many by making over $1 billion worldwide. Justice League notably bombed at the box office for the studio beforehand, but it looks like things are back on track with their DC projects at the box office. According to Deadline, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker will make as much money for Warner Bros. as Avengers: Infinity War did for Disney.
The Joaquin Phoenix-led Joker is currently sitting at a worldwide total of over $745 million. While Avengers: Endgame made earned over $2 billion worldwide in its run, Joker had a significantly smaller budget of around $60 million. Disney’s Avengers: Infinity War had a massive budget of over $300 million. Deadline goes on to report that Joker is set to make over a half-billion dollars for the studio with at least $464 million, about as much as Avengers: Infinity War made last year. Joaquin’s Phoenix’s Joker is also poised to surpass Deadpool as the highest grossing R-rated film of all time.
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Here is the official synopsis for Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker:
Director Todd Phillips “Joker” centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured society. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study.
Directed by Todd Phillips from a script he co-wrote with Scott Silver, Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, and Shea Whigham.
Joker is now playing in theaters. Stay tuned for the latest news regarding the Avengers, Joaquin Phoenix and the Warner Bros. movie.
Source: Deadline
