Clown: Pas de deux During its world opening weekend, its performance significantly lagged behind the original film. The new version is a sequel to the original 2019 hit, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic DC Comics villain, with the star reuniting with original director and co-writer Todd Phillips. After adding musical elements and co-starring as Harley Quinn with Lady Gaga, Clown: Pas de deux The budget was significantly increased, exceeding the original film’s reported $70 million to an estimate of between $190 and $200 million.
Every deadlineas of Sunday morning, Clown: Pas de deuxThe three-day international opening weekend gross is expected to be $81.1 million. That was more than double its projected domestic debut, which was well below expectations at $39 to $40 million, but its global debut totaled $121.1 million. That’s more than $100 million less than the original film’s global debut of $235.2 million, including $96.2 million domestically and $139 million overseas.
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The movie may struggle to break even
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due to huge price tag Clown: Pas de deuxthe DC “Elseworlds” movie hasn’t even recouped its theater budget, whereas the original movie was able to do that with just a domestic premiere. However, that’s not the only milestone the film needs to reach. according to typeSources estimate that the sequel will need to earn more than $450 million to break even, a goal that may be well within its reach if the sequel continues to earn in proportion to the original.
This may not be a verbal success…
However, it’s also possible that the film could suffer a serious dip in its second weekend. This may not be a verbal success because Clown: Pas de deux Reviews were overwhelmingly negative, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of only 33%. Audience reaction was even worse, with a rating of 31% at the time of writing. Users have also given it moderate to low scores on various other platforms, including Letterboxd (2.5 out of 5), IMDb (5.3 out of 10), Metacritic (4.3 out of 10), and screen roarOwn user review platform (4.2 out of 10).
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Ultimately, it seemed like a bad debut Clown: Pas de deux It comes down to a variety of factors. One that was mentioned in many reviews was the musical element, which many found jarring in a direct sequel to a non-musical film. The film’s wild swings aside, there doesn’t seem to be any upside to having its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival a full month before its wide release, though the strategy worked in 2019 as it seemed to reach a large enough audience It’s time to let those early negative reviews reach a potential audience.
Source: Deadline & Variety