The film proved to be even more controversial than the original, Clown: Pas de deux An unfortunate record for CinemaScore. The sequel to Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips’ 2019 hit that hit $1 billion at the box office is highly anticipated, especially since the film will introduce Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn to the DC Extended Universe and James Gunn’s upcoming Introducing the separate worlds of the DC Universe. However, after premiering at the Venice International Film Festival, Clown: Pas de deux It received generally negative reviews from critics and audiences, with its Rotten Tomatoes audience score being far lower than even the worst-reviewed DCEU films.
Now, with the movie finally being released and being seen by a wider audience, movie rating Already revealed Clown: Pas de deuxrating. The platform, which is dedicated to surveying moviegoers’ reactions, listed it with a D rating from audiences, officially making it the lowest-rated superhero genre film on CinemaScore. Check out the scores announcement post below:
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Although it is the first clown Audience reaction may have been better than critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but it’s still not necessarily a certified hit on CinemaScore, with a B+ rating on the platform. Enter pas de deuxpromising to explore Arthur and Harry’s romance in a more surreal way, with musical numbers that seemed to embrace the Joker’s character as alluring, and seemed to show a willingness to move away from a storytelling approach that critics felt the two were too similar to. taxi driver and king of comedy in the original.
Even so, the sequel’s record-low CinemaScore suggests this approach didn’t yield favorable results. This is also surprising, considering Clown: Pas de deuxThe rating on Rotten Tomatoes isn’t even the lowest in the superhero genre, e.g. Mobius, batman and robin and 2015 Fantastic Four Everything is much worse, but it also performs better on CinemaScore than the Phoenix sequel. see how Clown: Pas de deuxThe CinemaScore compared to some of the other lowest-rated superhero genre films on the platform is shown in the table below:
title | movie rating | RT critic ratings | RT Audience Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
catwoman | Second | 8% | 18% |
green lantern | Second | 25% | 45% |
batman and robin | C+ | 12% | 16% |
Spirit | C+ | 14% | 25% |
Jonah Hex | C+ | 12% | 20% |
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | C+ | 19% | 31% |
Mobius | C+ | 15% | 71% |
mrs webb | C+ | 11% | 57% |
Hellboy(2019) | C | 17% | 47% |
Virus | C | 12% | twenty three% |
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | C | 10% | 16% |
Fantastic Four(2015) | C- | 9% | 18% |
Clown: Pas de deux | D | 33% | 33% |
In observing the reactions of critics and audiences Clown: Pas de deuxObviously, the biggest reasons for this mixed reaction were the extremely short screen time of Gaga’s Quinn and Phoenix’s Joker, as well as the thematic approach to the reaction to the first film. Many reviews specifically noted that the film’s intention seemed to be to criticize the toxic side of the fandom, especially since the first film almost inspired some very real Jokers. This in turn leads some to believe that those who did enjoy the original clown Phillips would be uncomfortable with the way the sequel was handled, including screen roarAlex Harrison in his pas de deux Review:
Philips might as well put
clown
on trial
duet,
Emphasizing that many people misunderstood his first film. Arthur is not actually a
taxi driver
No longer a guy; this time, he’d rather sing away his troubles.
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The movie won’t come anywhere near the box office record of the original
Image via Warner Bros.
As someone who was already confused by how the original film depicted the origins of the eponymous character, I’m not entirely sure whether this division Clown: Pas de deux Either further piques my interest in the sequel or makes me stop watching it. Regardless of my personal interest, though, the film’s record-breaking CinemaScore does suggest that it won’t continue the success of the original film, especially its record-breaking box office performance. Five years ago, original clown Not only is the film the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time, it is also the first film to break the $1 billion mark.
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This year, however, when the much-anticipated deadpool and wolverine The box office quickly soared to 1.327 billion US dollars, and it currently ranks second in the annual box office revenue. Therefore, I think the film’s response and box office revenue was only half of what the original did during the same period Clown: Pas de deux Not only is it far less than the $1 billion box office of its predecessor, but it may not be able to reach the $200 million production budget.
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