Box office preview: Joker to laugh past GeminiMan with $40M-plus second weekend
from Skydance Media and Paramount, is tracking to open in the mid-$20 million range domestically. Appealing to families, MGM's CG-animatedis likely to be dinged by poor reviews; its current Rotten Tomatoes score of 30 percent is the lowest of Lee's career.
Skydance and Paramount are counting on a boost from higher-priced 3D screens that will showcase the film's cutting edge, high-frame rate technology. Jerry Bruckheimer produced the PG-13 pic.is also banking on strong returns overseas, where it opens in an additional 54 markets this weekend after launching in a smattering of territories a week ago to roughly $7 million.
overseas, where it has a staggered rollout. Bron Creative co-financed the latest big-screen adaptation of the fabled, spooky family., the final theatrical release from CBS Films. Lionsgate is handling the ensemble comedy in the U.S. per its deal with CBS, while eOne has overseas rights., wrote and directed the pic starring Adam DeVine, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Pena, Rose Byrne, Justin Hartley, Wanda Sykes, Ron Funches and Charlyne Yi..
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