Michael Keaton Just Beat The Joker For A Second Time, 35 Years After Tim Burton"s Batman

As Beetlejuice Beetlejuice triumphs over Joker: Folie à Deux at the box office, despite being several weeks into its run, Michael Keaton has officially beaten the Clown Prince of Crime for the second time. In 1989, despite some skepticism from fans, Keaton emerged as the quintessential Bruce Wayne in Tim Burton’s Batman. That movie pitted the Caped Crusader against his arch-nemesis, the Joker, played brilliantly by Jack Nicholson. In the film’s finale, Batman strung up the Joker on a crumbling gargoyle, which eventually fell off and sent him plummeting to his death.
Keaton has just reprised his other iconic role from a Burton-directed ‘80s classic in the long-awaited sequel to Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has been a huge box office hit, quickly becoming one of the biggest blockbusters of the Halloween season. Within the same season, the Joker has returned to multiplexes in Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips’ surprise 2019 hit. Unlike the Beetlejuice sequel, the Joker sequel has been a massive bomb. Since Beetlejuice 2 is outperforming Joker 2 at the box office, Keaton has officially beaten the Joker for a second time.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice's 6th Weekend Box Office Was Higher Than Joker: Folie à Deux's 2nd Weekend Beetlejuice 2 Made $7.3 Million In Its Sixth Weekend; Joker 2 Made $7 Million In Its Second Close Since its massive $111 million opening weekend, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has gone on to gross $421,090,643 worldwide (via Box Office Mojo), making it the 10th highest-grossing movie of the year so far. It’s gone beyond even the most optimistic projections for a truly impressive blockbuster run. Joker: Folie à Deux, on the other hand, hasn’t been such a success story. It opened to just $37,678,467 and has gone on to gross $164,959,127 at the global box office (via Box Office Mojo), falling far short of its $200 million budget and the $1 billion success of its predecessor.
One of the clearest indicators of Joker: Folie à Deux’s failure is that Beetlejuice Beetlejuice managed to gross more in its sixth weekend than Joker 2 grossed in its second weekend. Beetlejuice 2 made $7.3 million in its sixth weekend, the weekend of October 11-13. In the same weekend, one week after its release, Joker 2 made just $7 million. This was an 81% drop from its opening weekend, marking one of the biggest second-week drops in box office history. Keaton has officially kicked the Joker’s butt for the second time.
Why Beetlejuice Beetlejuice's Box Office Is So Good And Still Going Strong Unlike Joker 2, Beetlejuice 2 Has Been Really Well-Received The main reason why Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has done so well is that it was really well-received. A lot of nostalgic fans of the 1988 original were interested in seeing the sequel, but the overwhelmingly positive response solidified their decision to check it out. Beetlejuice 2 has a “fresh” score of 77%, just 6% below its classic predecessor, and a CinemaScore of B+, indicating good word-of-mouth. It’s a really fun movie and a genuine crowd-pleaser, and since it arrived in September, it was able to get ahead of the Halloween horror audience.


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