discussion Joker: FAD to lose $150-200M, one of the biggest box office bombs ever

[CBC]

6 hours ago, MissedTheTrain said:

Oof.  I'm glad she's moving onto LG7 swiftly  

 

I am bummed because I was excited about this movie, the idea of it and the candids of her on set got me excited.  I haven't seen it yet but don't really have an interest to at this point.

Watch it anyway! I didn't think it was soo terrible and I've talked with other people that said the same. Wouldn't say it's a good movie but if you enjoy Gaga you'll at least enjoy the musical parts I suppose 

[taylorrrr]

It's giving the same energy as:

Most in the record industry had expected "Born This Way" to show a steep drop in its second week of release, although perhaps not as steep as the 84% plunge it saw after the stellar first week. But the slowdown for "Born This Way" has continued to be more pronounced than many anticipated.

 

[brazil]

On 10/12/2024 at 5:03 PM, Assassin said:

 

 

On 10/12/2024 at 5:04 PM, suburbannature said:

 

 

 

 

These are sending me. They were so confident 

[shyboi]

15 hours ago, halcyonday said:

 

 

 

 

 

[Charmed Life]

This thread.

Meanwhile, what happened to this one?  Lady Gaga on why she made Harlequin: "I wasn't done with her [Lee]"

 

I was about to reply to some comments, but it's been removed.

[V$.]

38 minutes ago, brazil said:

 

These are sending me. They were so confident 

[wastedpotential]

1 hour ago, taylorrrr said:

It's giving the same energy as:

Most in the record industry had expected "Born This Way" to show a steep drop in its second week of release, although perhaps not as steep as the 84% plunge it saw after the stellar first week. But the slowdown for "Born This Way" has continued to be more pronounced than many anticipated.

 

Yes, GaGa! Yes, Steepness!

 

[Youngbae]

On 9/11/2024 at 10:22 PM, Doctor Dick said:

It's also important to note that it will probably make back its budget AND end up as one of the biggest musicals of all time. It will be spun as an underperformance but I don't see a movie experiencing that large a decrease that it fails to gross more than $400 million, especially considering the first one's reviews sucked as well. 

So, is it "probably... one of the biggest musicals of all time" yet? Is there a list on Wiki or something that I can check for research purposes?

Edited October 14 by Youngbae

[Rihinvention]

Did it deserve to win the prestigious "Most Anticipated Movie For The 2nd Half of 2024" at the 7th Astra Midseason Movie Awards?

 

It beat out Wicked, Deadpool & Wolverine, Alien: Romulus, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

 

Should it be stripped of this award? 
 

 

In all seriousness, I feel like Deadpool & Wolverine was the most anticipated film by straight guys, and Wicked is the most anticipated by girls, gays and theys.

 

Joker 2  tried to combine the two and just ended up leaving both groups going "…wtf."

 

(And before anyone comes for me for saying "only straight guys were excited for Deadpool" — I had tickets to opening night, but I bought my Wicked tickets today, so just let me queen out )

 

 

Edited October 15 by Rihinvention

[spiritboy]

Variety called this Folie a dud 

 

Honestly, after all the lashings Katy got from liddos, it's refreshing to see karma biting back so soon 

 

Gags will be fine, she'll release her lead soon and everyone will forget jfad happened. Movie flops won't hurt musical career or my fave Madonna wouldn't have a career after so many colossal flops 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

6 hours ago, Mokichi said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

This unexpectedly becoming the biggest flop of all time is really crazy 

[Oktober Knight]

Didn't Monsters claim JFAD was gonna be bigger than Mufasa and Wicked? What happened?

[fridayteenage]

9 hours ago, P.O.P said:

Yes it can!

 

The biggest second week drop belongs to Gigli by 82%

...no it doesn't.

 

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/biggest_second_weekend_gross_drop/?ref_=bo_rl_rr

[Gottasadae]

1 hour ago, spiritboy said:

Variety called this Folie a dud 

 

Honestly, after all the lashings Katy got from liddos, it's refreshing to see karma biting back so soon 

 

Gags will be fine, she'll release her lead soon and everyone will forget jfad happened. Movie flops won't hurt musical career or my fave Madonna wouldn't have a career after so many colossal flops 

It's a very bad comparison, since Madonna mostly flopped with low budget С grade movies that nobody cares about except her fans, Gaga is basically tanked with sequel that did more than billion in grossing with first part  GP will never forger such travesty so I wish her a luck with her upcoming LG7 

[Europe]

1 hour ago, Oktober Knight said:

Didn't Monsters claim JFAD was gonna be bigger than Mufasa and Wicked? What happened?

If you look around online, everyone thought that. It wasn't just a little monsters thing - box office watchers expected it to do between 800 M - 1 billion too. Todd really pulled a fast one on everyone

[Europe]

10 minutes ago, Gottasadae said:

It's a very bad comparison, since Madonna mostly flopped with low budget С grade movies that nobody cares about except her fans, Gaga is basically tanked with sequel that did more than billion in grossing with first part  GP will never forger such travesty so I wish her a luck with her upcoming LG7 

Except that the one praised aspect of the movie is GAGA and her underutilized narrative will just make the next director she works with give her the respect and screen time she deserves

[SpaceOddity]

One second I'm a 143 then suddenly the Lee is me. 

[Orsay]

7 hours ago, Vin said:

We all know Gaga is a BAD ACTOR,

but even she doesn't deserve this.

 

 

The BIGGEST drop for a BIG BUDGET movie EVER?

 

 

NEVERMIND.

The "Only-call-me -Lee'-on-set"-actor deserves EVERY bit of it.

 

 

...Vin

 

The use of reaction images is giving slw84 levels of old and out of touch…good to see you're still going strong and fueled by your hatred of Gaga though

[spree]

10 minutes ago, Europe said:

Except that the one praised aspect of the movie is GAGA and her underutilized narrative will just make the next director she works with give her the respect and screen time she deserves

then why were all her scenes CUT from the film?

[P.O.P]

42 minutes ago, fridayteenage said:

...no it doesn't.

 

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/biggest_second_weekend_gross_drop/?ref_=bo_rl_rr

oop my bad, I think Gigli broke the record when it was released.

 

Poor J.lo can't even have that 

[Breathe On Moi]

28 minutes ago, Orsay said:

The use of reaction images is giving slw84 levels of old and out of touch…good to see you're still going strong and fueled by your hatred of Gaga though

thank you for finding his comment so I can go react to it! 

[lgaga1fan]

21 minutes ago, spree said:

then why were all her scenes CUT from the film?

A movie where she takes the mantle as The Joker (which was very clear and is backed by the deleted scenes) and he dies in prison woulda been much more disliked (i guess). They copped out with the actual edit and cut her part down bc they were prob scared of the reception. If they committed to that arc this would have probably been received at least a tad better. Instead what's left is Lee having half of her arc be told through makeup and her scenes cut to prevent Gaga from getting a full on hate train.

[CherieMoon]

I think the biggest mistake was making it a musical. Whose idea was that??  

 

[spiritboy]

15 minutes ago, CherieMoon said:

I think the biggest mistake was making it a musical. Whose idea was that??  

 

Exactly. The writing was on the wall the moment they've revealed that this would be a musical.

[MESSIAH13]

1 hour ago, Europe said:

Except that the one praised aspect of the movie is GAGA and her underutilized narrative will just make the next director she works with give her the respect and screen time she deserves

Sure, Jan