"Joker" Retakes Top Spot In Box Office Rankings

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This weekend's box office roundup.

In its fourth week, Todd Philips's Joker is still atop the box office rankings. According to Uproxx, the current estimate lands Joker at $18.9 million for the weekend, bringing its total worldwide earnings to $849 million. Angelina Jolie's Maleficent 2 almost knocked Joker down to second, but it came up just shy with $18.5 million this weekend ($200 million globally since release).

Zombieland: Double Tap, the long-awaited sequel to 2009's Zombieland, brought in 11.5 million for its second weekend in theaters, a 68% decrease since opening weekend. The film is a zombie comedy that follows a group of survivors as they navigate the post-apocalyptic United States. It stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone. Zombieland: Double tap's global earnings now sit at $63.6 million in total.

Will Smith’s Gemini Man was only able to reach $3.9 million this weekend bringing its total to $43 million. Its budget was $140 million.

A24’s newest film, The Lighthouse, was able to climb into the top ten, earning $3 million in only 586 theaters. The film is a critical success starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson in a psychological thriller. The synopsis reads, "Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s."

Next week, Ed Norton’s highly-anticipated Motherless Brooklyn releases, as well as Terminator: Dark Fate.


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Cole Blake is a current staff writer at HotNewHipHop based out of New York City. He began writing for the site as an intern back in 2018 while finishing his B.A. in Journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s covered a number of breaking stories for HNHH. These include the ongoing YSL RICO trial, the allegations surrounding Diddy, and much more. His work also extends outside of hip-hop, having written extensively about a myriad of topics including politics, sports, and pop culture. He’s attended several music festivals to provide coverage for the site as well, such as Rolling Loud and Governors Ball.
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