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Joker was apparently jealous that foreign-language movies stole the spotlight last weekend, so it held incredibly well pretty much worldwide to ensure that wouldn't happen again.

Its mere 42% North American second weekend decline is already incredible for a comic book movie; to compare: Far From Home sunk 51% against lesser competition, despite burning off OW demand by opening 3 days in advance of its original weekend. However, the real news was internationally, with a staggering $125.3 million second frame, for an eye-popping 18% decline (or 29% in holdovers, filtering out huge openings in France, Germany, and a few more minor territories). Its worldwide total is already at over $500 million after just 12 days.

Joker is clearly not playing like an ordinary comic-book movie, which begs the question: will $1 billion+ worldwide happen? Far From Home had reached $578 million by the end of its second weekend, en route to $1.132 billion in total. If Joker holds equally well from here, it will close with $1.074 billion - even though Far From Home staggered its schedule much more than Joker, the latter's incredible word of mouth (in the Inception sense, it should be said) makes it look very possible. Personally, I'm taking the over on the $1 billion milestone.

In other news, The Addams Family clicked with a $30.3 million opening, proving that UAR can actually effectively market a movie. Gemini Man, on the other hand, looks like a big loss in the making unless it blows up in China this next weekend, where it will have to contend with Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Overall, it was a very strong weekend for the box office; domestically, we're running a mere $5 million behind 2018's record October to date, a gap that could completely close tomorrow due to holidays this year.
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