There it is, folks. The absolute worst grade for a comic book film, finally dethroning *Fant4stic* (C–). Congrats?
Compared to Todd Phillips’ films:
– *Road Trip (2000):* B+
– *Old School (2003):* B+
– *Starsky & Hutch (2004):* B
– *School for Scoundrels (2006):* B–
– *The Hangover (2009):* A
– *Due Date (2010):* B–
– *The Hangover Part II (2011):* A–
– *The Hangover Part III (2013):* B
– *War Dogs (2016):* B
– *Joker (2019):* B+
Also, it officially gets the worst grade for any film that cost $100 million. *Alexander*, *Borderlands* and *Megalopolis* were the previous holders with a D+.
The other films to get a D on CinemaScore and their multiplier:
– *The Avengers (1998):* 2.27x
– *Wing Commander (1999):* 2.26x
– *Ravenous (1999):* 1.98x
– *The Astronaut’s Wife (1999):* 2.65x
– *Play it to the Bone (1999):* 2.46x
– *Supernova (2000):* 2.11x
– *American Psycho (2000):* 3.04x
– *The Pledge (2001):* 3.42x
– *The Forsaken (2001):* 2.24x
– *Jeepers Creeper (2001):* 2.89x
– *Abandon (2002):* 2.12x
– *The Truth About Charlie (2002):* 2.34x
– *The Big Bounce (2004):* 1.94x
– *Envy (2004):* 2.20x
– *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004):* 5.28x
– *The Ice Harvest (2005):* 2.41x
– *One Missed Call (2008):* 2.15x
– *The Happening (2008):* 2.11x
– *Splice (2010):* 2.30x
– *The Last Exorcism (2010):* 2.01x
– *My Soul to Take (2010):* 2.15x
– *Apollo 18 (2011):* 2.03x
– *Movie 43 (2013):* 1.84x
– *The Counselor (2013):* 2.16x
– *The Disappointments Room (2016):* 1.73x
– *It Comes at Night (2017):* 2.34x
– *The Snowman (2017):* 1.98x
– *Downhill (2020):* 1.79x
– *The Exorcism (2024):* 1.84x
Legofan2001 on
Legitimately might be worse then an F in someways.
eBICgamer2010 on
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College_Prestige on
There were like 7 posts at the same time lol. Everyone was itching to see how bad it got. Surprised it didn’t get F
JannTosh50 on
Not F? We were this close to greatness
InternationalEnd5816 on
Look at the past few years of DC films:
2020: Wonder Woman 1984
2021: The Suicide Squad
2022: The Batman, Black Adam
2023: Shazam 2, The Flash, Blue Beetle, Aquaman 2
2024: Joker 2
A wide array of films and they all got poor reception, bombed, or (in most cases) both. The only one that did well was bulletproof Batman, DC’s equivalent of Spider-Man.
Superman will struggle to break even, Supergirl will be Blue Beetle 2.0 (if it’s lucky), and The Authority and all those others films they announced will be the first blockbusters in cinema history to make zero dollars on opening weekend. Let it die, or at least let it rest.
Purple_Quail_4193 on
D-lightful!!! This is even worse than Megalopolis’!!!
Hot-Marketer-27 on
The scene where Arthur Fleck, Jack Black’s Claptrap & Adam Driver from Megalopolis covered Disco Duck really divided audiences, huh?
Strange-Pair on
Can’t even get an F right.
MarvelVsDC2016 on
Worse score than MegaSLOPolis
Aggressive-Produce54 on
It’s such a massive failure it failed at receiving an F score.
jakefrommyspace on
Nice. Let’s not touch the Joker for a while.
GapHappy7709 on
Hoho this is BAD to put this in context Megalopolis got a D+ last week and the first Joker got a B+ and the Marvels which was undeniably a total wreck got a B and Fant4stic the previous record for lowest cinemascore for a CBM got a C- at least it’s not an F which looked like a real possibility all day long, but a D is just as bad.
Both_Sherbert3394 on
WHAT THE FUCK
jerryhiddleston on
Lower than Megalopolis and Borderlands. Amazing
footballred28 on
Todd Phillips running away from Warner Bros’ hitmen after spending $200m on a sequel to a $1b movie only to be received with a cinemascore lower than Megalopolis.
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puberty1 on
Lower than HEREDITARY lets go
gamesgry on
Damn! Lowest for CBM! Who would’ve thought WB/DC went from the first film back in 2019 being one of the best CBM to have this sequel becoming one of the worst CBM.
Parcent on
A few days ago I speculated about it getting a C+… turns out that was being generous.
This has gotta be unprecedented for a blockbuster, right? I don’t think I’ve seen such a big movie be this thoroughly reviled.
7373838jdjd on
Worst grade ever for a blockbuster?
Baegulzx on
Lower than Borderlands, Megalopolis, Madame Web, The Marvels and Morbius. Imagine saying this to someone even a month ago
rvdvg on
I’m here for the schadenfreude
lobonmc on
It’s above an F! 1B here we come
nicolasb51942003 on
You’re laughing. Joker: Failure A Dud is getting slammed on Cinemascore and you’re laughing.
splooge-clues on
Joker does >!pretty much get a D in the movie!< so pretty fitting
i-like-turtles-4eva on
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HotShow2975 on
Todd could have followed the formula of the first movie. They could have simply made Harley and Joker escape prison and terrorize the city and still keep some elements like the court and musical scenes.
But nooo, he had to make this a courtroom drama with that terrible ending for no reason other than pissing off fans.
GastropodSoup on
DDDDaaaamn!
cthd33 on
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yeppers145 on
Box Office history in the making. The collapse of this film needs to be studied haha.
natedoggcata on
Dead in the fucking water. The second weekend drop is going to be biblical
ghostfaceinspace on
The Gaga fans they polled in NYC or LA kept it from getting that F 😭
XLauncher on
Fant4stic…your watch is finally over.
JuanDiegoOlivarez on
Green Lantern, Catwoman, BvS, Aquaman 2, and The Marvels got B’s. Shazam 2, Wonder Woman 1984, and Black Adam got B+’s. Fant4stic got a C-. Buckle up fellas…
Sisiwakanamaru on
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Animegamingnerd on
And its officially the lowest rated DC/Marvel on Cinemascore…
You know that variety article that has been going around how studios are trying to be more superfan focus? I think its very interesting how that news dropped right as a film on the opposite end of that extreme released. Like it really seems like Todd unironically tried to piss and offend anyone who even remotely like the first Joker film.
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Better than expected!
There it is folks
It avoided an F!
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There it is, folks. The absolute worst grade for a comic book film, finally dethroning *Fant4stic* (C–). Congrats?
Compared to Todd Phillips’ films:
– *Road Trip (2000):* B+
– *Old School (2003):* B+
– *Starsky & Hutch (2004):* B
– *School for Scoundrels (2006):* B–
– *The Hangover (2009):* A
– *Due Date (2010):* B–
– *The Hangover Part II (2011):* A–
– *The Hangover Part III (2013):* B
– *War Dogs (2016):* B
– *Joker (2019):* B+
Also, it officially gets the worst grade for any film that cost $100 million. *Alexander*, *Borderlands* and *Megalopolis* were the previous holders with a D+.
The other films to get a D on CinemaScore and their multiplier:
– *The Avengers (1998):* 2.27x
– *Wing Commander (1999):* 2.26x
– *Ravenous (1999):* 1.98x
– *The Astronaut’s Wife (1999):* 2.65x
– *Play it to the Bone (1999):* 2.46x
– *Supernova (2000):* 2.11x
– *American Psycho (2000):* 3.04x
– *The Pledge (2001):* 3.42x
– *The Forsaken (2001):* 2.24x
– *Jeepers Creeper (2001):* 2.89x
– *Abandon (2002):* 2.12x
– *The Truth About Charlie (2002):* 2.34x
– *The Big Bounce (2004):* 1.94x
– *Envy (2004):* 2.20x
– *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004):* 5.28x
– *The Ice Harvest (2005):* 2.41x
– *One Missed Call (2008):* 2.15x
– *The Happening (2008):* 2.11x
– *Splice (2010):* 2.30x
– *The Last Exorcism (2010):* 2.01x
– *My Soul to Take (2010):* 2.15x
– *Apollo 18 (2011):* 2.03x
– *Movie 43 (2013):* 1.84x
– *The Counselor (2013):* 2.16x
– *The Disappointments Room (2016):* 1.73x
– *It Comes at Night (2017):* 2.34x
– *The Snowman (2017):* 1.98x
– *Downhill (2020):* 1.79x
– *The Exorcism (2024):* 1.84x
Legitimately might be worse then an F in someways.
![gif](giphy|n6uToGd0j3vdnKCq63|downsized)
There were like 7 posts at the same time lol. Everyone was itching to see how bad it got. Surprised it didn’t get F
Not F? We were this close to greatness
Look at the past few years of DC films:
2020: Wonder Woman 1984
2021: The Suicide Squad
2022: The Batman, Black Adam
2023: Shazam 2, The Flash, Blue Beetle, Aquaman 2
2024: Joker 2
A wide array of films and they all got poor reception, bombed, or (in most cases) both. The only one that did well was bulletproof Batman, DC’s equivalent of Spider-Man.
Superman will struggle to break even, Supergirl will be Blue Beetle 2.0 (if it’s lucky), and The Authority and all those others films they announced will be the first blockbusters in cinema history to make zero dollars on opening weekend. Let it die, or at least let it rest.
D-lightful!!! This is even worse than Megalopolis’!!!
The scene where Arthur Fleck, Jack Black’s Claptrap & Adam Driver from Megalopolis covered Disco Duck really divided audiences, huh?
Can’t even get an F right.
Worse score than MegaSLOPolis
It’s such a massive failure it failed at receiving an F score.
Nice. Let’s not touch the Joker for a while.
Hoho this is BAD to put this in context Megalopolis got a D+ last week and the first Joker got a B+ and the Marvels which was undeniably a total wreck got a B and Fant4stic the previous record for lowest cinemascore for a CBM got a C- at least it’s not an F which looked like a real possibility all day long, but a D is just as bad.
WHAT THE FUCK
Lower than Megalopolis and Borderlands. Amazing
Todd Phillips running away from Warner Bros’ hitmen after spending $200m on a sequel to a $1b movie only to be received with a cinemascore lower than Megalopolis.
![gif](giphy|LPHcAXvuoGnX45Eg8H)
Lower than HEREDITARY lets go
Damn! Lowest for CBM! Who would’ve thought WB/DC went from the first film back in 2019 being one of the best CBM to have this sequel becoming one of the worst CBM.
A few days ago I speculated about it getting a C+… turns out that was being generous.
This has gotta be unprecedented for a blockbuster, right? I don’t think I’ve seen such a big movie be this thoroughly reviled.
Worst grade ever for a blockbuster?
Lower than Borderlands, Megalopolis, Madame Web, The Marvels and Morbius. Imagine saying this to someone even a month ago
I’m here for the schadenfreude
It’s above an F! 1B here we come
You’re laughing. Joker: Failure A Dud is getting slammed on Cinemascore and you’re laughing.
Joker does >!pretty much get a D in the movie!< so pretty fitting
![gif](giphy|MfFcgkdZPzLrF62l7q|downsized)
Todd could have followed the formula of the first movie. They could have simply made Harley and Joker escape prison and terrorize the city and still keep some elements like the court and musical scenes.
But nooo, he had to make this a courtroom drama with that terrible ending for no reason other than pissing off fans.
DDDDaaaamn!
![gif](giphy|ZCU3YxmmD8lh6savbB|downsized)
Box Office history in the making. The collapse of this film needs to be studied haha.
Dead in the fucking water. The second weekend drop is going to be biblical
The Gaga fans they polled in NYC or LA kept it from getting that F 😭
Fant4stic…your watch is finally over.
Green Lantern, Catwoman, BvS, Aquaman 2, and The Marvels got B’s. Shazam 2, Wonder Woman 1984, and Black Adam got B+’s. Fant4stic got a C-. Buckle up fellas…
![gif](giphy|DQeeGxJPv3VHE7zNYD|downsized)
And its officially the lowest rated DC/Marvel on Cinemascore…
You know that variety article that has been going around how studios are trying to be more superfan focus? I think its very interesting how that news dropped right as a film on the opposite end of that extreme released. Like it really seems like Todd unironically tried to piss and offend anyone who even remotely like the first Joker film.
![gif](giphy|j6ZlX8ghxNFRknObVk|downsized)
“That’s all, folks!”
Officially the worst received CBM on Cinemascore
Below Megalopolis!