The sequel to 'Joker' brought in about $7 million over its second weekend, compared to slasher 'Terrifier 3' earning $18.3 million in its opening weekend

There’s only room for one killer clown at the top of box office charts. “Terrifier 3” slashed its way to No. 1 in North America, collecting a stellar $18.3 million from 2,514 theaters in its opening weekend.

Joker: Folie à Deux has plunged from the top of the North American box office, suffering a massive 80% drop from last weekend’s chart-topping debut of $30m (£22.97m) to just $7.1m. That is a record collapse for a comic-book film,

That “Terrifier 3” could notably overperform expectations and leapfrog both major studios and awards hopefuls was only possible due to the disaster of “Joker: Folie à Deux.”

Folie à Deux plummeted in its sophomore frame at the box office. The genre-fluid sequel to 2019’s blockbuster hit Joker registered a record drop in collections domestically, cementing its stature as one of the biggest bombs of the year,

The DC blockbuster topped the box office during its opening weekend (October 4), but has since dropped into third place after posting a -81% freefall – the worst hold for a DC character movie in the franchise's history (via Variety).

Terrifier 3,” a gory, low-budget slasher from the small distributor Cineverse, topped the weekend box office with $18.3 million, according to estimates Sunday. The film, a sequel to 2022’s “Terrifier 2” ($15 million worldwide in ticket sales),

This weekend's box office is a tale of two clowns, as Cineverse/Bloody Disgusting's "Terrifier 3" has become a can't-miss film for horror fans with a $18.3 million opening weekend from 2,514 theaters while Warner Bros.