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    Box office: 'Joker' surpasses all expectations, posting best-ever October debut

    by Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times Oct 06, 2019 3 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Warner Bros.' "Joker" - despite controversy surrounding the film for weeks - is laughing all the way to the bank with a stellar $93.5 million opening, replacing "Venom" as the best-ever October debut and the fourth-best R-rated opener ever, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore. Analysts initially projected the film to earn about $80 million.

    The movie grossed $140.5 million in 73 international territories, far exceeding analyst projections of $75 million, for a global cumulative total of $234 million, easily topping "Venom's" $205 million last year. Despite the success

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