Joker 2 Box Office Collection Day 1: Joaquin Phoenix Starrer Registers Decent Opening In India

Joker 2 Box Office Collection: The Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga starrer is one of the most anticipated movies of the year. The musical thriller hit the big screens on October 2 in India, days before the rest of the world. The film has generated enough buzz and has attracted audiences to theatres despite other regional releases.

Joker: Folie à Deux box office collection day 1

The Todd Phillips directorial opened decently at the Indian box office. Owing to a national holiday on October 2, the film raked in Rs 5 crore, as per Sacnilk. The coming days remain crucial to assess whether Joker: Folie à Deux will find an audience in India or not.

A positive word of mouth is believed to help boost the box office collections of the Lady Gaga film. On its first day, the film ran at a total occupancy of 22.70%. The movie has only been released in English which may be a deterrent to business.

Joker: Folie à Deux needs to sustain competition with Devara Part 1

The pan-Indian film Devara Part 1 is also running in theatres since September 27. Headlined by Jr NTR, the film also stars Saif Ali Khan, and Janhvi Kapoor and is available in five languages. Even on the sixth day of its theatrical run, Devara continued to attract an audience of houseful theatre.

The actioner raked in Rs 6.35 crore just in the Hindi language on day 6 of the theatrical run. The film has amassed a total of over Rs 200 crore and is expected to grow further in the coming days. Thus, the Hollywood release Joker: Folie à Deux will need to deter competition from Devara to have a triumphant run in India.