Joker surpasses $1 billion at the box office, becoming the first R-rated movie to achieve this feat

As the release of "Joker" has reached its 7th week, this DC Universe movie, which cost $62.5 million to create, has successfully broken the $1 billion mark at the global box office. This is the first R-rated movie in history to achieve this achievement, and it is also the first non-Disney/universe movie to achieve this achievement within a year. It is worth mentioning that Forbes also specifically mentioned in the article that it is not easy for "Joker" to achieve such a good box office performance without being released in China.

In the article, Forbes listed many films that had box office performance exceeding $1 billion after being released in China. For example, the Chinese box office of "Fast & Furious 7" accounted for $ 392 million of its $ 1.517 billion , and the Chinese box office of "Captain Marvel" accounted for $ 154 million of its $1.129 billion. "Transformers 4" had $320 million of its $ 1.1 billion box office from China, and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" had $200 million of its $ 1.131 billion box office from China. "Aquaman" had $298 million of its $1.148 billion box office from Chinese audiences... It can be said that many films have significantly improved their box office performance due to their release in China.

The Joker is set in the 1980s, when a comedian who is in trouble gradually suffers a mental breakdown and begins a crazy criminal career in Gotham City, eventually becoming Batman's nemesis. The Joker currently has a score of 9.0 on Douban. Fans who like this film may wish to go and watch it.