'Joker' May Break <br />October Box Office Record Tracking reports have the <br />Joaquin Phoenix-led film <br />making $80 million in <br />its opening weekend. The October record for a film's <br />opening weekend is $80.2 million <br />set by 'Venom' last year. According to 'Deadline,' Joker may open in up to 4,000 theaters when it premieres nationwide on October 4. That is a couple hundred less <br />than the amount of big screens <br />Tom Hardy's 'Venom' released in. On movie service Atom Tickets, <br />'Joker' is no. 2 in pre-sales <br />for rated-R films in 2019. The psychological thriller has <br />earned positive reviews, garnering a <br />77 percent on 'Rotten Tomatoes.' It also won the Golden Lion award at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.
