If audiences are nervous, those sentiments aren’t showing up in box-office tracking Joker is projected to break October records with an opening of more than $80 million. military advising service members to be alert, local police departments posting officers at theaters on opening weekend, and families of the 2012 movie-theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, publicly expressing concern over the film.Īs Joker approaches its Friday release, this narrative of anxiety has taken on a life of its own-and seems to be somewhat rooted both in the actual plot and in broader fears about the state of American pop culture. Not just because it’s a violent, R-rated thriller featuring a murderous psychopath, but also because much of the prerelease chatter about Joker has centered on fears of mass shootings at screenings, with the U.S. Since Joker debuted at the Venice Film Festival this summer and hype began building over its intense themes, questions have surfaced about whether people would be too nervous to see it.
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