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[Bob Morris]

Joker has passed $250M after 18 days -- it's well ahead of the paces of Logan and Venom.

Logan had about $35M left in the tank at this point. But I have to wonder if the studio will let Joker hang around as long as possible to see if it can to $300M domestic.

It's possible the new Terminator movie (which comes out Nov. 1) could cut into Joker's audience. Otherwise, I don't see a lot of films that are likely to do that.

[Bob Morris]

Joker won its fourth straight box office weekend and is up to $277M now.

Its chances at $300M are looking better. Pretty impressive.

[Bob Morris]

Terminator Dark Fate opened at $29M and added another $2M on Monday. It's just behind Terminator Genisys, which drew $34M in its first four days.

Genisys finished with just $89.7M domestic. Looks like $85M for Dark Fate and I'm sure the studio was hoping for more.

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Meanwhile, Joker broke the $300M mark Monday.

Venom had about $13M left in the tank at this point, so Joker could very well finish with $315M domestic.

DC has had several flops at the box office, but the studio has to be happy with what Joker pulled in.

[Bob Morris]

$130.3M opening weekend for Frozen 2. Not surprising it was a huge hit.

The first Frozen opened at $93.9M on Thanksgiving weekend and that one had enough legs to make it to $400M.

I'll be surprised if Frozen 2 doesn't reach $400M, but what its legs are like remains to be seen.

[Bob Morris]

Frozen 2 pulled in $125M during the five-day Thanksgiving weekend.

$400M is a lock. The question is whether it will have enough to get $500M.

Between that and the new Star Wars film, Disney is going to sweep the top five domestic grossing films and will have seven of the top 10, plus it sort of has a hand in the Spidey film.