In Hollywood, the math goes that a movie needs to make twice its budget to not be considered a flop (

, but this is to cover marketing, distribution and other “final mile” costs).

The reported budget for Joker 2 is $190-200million (

). Accordingly, it’d have to make at least $400M worldwide to be considered profitable.

make less than $400M in its initial theatrical run? Is Lady Gaga’s turn as Harley Quinn going to be a flop?

Note: If there is an updated budget for the film (higher or lower), this market will continue with double the upper bound of that new range.