I was comparing the risk that WB took for both films. Joker cost $55 million to make and BOP was around $80 million. These budgets are both on the smaller scale for comic book movies in 2019/2020. No one could have seen Joker blowing up like it did, most people were cautious about it before it came out and much more reserved with their box office predictions. An R rated character study with no China release by the director of Hangover doesn't really scream billion dollar film. BOP is an R rated all female team up superhero film(the first) and directed by a 2nd time female director. WB is really trying to be more director driven with their DC films and it's starting to show. Joker is very much Todd Phillips vision and BOP is very much (for better of worse) what Margot Robbie/Cathy Yan wanted to put on screen. My hope is they don't take the wrong lessons from this and start to be more hands on again because that's how we end up with films like Suicide Squad or Justice League.
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