The Donald Trump feature 'The Apprentice' is among several Oscar hopefuls opening nationwide to sluggish numbers, including Jason Reitman's 'Saturday Night.'

The choices on the movie marquee this weekend included Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, a film about Donald Trump, a “Saturday Night Live” origin story and even Pharrell Williams as a Lego

There's a new clown in charge at the box office. As Warner Bros.' 'Joker: Folie a Deux" is spiraling down the charts with a stunning 82% drop from its $37.8 million opening weekend, Cineverse/Bloody Disgusting's "Terrifier 3" has parlayed the infamous Art the Clown's growing fanbase into the horror series' first No.

That “Terrifier 3” could notably overperform expectations and leapfrog both major studios and awards hopefuls was only possible due to the disaster of “Joker: Folie à Deux.”

There’s only room for one killer clown at the top of box office charts. “Terrifier 3” slashed its way to No. 1 in North America, collecting a stellar $18.3 million from 2,514 theaters in its opening weekend.

When Todd Phillips' Joker was released in 2019, it was a phenomenal success at the box office – earning over $1 billion worldwide and becoming the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time (though Shawn Levy's Deadpool & Wolverine took that record this past summer ).