Joker looks to retake the top spot at the box office this weekend. Last weekend, it ceded that spot to opener Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Current projections have Joker edging out the Maleficent sequel with $18.7 million. The film’s box office is now $264.1 million  at the domestic box office. Joker is directed by Todd Phillips. He co-wrote the film’s screenplay with Scott Silver.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil slips into second place with $18.4 million. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is the sequel to 2014’s Maleficent. The film is directed by Joanchim Ronning and written by Linda Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, and Noah Harpster.

Zombieland: Double Tap remains steady in third place. The film is directed by Rueben Fleischer and written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and David Callaham. The sequel to 2009’s Zombieland.

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