Million Watched Clubs
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Inception vs Joker

Trajectory

Calendar dates from Joker's premiere
InceptionJoker23 Jan '213 Nov '2211 Jun '26 Inception — 6M on 11 Jun 2026 6 Joker — 6M on 13 Jan 2026 6 Inception — 5M on 21 Oct 2025 5 Joker — 5M on 24 Apr 2025 5 Inception — 4M on 12 Jan 2025 4 Joker — 4M on 9 Aug 2024 4 Inception — 3M on 16 Jan 2024 3 Joker — 3M on 9 Nov 2023 3 Inception — 2M on 23 Dec 2022 2 Joker — 2M on 3 Nov 2022 2 Joker — 1M on 8 May 2021 1 Inception — 1M on 23 Jan 2021 1

Dates reached

Every club either film has reached
ClubInceptionJokerGap
1M23 Jan 20218 May 2021105d
2M23 Dec 20223 Nov 202250d
3M16 Jan 20249 Nov 202368d
4M12 Jan 20259 Aug 2024156d
5M21 Oct 202524 Apr 2025180d
6M11 Jun 202613 Jan 2026149d

Days per step

0M is each film’s premiere
StepInceptionJokerGap
0M→1M3,391d617d2,774d
1M→2M699d544d155d
2M→3M389d371d18d
3M→4M362d274d88d
4M→5M282d258d24d
5M→6M233d264d31d

Fastest millions

Fastest run of each length, from one million up
MillionsInceptionJokerGap
1233d5M→6M258d4M→5M25d
2515d4M→6M522d4M→6M7d
3877d3M→6M796d3M→6M81d
41,266d2M→6M1,167d2M→6M99d
51,965d1M→6M1,711d1M→6M254d

The films

#1 InceptionChristopher Nolan · 2010#5 JokerTodd Phillips · 2019