Joker: Folie a Deux Stumbles to $40 Million Opening Weekend

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Joker: Folie a Deux Stumbles to $40 Million Opening Weekend
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'Joker: Folie a Deux' fell short of expectations, earning just $40 million in domestic ticket sales during its opening weekend. Despite strong performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, critics and audiences found the musical-slash-courtroom-drama format perplexing and lacking plot.

" Joker : Folie a Deux" tallied just $40 million in domestic ticket sales during it opening weekend.While the first film had a modest budget of $65 million and topped $1 billion at the global box office ,"Folie a Deux" had a much bigger budget of $200 million." Joker : Folie a Deux" stumbled to just $40 million in domestic ticket sales during it opening weekend, a far cry from the $96.2 million its predecessor brought in during its debut in 2019.

Just last month, the film was expected to haul-in closer to $70 million, but as reviews poured in, that estimated figure slumped to around $50 million.

Director Todd Phillips' first"Joker" tallied a whopping $1.07 billion at the global box office five years ago on a modest budget of around $65 million. Its sequel carried a $200 million production price tag, not inlcuding marketing efforts. Audiences and critics applauded Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga's performances in"Folie a Deux," but they felt the story had too many ideas and not enough plot.

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