Folie à Deux,” is projected to lose between $150 million to $200 million following a disappointing performance at the box office. What Happened: The film produced by Warner Bros. (NASDAQ:WBD), has grossed $51.

Twin Cities film critic Paul McGuire Grimes sits down with Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, the stars of “Joker: Folie À Deux”.

Joker: Folie à Deux” was primed to be another twisted comic book smash. Instead, the sequel to 2019’s billion-dollar hit “Joker” is a box office disaster. So far, the offbeat musical about Batman’s notorious foe has grossed $51.

Folie à Deux, to say the least, opting to leave the theater to buy something instead of screening the film in its entirety. During a new sit-down conversation with Jeremy O. Harris for Interview Magazine,

That was enough,” Schrader said. “It’s a really bad musical.” It’s certainly a surprise to hear Schrader’s assessment, considering he didn’t even get to the tap dancing sequence wherein director Todd Phillips forgot to film Phoenix’s feet.

Folie à Deux' which he says is a musical leap on 2019 'Joker.' Directed by Todd Phillips, the sequel stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.

Getting the ball rolling on a sequel was the obvious move, but unfortunately, Joker: Folie à Deux is bombing at the box office, and Variety reports it could lose the studio at least $150 million to $200 million.

Joker: Folie à Deux is reportedly making history, but not in the way studio executives hoped for. The sequel to Todd Philips’ infamous comic book adaptation, Joker, reached UK theatres on 2 October 2024 to a mediocre reception and plummeting box office revenue.