“Joker: Folie à Deux” has continued to decline after being a huge flop in its first week of release, with box office receipts in its second week at a historic low.
Joker: A Folie à Deux, the sequel to the 2019 film Joker, which was a hit with critics and fans alike, grossed $38 million at the U.S. box office in its opening weekend, far exceeding previous projections of $5,000. Well below the $70 million to $70 million range.
However, its second weekend was even worse, earning only $7 million in 4,102 theaters in the United States. The 81% drop is the largest drop ever for a comic book film, and one of the steepest drops for a domestic film.
According to a chart from Box Office Mojo, which measures box office data collected since 1982, “Joker: Folie à Deux” fell 81%, placing it among the top 20 biggest second-weekend declines of all time.
The record drop for a comic book movie was previously held by Marvel, which exploded at the box office last year, opening in 4,030 theaters before opening at 78 theaters in its second weekend. suffered a decrease of %.
Worldwide, Joker: Folie à Deux has grossed $165 million to date, far from recouping its $200 million budget.
By comparison, Joker was made on a third of the sequel’s budget and grossed $96.2 million in the United States and $248.4 million worldwide in just one week. It grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, making it the first R-rated film and the highest-grossing R-rated film until this year, when it was surpassed by another comic book film, Deadpool & Wolverine. continued to be.
Joker received positive reviews from critics and won two Academy Awards from 11 nominations, including Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix.
Phoenix will reprise her role in the sequel, and Lady Gaga will join the cast as Harley Quinn’s love interest, Lee Quinzel, who is based on Harley Quinn.
The sequel, a musical, was dismissed by critics primarily for being “boring” and “surprisingly boring.”
Three-star reviews in the Guardian and Observer both praised Lady Gaga’s performance, but deemed the film “laborious” and “extravagant”.
