Joker 2,' starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, fails to rise to the box office standards set by its Oscar-winning predecessor.

Folie À Deux is quickly turning into a debacle. The extremely expensive follow-up film has been getting rough treatment from critics and audiences alike, and it has resulted in underwhelming box office numbers in its opening weekend.

Joker: Folie à Deux is a movie horrified by its predecessor, horrified by its success, its maddening cowardice to pick a lane, its public misinterpretation forged into perverse celebration of a lunatic with a bone to pick.

Joker: Folie à Deux,” the sequel to the hit 2019 movie based on the “Batman” comics archvillain, was the top box-office draw this weekend amid caustic reviews and audience disdain. The Warner Bros. Pictures’ (NASDAQ:WBD) feature grossed $40 million,

Folie à Deux” is the No. 1 movie at the box office, but it might not be destined for a happy ending. In a turn of events that only Arthur Fleck would find funny, the follow-up to Todd Phillips’ 2019 origin story about the Batman villain opened in theaters nationwide this weekend to a muted $40 million,

The sequel to 2019 hit film The Joker has not had a good opening weekend for its theatrical release, with cinema-goers ridiculing the Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix-fronted film online. Joker: Folie à Deux was released on Friday (October 4) and early reviews from both critics and audiences are in agreement: it’s not good.