Folie à Deux is no laughing matter as the musical sequel comes off like a bad joke on PVOD

Joker: Folie à Deux will go down as one of the biggest failures at the 2024 box office after its dismal earnings and speedy debut on PVOD. Todd Phillips’ musical sequel earned $204M worldwide, paling compared to the original’s staggering $1B+ blockbuster performance. Opinions differ significantly about the film’s quality (depending on who you talk … Read more

Folie à Deux will be better appreciated in 10 to 20 years

Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima thinks Joker: Folie à Deux is an underappreciated gem and will age like a fine wine. When one of the gaming industry’s most enigmatic creators, Hideo Kojima, isn’t collecting scans of celebrities like Pokémon, he occasionally takes a break from developing strange and innovative interactive experiences by watching a movie. … Read more

“Megalopolis” and “Joker: Folie à Deux”; or, The Virtue of Burning Money | Features

Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making science fiction fable “Megalopolis” was financed with his own wealth, the result of selling off part of his vineyards, and has the hallmarks of a labor of love in which nobody could say no to him about any aspect, even budget or running time. Which is not to say that it’s … Read more

Why Did ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Flop?

Joker: Folie à Deux is a bomb. And in the words of Batman, some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb. Right now, Warner Bros. might be wishing it could. Folie à Deux grossed less than half of the original Joker in its opening weekend in theaters; an estimated $40 million compared to the $96.2 million opening … Read more