Warner Bros. released “Joker: Folie à Deux” on October 4th. To say this $190M film was a commercial and critical failure would be an understatement.
To date, ‘Folie à Deux’ has grossed just $204M worldwide with only $58M of that total coming from North America. Just to put things into perspective, the first one, 2019’s “Joker,” grossed $1B from a budget of just $55M.
With these disastrous numbers in mind, the film was quickly shipped off to VOD last week, no doubt to try and turn in a profit from folks who might still be curious to watch this Gotham musical, and it turns out the home numbers aren’t any better.
‘Folie à Deux’ had a disappointing first week on VOD, debuting in fourth place on both iTunes and Fandango charts — it currently ranks behind “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “The Substance” (!!!).
While James L. Brooks teased last year that "we'll soon be seeing" Jack Nicholson, 89, act again, and that he was "reading scripts," that idea has now been shut down by his close friend Michael Douglas, 82.