Yesterday, Warner Bros. guesstimated a $40 million opening for “Joker Folie a Deux.” It turns out they were overly optimistic.
As it turns out, “Joker” came in at just $37.8 million. That is a disaster worse than what was expected.
The Todd Phillips’ directed sequel to his 2019 hit just went wrong in every way. Rather than leave well enough alone, the producers and director made a movie no one wanted to see. And they didn’t.
The only bright spot is that Lady Gaga has a hit album, “Harlequin,” currently lodged at number 14 on iTunes. It would be doing better but so far there’s no CD or LP. Still, it should get Grammy nominations and maybe an Oscar nomination for one of its two original songs.
