Joker: Folie À Deux — starring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix — may have bombed at the box office, but the name behind the new flick <br>
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Folie À Deux directly translates to madness for two. <br>
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The term means 'the presence of the same or similar delusional ideas in two persons closely associated <br>
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And while the name is a stroke of clever ingenuity, the film itself might leave audiences <br>
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The new flick has garnered the lowest CinemaScore in comic book <br>
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Joker: Folie À Deux — starring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix — may have <br>
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Folie À Deux directly translates to madness for two. The <br>
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The psychological musical thriller — which has been criticized as 'bleak' and 'disappointing' — officially <br>
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Joker: Folie À Deux is branded 'bleak' and the <br>
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Joaquin reprised his role as the Joker in the sequel,<br>
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which had earned him an Oscar for his portrayal <br>
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in the 2019 film, while Gaga took on the role of Harleen Lee Quinzel (Harley Quinn). <br>
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However, Joker: Folie À Deux has been given a D rating on CinemaScore — the lowest score for a comic book movie at the time of writing. <br>
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Madame Web — which notably also flopped in theaters earlier <br>
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie currently holds an audience score of 31 <br>
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The sequel is projected to rake in less that $50 million at the domestic box office <br>
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during the entirety of opening weekend, per The Hollywood Reporter. <br>
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The movie had been projected to bring in around $70 million - but the number has <br>
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Joker (2019) notably opened with $96.2 million when the film first released in theaters - and eventually <br>
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landed a little over $1 billion in the global box office. <br>
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It has garnered the lowest CinemaScore in comic book movie history as the <br>
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film bombs at the box office on opening night<br>
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It received a D rating on CinemaScore - the lowest score for a comic book movie<br>
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie currently holds an audience score of 31% and a critic score of 32%<br>
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The first movie - which was also directed by Todd Phillips - had a budget <br>
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of between $55 and $70 million. However, the budget increased for Folie <br>
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The 2019 movie garnered praise and positive reviews from both critics and audiences - and won the <br>
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Golden Lion during the 76th Venice International Film Festival. <br>
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Joaquin received an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of the Joker (Arthur Fleck) - and the film garnered an additional Academy Award for Best Original <br>
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The sequel also screened during the Venice International Film <br>
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Festival last month in September, where it earned a 12-minute standing ovation, per Deadline. <br>
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However, audiences have since taken to X after the movie released in theaters on Friday - and <br>
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shared their opinions on the sequel, which features musical sequences. <br>
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One fan penned, 'Joaquin Phoenix don't deserve this. what <br>
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happened to the script?' while another added, 'is it that bad,' followed by a crying face emoji. <br>
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'Ironically I feel that a musical, if done well, could have been a good choice.<br>
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It'd show how much of an unreliable narrator Fleck is,' one typed. <br>
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'But with some original songs, that keep everything vague, <br>
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not just covers. Also when I heard of the ending I snorted fr.' <br>
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A social media user wrote, 'Stop making sequels as musicals if the original wasn't a musical.' <br>
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'Maybe he [Phillips] only had an hour long movie, and decided <br>
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'Joker downfall really needs to be studied,' another shared, <br>
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along with a monkey staring out a window. <br>
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One fan said, 'the movie sucks. i had to walk out of the cinema,' while another penned, 'After years of disagreement....*Joker 2 releases* <br>
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Critics [shaking hands] Audience.' <br>
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However, audiences have since taken to X after the movie released in theaters on Friday - and <br>
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'Ironically I feel that a musical, if done well, could have been a good <br>
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choice. It'd show how much of an unreliable narrator <br>
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Fleck is,' one typed<br>
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'Joker downfall really needs to be studied,' another shared, along with a <br>
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monkey staring out a window<br>
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'That's way below what we expected,' one wrote in regards to the current Rotten Tomatoes scores.<br>
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'People are saying this is the worst sequel ever.' <br>
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A fan explained, 'yea this film was bad. it was pretentious and dull.<br>
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has the aesthetic of an arthouse film without the substance.' <br>
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'It also insults the audience's intelligence. the songs were also underwhelming too.<br>
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they shouldn't have let this escape to theaters.' <br>
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One shared, 'The audience that loved the <br>
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This was a gigantic mistake from step 1.' <br>
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During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Phillips discussed whether he <br>
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'It's not really where this movie is headed for me. I feel like my time in the DC Universe was these two films.' <br>
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