{"id":114544,"date":"2024-10-15T21:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T14:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114544"},"modified":"2024-10-15T21:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T14:22:45","slug":"joker-folie-a-deux-fiasco-continues-to-rob-warner-bros-blind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114544","title":{"rendered":"Joker: Folie \u00c0 Deux fiasco continues (to rob Warner Bros. blind)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You remember that famous scene in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dark Knight<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where the Joker (played by Heath Ledger) sets stacks and stacks of money on fire? Well, Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix have continued in that grand Joker tradition with their sequel <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joker: <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Folie \u00c0 Deux<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a movie so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/joker-folie-a-deux-review\">defiantly unenjoyable<\/a> it earned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/joker-folie-a-deux-breaks-box-office-record-bad-version\">worst ever second-weekend drop off<\/a> at the box office for a comic book movie. And they did it all on Warner Bros. dime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exact calculation of what <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joker 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018s failure cost the studio remains to be seen. That is partially because the movie could scrape together a bit more revenue in theaters and when it gets to home entertainment platforms. It is also partially because WB\u2019s projections don\u2019t necessarily add up with the projections of outside observers. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/joker-folie-a-deux-lose-warner-bros-millions-box-office-flop-1236176479\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variety<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/joker-folie-a-deux-lose-warner-bros-millions-box-office-flop-1236176479\/\"> projects<\/a> the movie needs $450 million to break even, but WB says it needs $375 million. Of course, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joker 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> isn\u2019t likely to reach either figure, currently resting around $165 million globally. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variety<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reports that, \u201caccording to the estimates of insiders as well as three rival executives with knowledge of similar productions,\u201d the movie is poised to lose \u201cat least $150 million to $200 million in its theatrical run.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- admarker --> <!-- inlinecontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/joker-2-todd-phillips-what-went-wrong-joaquin-phoenix\">we\u2019ve discussed before<\/a>, Warner Bros. really has no one to blame but itself for giving Phillips and then getting upset when the anti-comic book movie guy made an anti-comic book movie. Nevertheless, \u201cAny estimates suggested by anonymous \u2018insiders\u2019 or \u2018rival executives\u2019 are grossly wrong and continues a trend where rumor is reported as fact,\u201d a spokesperson complains in a statement to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variety<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cThe film continues to play in theatrical release, included with this week\u2019s opening in China, and will continue to earn revenue throughout its home viewing and ancillary run.\u201d Uh huh, well, good luck with that, guys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- inlinecontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-x articles-inline-insert\" id=\"inline-related-articles\">\n<ul class=\"articles grid-margin-x flex-container flex-dir-column\">\n<li class=\"grid-x grid-padding-x\"><a class=\"auto cell copy-container noimage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/paul-schrader-joker-folie-a-deux-review\"><b class=\"title\"><i>Joker: Folie \u00c0 Deux<\/i> is \u201ca really bad musical,\u201d raves Paul Schrader<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"grid-x grid-padding-x\"><a class=\"auto cell copy-container noimage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/joker-folie-a-deux-breaks-box-office-record-bad-version\"><b class=\"title\"><i>Joker: Folie \u00c0 Deux<\/i> breaks another box office record (bad kind)<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><!-- admarker --> <!-- inlinecontent_2 -->\n                            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/joker-2-fiasco-cost-warner-bros-lots-of-money-box-office\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You remember that famous scene in The Dark Knight where the Joker (played by Heath Ledger) sets stacks and stacks of money on fire? 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