With the film proving way more divisive than its unique installment, <em>Joker: Folie à Deux</em> has set an unlucky file on CinemaScore. Anticipation had been excessive for Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips’ sequel to their $1 billion 2019 hit, notably because the film can be introducing Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn into the world separate from each the DC Extended and James Gunn’s upcoming DC Universes. Upon its Venice International Film Festival premiere, although, Joker: Folie à Deux has seen typically destructive opinions from critics and audiences alike, with its Rotten Tomatoes viewers rating touchdown nicely under even the worst-reviewed DCEU film.

Now, because the film lastly hits theaters and extra audiences are seeing it, CinemaScore has unveiled Joker: Folie à Deux‘s ranking. The platform, solely devoted to polling moviegoers’ reactions, has tabulated a D rating from viewers, formally making it the lowest-rated movie within the superhero style on CinemaScore. Check out the announcement submit of the rating under:

How Joker: Folie à Deux’s CinemaScore Compares To The Rest Of The Superhero Genre

More Infamous Flops Have Somehow Fared Better

Though the primary Joker could have seen a greater response from audiences than critics on Rotten Tomatoes, it nonetheless wasn’t essentially an authorized hit on CinemaScore, holding a B+ ranking on the platform. Going into Folie à Deux, the promise of a extra surreal method to exploring Arthur and Harley’s romance and seeming embrace of the Joker persona with musical numbers was engaging, and seemingly confirmed a willingness to interrupt away from the storytelling critics discovered too just like each Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy within the unique.

Even nonetheless, the sequel’s record-low CinemaScore reveals this method simply did not work out in its favor. It additionally proves stunning, contemplating Joker: Folie à Deux‘s Rotten Tomatoes scores aren’t even the bottom for the superhero style, with the likes of Morbius, Batman and Robin and 2015’s Fantastic Four all faring a lot worse, but additionally outperforming Phoenix’s sequel on CinemaScore. Check out how Joker: Folie à Deux‘s CinemaScore compares to a few of the different lowest-rated superhero style titles on the platform within the chart under:

In each critics and audiences’ reactions to Joker: Folie à Deux, it appears clear that the largest issues creating such blended responses are the minimal screentime with Gaga’s Quinn and Phoenix’s Joker, and its thematic method to the response to the primary film. Many opinions have particularly famous the film’s seeming intent was to critique the poisonous facet of fandom, notably in how the primary film practically impressed some very actual Jokers. This, in flip, led to some believing that those that did benefit from the unique Joker can be upset by Phillips’ method to the sequel, together with Screen Rant‘s Alex Harrison in his Folie à Deux evaluation:

Philips would possibly as nicely be placing
Joker
on trial in
Folie à Deux,
hammering house that lots of people bought his first film incorrect. Arthur is not actually a
Taxi Driver
man anymore; this time, he’d fairly sing his troubles away.

Our Take On Joker: Folie à Deux’s Record-Low CinemaScore

The Movie Won’t Come Anywhere Near The Original’s Record Box Office Run

As somebody who was already torn about how the unique film depicted the titular character’s origins, I can not fairly resolve whether or not the division in the direction of Joker: Folie à Deux has sparked my curiosity additional within the sequel or put me off from watching it. Regardless of my very own curiosity, although, the record-low CinemaScore for the movie does make it clear that it will not maintain a torch to the unique film’s success, notably its record-setting field workplace run. For 5 years, the unique Joker was not solely the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all-time, but additionally the primary to surpass the $1 billion mark.

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This 12 months, although, noticed the previous file shattered when the extremely anticipated Deadpool & Wolverine rapidly soared to $1.327 billion, additionally at the moment holding the No. 2 spot for the highest-grossing movies of the 12 months. As such, between the film’s divisive reception and field workplace opening barely bringing in half of what the unique did in the identical interval, I feel Joker: Folie à Deux is not going to solely come nowhere close to its predecessor’s $1 billion haul, however may not break even towards its $200 million manufacturing finances.

Source: CinemaScore/Twitter