'Joker: Folie à Deux' topped $200 billion at the global box office

With three weeks of exhibition in theaters, Joker: Folie à Deux, surpassed $200 million at the global box office.

The musical sequel to the box office hit Joker (2019), was one of the high-profile projects of 2024, made to succeed in theaters. Instead, Joker: Folie à Deux has been hit hard by critics and audiences alike.

They are Box office at the moment is $57.8 million dollars in the domestic market (United States) and $143.3 million dollars in the international market. For a global total at the moment of $201.1 million dollars.

This Tuesday, October 29, the sequel will be released in digital formatthree weeks after its premiere in cinemas around the world, something extremely unusual for projects of this caliber. It will later be available in MAX.

It is projected that Folie à Deux ends its run in theaters with $65 million dollars at the domestic box office and $210 million dollars at the international box office, and a global total of $275 million dollars.

Generally that would be an extremely positive box office, but not when your production budget was $190 million dollars, plus another $100 million dollars of marketing and distribution campaign. This means that the sequel needs about $450 million to break even, since the profits on ticket sales are divided between the studios and theaters.

WB sources say the film needs $375 million to break even.

The projections of expert analysts indicate that Folie à Deux could end up generating a loss of approximately $150 million to $200 millionupon concluding its run in theaters around the world. Other sources reveal that The figure would be closer to $125 million dollars.

The sequel features the returns of Todd Phillips as co-writer and director, and that of Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/Joker, in addition to the debut of Lady Gaga like Harley Quinn, who in this Joker-verse Phillips is known as Lee Quinzel.

Folie à Deux It has musical elements and is set in Arkham Asylumwhich is where it ends JOKER (2019) after Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) was sent there. Folie à Deux It takes place two years after the events of the original, as Arthur awaits his trial for the murder of five people.

Phillips wrote the script with Scott Silverhis coguionist in Joker (2019).

In addition to Phoenix and Gaga, the main cast includes Zazie Beetz reprising her role as Sophie Dumond, with the new additions of Catherine Keener (Get Out), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges), Jacob Lofland (Mud), y Harry Lawtey (Industry) como Harvey Dent.