Digital release date Joker: Folie à Deux has been revealed. Joker: Folie à Deux'S Since the film's debut, reviews have been largely negative among critics and general audiences, with a 33% critic score and a 32% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The Joker the sequel was also a box office disaster and will lose $150-200 million by the end of its theatrical run. This is a particularly disappointing result after 2019 Joker the film grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
According to Diversity, Joker: : Folie à Deux will be available on home entertainment platforms from October 29less than a month after the Joaquin Phoenix film premiered on October 4. For comparison, the sequel's predecessor debuted in theaters on October 4, 2019, and was only available on digital platforms over two months later on December 17. For now Joker: : Folie à Deux still playing in theaters.
What this means for Joker: Folie à Deux
Success on digital platforms is the last hope for continuity
Joker: Folie à DeuxThe digital release date is another sign of the film's disappointing box office performance. After the sequel performed poorly in its first two weeks in theaters, Warner Bros. will soon make it available for home viewing in the hope that digital purchases will help them recover at least some of their financial losses. It's worth noting that since 2019, across the industry, the gap between theatrical release and digital release has generally narrowed, but that doesn't make this result any less disappointing.
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After struggling both critically and commercially, Joker: Folie à Deux has a chance for greater success on digital platforms. This would be a much-needed win for the film after a lackluster performance, even though it can't fully make up for its dismal box office performance. Given these challenges and Joker: Folie à Deuxending, a third film was never going to be made, but the sequel could at least find a way to partially salvage the negativity surrounding it if it does well when available for digital purchase.
Our take on Joker: Folie à Deux release date
It's a sign of changing times
A clear juxtaposition between releases Joker AND Joker: Folie à Deux demonstrates how much the film industry and audience tastes have changed in just five years. Joker was one of the greatest theater successes of 2019 Joker: Folie à Deux is being pushed out of theaters and onto digital platforms. Phoenix's take on the Joker didn't resonate with moviegoers as much as it did five years earlier, but perhaps it will resonate more when the story can be viewed at home.
source: diversity
Joker: Folie à Deux is the sequel to Todd Phillips' critically acclaimed comic book thriller Joker. Joaquin Phoenix reprises his Oscar-winning role as failed comedian Arthur Fleck and returns to the iconic DC character with Lady Gaga, who makes her debut as the Joker's lover, Harley Quinn, in this standalone sequel to the DC universe.
- Director
- Todd Phillips
- Release date
- October 4, 2024
- Writers
- Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, Bob Kane, Paul Dini, Bill Finger, Bruce Timm, Jerry Robinson
- To throw
- Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beetz, Steve Coogan, Harry Lawtey, Leigh Gill, Jacob Lofland, Sharon Washington, Troy Fromin, Bill Smitrovich, John Lacy, Ken Leung
- Execution time
- 138 minutes
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