During a new sit-down conversation with Jeremy O. Harris for Interview Magazine, the filmmaker and screenwriter mentioned offhandedly that he had gone to watch the musical follow-up to the 2019 Joker, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as failed comedian Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.

Director Todd Phillips ' sequel Joker: Folie à Deux ends on a pointedly tragic note (for more on that, read our full ending explainer ), but its final frame also contains confirmation of a new, chilling beginning — and the identity of the real Joker.

After Joker: Folie à Deux and Megalopolis flopped at the box office, pundits were quick to excoriate their filmmakers and studios for the big swings they took. But big swings — which often end up flopping — are at the foundation of what the film industry needs to survive.

Folie à Deux at the North American box office because the sequel will slip to third place this weekend behind Terrifier 3 and The Wild

The killer clown sequel probably cost less than what Warner Bros. spent on the Venice Film Festival premiere of 'Joker: Folie à Deux.'

Joker: Folie á Deux” isn’t rebounding at the international box office, where the off-beat comic book musical added $22.6 million from 77 territories in its second weekend of release. Though the film has performed far better in overseas markets compared to domestically — with $113 million internationally and $51 million in North America,

A release date for the digital release of Joker 2 has been announced. The news comes after the long-awaited sequel to the Oscar-winning original, largely panned at the box office and was deemed a flop by critics.

Folie à Deux", a sequel to the acclaimed "Joker" from 2019, was recently released but did not perform as expected at the box office, with only 32% approval on Rotten Tomatoes.

Joker 2's box office failure continued with a record-breaking second weekend drop and here's how much money Warner Bros. could lose on the DC movie.