Joker: Folie Deux might want to consider renaming itself Joker: chec norme after a disastrous opening weekend that, quite incredibly, was worse than first reported. For a film that was once tracking for a $70 million debut in theaters, expectations were lowered and lowered following critical scorn from reviewers and word of mouth that can only be described as toxic at best. Mondays final count didnt even hit Sundays grim $40 million estimatepractically a disaster for a movie that cost a whopping $200 million, with the movie pulling in a dismal $37.8 million in its first weekend. For context, the original Joker snagged $39 million just on its first Friday back in 2019.