Monday, June 22, 2026

“Joker” a Stunning Flop with “D” Cinemascore – Worst Ever for Comic Book Movie, Stunning Low $40 Mil Weekend

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No one wants to see “Joker 2: Folie a Deux.”

Toddy Phillips’ $200 million sequel to his 2019 hit movie has earned a “D” on Cinemascore with exiting audiences.

That’s the lowest rating ever for any comic book movie.

On Thursday night, “Joker 2” scored only $7 million in previews. It picked up $13 last night for a total of $20 million. It should come in at a shockingly low $40 million weekend.

Meantime, Lady Gaga’s companion album, “Harlequin,” managed to move around 26,000 after its surprise release last week. The album is wonderful, with Gaga performing jazz standards like buttah. But the overall lack of interest in the film was an obstacle.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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