In 2019, Joaquin Phoenix shined bright as the utterly sinister villain Joker in, you guessed it, Joker. The role, which was raved by viewers, also landed Phoenix his first-ever Oscar win. So, of course,

In the first clip, Joaquin tells Lady Gaga to stand up as the audience claps following a screening of Joker: Folie à Deux; in the second, they politely seem to argue about what song is the best in the movie; and in the third they compliment each other's outfits on the red carpet. So, nothing all that wild! And yet, the comments on TikTok are....

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Nevertheless, Folie à Deux ’s $121 million global haul has pushed Phoenix’s career box office past the $2.1 billion mark. Exactly half of that amount has come from the first Joker film, which became a box office sensation in 2019 with a lifetime haul of over $1 billion.

When Todd Phillips' Joker was released in 2019, it was a phenomenal success at the box office – earning over $1 billion worldwide and becoming the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time (though Shawn Levy's Deadpool & Wolverine took that record this past summer ).

Slasher horror Terrifier 3 seems to have cut the box office run of Joker: Folie à Deux after the Joaquin Phoenix opened to dismal reviews.