Folie à Deux" a D rating on CinemaScore — the worst grade ever earned by a major comic book movie. Why it matters: Warner Bros., the studio behind the film, stands to lose a lot. Producers reportedly dropped some $200 million on the sequel to the critically acclaimed first "Joker" from 2019.

Joker became the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, and fans were expecting far more from Joker: Folie a Deux. A part of Joker’s success was also its low budget of $55 million, due to which Warner Bros.

The 2019 box office hit earned $1 billion in theaters with $96.2 million over the course of its first weekend. Now, Joker 2, starring Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn alongside the returning Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/the Joker,

"It's a huge disaster, but what is the fallout?" asks one source after the sequel to the $1 billion hit bombs at the box office and is rejected by critics and audiences alike.

Folie a Deux was even lower at $37.8M this weekend versus the $40M that the studio reported yesterday morning. Sunday came in at $6.2M, -45% off Saturday’s $11.3M. The movie cost $190M+ before P&A. Overseas was better as we told you yesterday with a $81.

If you haven’t seen the latest Joker film, then this article is not for you because it will spoil your movie-watching experience since it explains the ending of the Joaquin Phoenix starrer. Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga came together for the first time for Joker: Folie à Deux which is helmed by Todd Phillips.