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Joker 2 box office collection: Joaquin Phoenix's film earns Rs 5 crore in India on day 1

Joker 2 box office collection: Joaquin Phoenix's film earns Rs 5 crore in India on day 1

Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker 2 trailer still.

Joker: Folie a Deux had got a decent start at the Indian box office. Todd Phillips' musical, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, was one of the most anticipated movies of the year.

After a long wait of 5years, the movie hit the theatres on Oct 2, a few days earlier than the movie's worldwide release. The filmwill hit the theatres worldwide on Oct 4.

Joker 2 box office

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Released on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, a public holiday, with the expectation that the movie might attract a huge audience to the theatre. On the first day of release, theyearned decent numbers.

As per Sacnilk, the musical earned ₹5 crore at the Indian box office on its opening day in all languages. The movie had an overall 22.70% English occupancy on Wednesday, October 02, 2024.

The movie has been released at a time when it doesn't have any tough competition from any domestic release. The movie that has been running well at the Indian box office for two monthsis Amar Kaushik's Stree 2.

For the unversed, the original 2019 movie was a huge success, earning $ 1.08 billion at the worldwide box office. Phoenix won an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Joker.

More about Joker: Folie a Deux

The sequel of the 2019 movie brings back Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleckand this time he has a partner and his love interest Lee or Harley Quinn (Lady Gaga).

Set two years after the 2019 movie, the new sequel film will pick up the story where Phoenix’s character Arthur is admitted as a patient at Arkham State Hospital. The R-rated movie is co-written by Phillips and Scott Silver.

Joker: Folie a Deux review

WION's film critic Shomini Sen called the movie dull.

She wrote, ''Joker: Folie à Deux however is a dull, uninspiring sequel. I found the first film disturbing and slightly problematic because of its message. The sequel does not evoke such strong reactions but instead, tests your patience to a great extent. Gaga is underutilized, the sequences are long drawn and the overall pace of the film is sluggish. Not the sort of sequel one would expect after the brilliance of Joker, '' read the review here.

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