How much money has finally lost Joker: madness for two?

Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga won dollars in Warner Bros. In the end? Spoiler: No!

Joker 2 Was certainly the most resounding flop of 2024 at the box office. A potentially billionaire hit, like the first part, and which took a wall at 200 million … We knew that the film was difficult to be profitable for the studio. But how much Joker: Folia with two he finally cost Warner Bros. ?

Released in theaters in the United States in October 2024, this second opus produced by Todd Phillips followed the phenomenal success of Joker from 2019. Joaquin Phoenix resumed his role asArthur Fleckalongside Lady Gagawho played Harley “Lee” Quinzel.

But this eagerly awaited suite did not meet the same success as its predecessor. At the world box office, Two madness only reported about $ 207.5 milliona very disappointing figure compared to the billion dollars generated by the first film. It must be said that the feature film has suffered very bad criticism and disastrous spectator returns, with a note of 31 % on Rotten Tomatoes and several trophies with Razzie Awardswhich “reward” the worst films of the year.

According to a new report of Deadline,, Joker 2 would have caused a net loss estimated at $ 144.25 million For Warner Bros.

To give an idea, this sum corresponds to the price of a big budget film (it was roughly the cost of production of WONDER WOMAN in 2017, which had required a budget of 149 million but generated 824 million recipes in the world).

This colossal loss cannot be explained only by the low rooms in theaters (whose income is divided between operators, taxes, actors and producers). The film cost 200 million dollars to be produced, to which are added 106.3 million expenses for the vast promo.

Result, thanks to its good VOD scores and other streaming broadcasts (via max), Two madness reported $ 227 million income in Warner Bros. according to Deadline… for a total cost estimated at 371.3 million dollars: a deficit of almost 150 million For the studio.