You might be one of many who hated the Joker 2 ending, but Joaquin Phoenix has finally weighed in with a more positive take.

Arthur Fleck actor Joaquin Phoenix is reportedly being given the blame for the troubling results of Joker: Folie Deux and how the sequel was made.

Folie à Deux's laugh-free opening weekend, a new report details who came up with the sequel, whether anyone will take the blame for its failings, and how much the cast and director made.

Joaquin Phoenix has weighed in on the ending of Joker: Folie à Deux, explaining how he managed to find some warmth in a shocking moment.

This article contains major spoilers for the ending of “Joker: Folie à Deux” now playing in theaters. Joaquin Phoenix dons his clown makeup once again in “Joker: Folie à Deux,” the follow-up to his Oscar-winning performance from 2019.

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.

Rare is the musical that can waste a pop megastar of Gaga’s caliber. Rarer still is the one that will send you away humming no tune, tapping no toes. If you bought a ticket to “Joker: Folie à Deux,” then the joke — yet again — is on you.

Director Todd Phillips said their version of Arthur Fleck was never meant to be Gotham's iconic villain. He told IGN they dropped hints of this in Joker since that was intended as