This time around, the joke may actually be on DC Studios with its latest release.

$100m opening in serious jeopardy and might go a lot lower.

Hopefully won’t head for ‘The Marvels’ / ‘The Flash’ territory."

DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn

Unfortunately numbers are what they are no matter how much you want films to succeed.

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Reviews for the film have been less than stellar, to say the least.

Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn and Joaquin Phoenix as Joker dancing on a set of stairs in Joker: Folie à Deux

The originalJokerhas been equally divisive among critics, earning a slightly more impressive69%on the review aggregation platform.

However, that number includes reviews that have come since the movie’s debut.

The 2019 film was one of the biggest success stories of that year.

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Against all odds, the R-rated gritty comic-book adaptation raked in over $1 billion worldwide.

Everything looked as though there was no wayJoker 2could fail.

Yet, here we are.

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This is not the same movie business that got the originalJokerover that $1 billion mark.

Plus, DC as a brand has taken a lot of hits sinceJokercame to theaters in 2019.

Joker: Folie a Deuxcomes to theaters on Friday, October 4.

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