Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga Joker: Folie à Deux– the sequel to the 2019 blockbuster joker– is new to the cinema. Do the end credits suggest more chaos is to come?

jokerwas of course a milestone in 2019 as it became the first R-rated film Box office mojoto break the $1 billion mark in global ticket sales.

The film also received 11 Oscar nominations – including for Best Picturedoor and Best Director for Todd Phillips – and won two statuettes, including Best Actor for Phoenix for his role as Arthur Fleck/Joker.

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Because of that success, a sequel was all but guaranteed, and five years later, Phoenix and Phillips are back at it Joker: Folie à Deux.

Phillips upped the ante with the sequel by adding musical cues to the crime drama/psychological thriller, giving the film a jukebox musical feel with the addition of pop superstar actress Lady Gaga as Lee Quinzel, aka Harley Quinn.

The film’s logline reads: “Joker: Folie à Deuxfinds Arthur Fleck in an asylum in Arkham, awaiting trial for his crimes as the Joker. As Arthur struggles with his dual identity, he not only encounters true love, but also finds the music that has always been within him.”

Note: A slight spoiler about the film’s ending credits can be found in the next section.

What do the end credits of “Joker: Folie à Deux” tell us?

In general, scenes during the end credits or post-credits serve one of two functions: they can either connect outstanding questions about a scene earlier in the film, or they can announce a possible sequel.

While end credits scenes have become standard practice for comic book films, it’s important to note this joker and its sequel are not Your typical comic book adaptations definitely follow different rules.

TRUE, joker is a character who appeared in Batman DC Comics stories by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson and Bill Finger, but from 2019 joker-And Joker: Folie à DeuxBy the way – feel more like the dark Martin Scorsese Medium streets– Types of movies than anything you’ve seen from DC or Marvel before.

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So, like that joker—Joker: Folie à Deux—not contain an end credits scene. Of course, that doesn’t mean there won’t be more joker Film. If anything, a successful box office success could perhaps pave the way for a Harley Quinn spinoff film.

Ultimately is the idea of ​​the third party joker or a Harley Quinn spinoff film will largely depend on how successful it is Joker: Folie à Deux has at the box office.

Joker: Folie à Deux is expected to have a good start. Accordingly diversityThe film is expected to gross between $50 and $65 million domestically and between $80 and $85 million overseas in its opening weekend from 4,100 theaters, for a worldwide cume of somewhere between $130 and $150 million.

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While these are great opening numbers for most films, Variety sharp that out Joker: Folie à Deux has a production budget of $200 million before print and advertising.

In contrast to diversity noted, 2019 joker had a production budget of $65 million before P&A and made $96 million domestically in its opening weekend. Combined with more than $152 million in international ticket sales, the first joker made $248 million in its first Friday-Sunday frame.

Rated R, Joker: Folie à Deux is in previews on Thursday before hitting theaters nationwide on Friday.

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