Warner Bros. confirms when Joker: Folie à Deux's downer ending and its vilification of Arthur Fleck's Joker persona, but praised the film's cinematography and Joaquin Phoenix's performance.

Max reveals Joker: Folie à Deux's will be available Friday, December 13, 2024, exclusively on Max. Joker: Folie à Deux will also be available on HBO linear on Saturday, December 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Joker: Folie à Deux's streaming release window is a little over two months — 70 days before its October 4 theatrical release.

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Joker: Folie A Deux's Reception Didn't Affect Its Streaming Release Window

During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, streaming release dates became a subject of controversy, as studios sent movies to streaming platforms almost immediately after their theatrical release, and sometimes even directly to streaming. Although this approach has been abandoned, streaming release windows have shortened considerably in comparison to pre-pandemic times, with comic book movies like Matt Reeves' The Batman becoming available on streaming only one month after they hit theaters. Despite its disappointing performance, this isn't the case with Joker: Folie à Deux.

Our Take On The Joker 2 Streaming Date

Joker: Folie A Deux Didn't Perform As Poorly As First Thought

As soon as Todd Phillips' Joker sequel arrived in theaters, the discussion around Joker: Folie à Deux centered on how different it was from the first movie and how it subverted many of the elements that had been so popular in 2019's Joker, mostly to negative reactions. Joker: Folie à Deux's $38-million opening weekend placed box office predictions much lower than its budget, and its critics' ratings continue to place it at the bottom of DC's movie catalog. Yet, Joker: Folie à Deux managed to recover its budget (not counting marketing) in the two months between its theatrical and streaming releases.

As it stands, Joker: Folie à Deux probably won't have a sequel, as director Todd Phillips and the Joker: Folie à Deux cast will move on to new projects not related to DC Comics. DC will continue to build its cinematic franchises with Matt Reeves' The Batman universe and James Gunn's DCU, both separately but simultaneously. Meanwhile, Joker: Folie à Deux will be available on streaming, within reach for those who appreciate it as a standalone experiment that never aimed to create an expansive franchise or a movie trilogy.

Source: Max

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