Why No One Will Get Fired Over ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ – “It’s a huge disaster, but what is the fallout?” asks one source after the sequel to the $1 billion hit bombs at the box office and is rejected by critics and audiences alike.
Why No One Will Get Fired Over ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ – “It’s a huge disaster, but what is the fallout?” asks one source after the sequel to the $1 billion hit bombs at the box office and is rejected by critics and audiences alike.
>“It is a collective failure, but it was right to make this movie,” says one top veteran producer and financier, who points out that Phillips is a brilliant director who has made Warners billions in between the first Joker and The Hangover movies.
The idea that Phillips will be put in director’s jail for one bomb vs a career of hits is karma-farming hyperbole lol. He’ll be on a shorter leash for his next project, but he’ll get work
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Once again, let’s take a look at how poorly this film’s budget was managed, shall we?:
1. **Shazam! Fury of the Gods** has a budget of $125 million.
2. **John Wick: Chapter 4** has a budget of $100 million.
3. **Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves** has a budget of $150 million.
4. **Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3** has a budget of $250 million.
5. **Transformers: Rise of the Beasts** has a budget of $200 million.
6. **Oppenheimer** has a budget of $100 million.
7. **Blue Beetle** has a budget of $104 million.
8. **Gran Turismo** has a budget of $60 million.
9. **The Equalizer** has a budget of $75 million.
10. **A Haunting in Venice** has a budget of $60 million.
11. **The Creator** has a budget of $80 million.
12. **The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes** has a budget of $100 million.
13. **Wonka** has a budget of $125 million.
14. **Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom** has a budget of $215 million.
15. **The Beekeeper** has a budget of $40 million.
16. **Dune: Part Two** has a budget of $190 million.
17. **Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire** has a budget of $100 million.
18. **Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire** has a budget of $135 million.
19. **Civil War** has a budget of $50 million.
20. **The Fall Guy** has a budget of $125 million.
21. **Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes** has a budget of $160 million.
22. **IF** has a budget of $110 million.
23. **Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga** has a budget of $168 million.
24. **Bad Boys: Ride or Die** has a budget of $100 million.
25. **A Quiet Place: Day One** has a budget of $67 million.
26. **Twisters** has a budget of $155 million.
27. **Deadpool & Wolverine** has a budget of $200 million.
28. **Borderlands** has a budget of $120 million.
29. **Alien: Romulus** has a budget of $80 million.
30. **The Crow** has a budget of $50 million.
31. **Beetlejuice Beetlejuice** has a budget of $100 million.
32. **Megalopolis** has a budget of $120 million.
Some of these films may be train wrecks, but at least you can tell why they needed such budgets.
Man, there are so many ways to shit on this film’s budget management. Anyone else have ideas on how to shit on it even further? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
TheIngloriousBIG on
I seriously thought this was gonna be a genuine oscar magnet like its predecessor. Guess it won’t be the case now…
SanderSo47 on
This right here.
> According to one source, the original ending of the first movie featured Phoenix’s Joker carving his face in front of a crowd of his supporters. But The Dark Knight filmmaker Christopher Nolan killed that idea, as only his Joker (Heath Ledger) carved his face. But Nolan is no longer at the studio, and thus there was no resistance.
DrStrangeAndEbonyMaw on
While I agree no one shall be fired…. Can we significantly reduce the compensation for those actual clowns? Zaslav’s salary plus bonus should not be one penny above 200k… he is so bad at this job… a senior manager salary would suffice.. save money for the movies
BeastoftheAtomAge on
And this is why Hollywood continues to fail. They don’t hold failing artists responsible or even accountable and if they did im sure we’d have alot less of these bombs coming out latley. Perfect example being good god how is Paul Feige still making movies?
InternationalEnd5816 on
You know it’s bad when the damage control articles are already popping up.
cinemaritz on
Budget is really too high but I think the movie is good and it makes sense with the second
So for me, artistically it makes senso, economically probably no…but honestly it would be a little boring as a movie lover if every damn time they green light the most plain successful movie, I mean I thank god if they don’t churn out an avatar every 4 months ….
DescendedAncient on
>Neither Phillips nor Phoenix was even sure about making a sequel and, for a time, contemplated putting on a Broadway show instead, before ultimately committing to the movie.
They *really* wanted to make a musical out of this.
BTISME123 on
WBD is gonna be so broke after this failure
TheCoolKat1995 on
>Phillips, according to one source, spent the weekend in seclusion on a ranch property he owns.
I imagine he spent that time ignoring any phone-calls he might have gotten from Warner Brothers executives about how the movie was faring,
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Another Tuesday at WBD.
>“It is a collective failure, but it was right to make this movie,” says one top veteran producer and financier, who points out that Phillips is a brilliant director who has made Warners billions in between the first Joker and The Hangover movies.
The idea that Phillips will be put in director’s jail for one bomb vs a career of hits is karma-farming hyperbole lol. He’ll be on a shorter leash for his next project, but he’ll get work
Once again, let’s take a look at how poorly this film’s budget was managed, shall we?:
1. **Shazam! Fury of the Gods** has a budget of $125 million.
2. **John Wick: Chapter 4** has a budget of $100 million.
3. **Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves** has a budget of $150 million.
4. **Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3** has a budget of $250 million.
5. **Transformers: Rise of the Beasts** has a budget of $200 million.
6. **Oppenheimer** has a budget of $100 million.
7. **Blue Beetle** has a budget of $104 million.
8. **Gran Turismo** has a budget of $60 million.
9. **The Equalizer** has a budget of $75 million.
10. **A Haunting in Venice** has a budget of $60 million.
11. **The Creator** has a budget of $80 million.
12. **The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes** has a budget of $100 million.
13. **Wonka** has a budget of $125 million.
14. **Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom** has a budget of $215 million.
15. **The Beekeeper** has a budget of $40 million.
16. **Dune: Part Two** has a budget of $190 million.
17. **Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire** has a budget of $100 million.
18. **Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire** has a budget of $135 million.
19. **Civil War** has a budget of $50 million.
20. **The Fall Guy** has a budget of $125 million.
21. **Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes** has a budget of $160 million.
22. **IF** has a budget of $110 million.
23. **Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga** has a budget of $168 million.
24. **Bad Boys: Ride or Die** has a budget of $100 million.
25. **A Quiet Place: Day One** has a budget of $67 million.
26. **Twisters** has a budget of $155 million.
27. **Deadpool & Wolverine** has a budget of $200 million.
28. **Borderlands** has a budget of $120 million.
29. **Alien: Romulus** has a budget of $80 million.
30. **The Crow** has a budget of $50 million.
31. **Beetlejuice Beetlejuice** has a budget of $100 million.
32. **Megalopolis** has a budget of $120 million.
Some of these films may be train wrecks, but at least you can tell why they needed such budgets.
Man, there are so many ways to shit on this film’s budget management. Anyone else have ideas on how to shit on it even further? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I seriously thought this was gonna be a genuine oscar magnet like its predecessor. Guess it won’t be the case now…
This right here.
> According to one source, the original ending of the first movie featured Phoenix’s Joker carving his face in front of a crowd of his supporters. But The Dark Knight filmmaker Christopher Nolan killed that idea, as only his Joker (Heath Ledger) carved his face. But Nolan is no longer at the studio, and thus there was no resistance.
While I agree no one shall be fired…. Can we significantly reduce the compensation for those actual clowns? Zaslav’s salary plus bonus should not be one penny above 200k… he is so bad at this job… a senior manager salary would suffice.. save money for the movies
And this is why Hollywood continues to fail. They don’t hold failing artists responsible or even accountable and if they did im sure we’d have alot less of these bombs coming out latley. Perfect example being good god how is Paul Feige still making movies?
You know it’s bad when the damage control articles are already popping up.
Budget is really too high but I think the movie is good and it makes sense with the second
So for me, artistically it makes senso, economically probably no…but honestly it would be a little boring as a movie lover if every damn time they green light the most plain successful movie, I mean I thank god if they don’t churn out an avatar every 4 months ….
>Neither Phillips nor Phoenix was even sure about making a sequel and, for a time, contemplated putting on a Broadway show instead, before ultimately committing to the movie.
They *really* wanted to make a musical out of this.
WBD is gonna be so broke after this failure
>Phillips, according to one source, spent the weekend in seclusion on a ranch property he owns.
I imagine he spent that time ignoring any phone-calls he might have gotten from Warner Brothers executives about how the movie was faring,