Continuity mistake: During the cartoon short that opens the movie, Joker, on his way to the stage, breaks the arm of a man in the corridor. In the background, slightly ahead of him in his path, is a poster for Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. The camera angle changes as Shadow Joker turns around; he is supposed to be in the same spot, but the poster is way behind him; Joker is now standing next to the Pal Joey poster.
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Directed by: Todd Phillips
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Ken Leung
Continuity mistake: When the barber, towards the beginning of the movie, asks Arthur if he's got a joke for them, Joaquin Phoenix's face is cleaner from soap compared to the previous and following part of the scene - when it's thicker on the neck and goes all the way up on the cheekbone.
Continuity mistake: During the interview for the commission, Arthur's psychiatrist asks him about his mother's voice. He replies, "What does that mean?" cigarette in hand, barely above the table. In the next shot, the cigarette is in his mouth. She asks a few seconds later about Joker, "Would he like to talk to me?" Joaquin Phoenix is smoking his cigarette at a different angle between shots.
Trivia: SPOILERS: Director Todd Phillips has defended the controversial ending, in which it is revealed that Arthur is not the Joker who would go on to fight Batman when he is stabbed and killed by another inmate, who then carves a smile onto his face. Phillips noted that the two films were called "Joker," and not "THE Joker," and stated that Arthur was the person who inspired the real Joker—presumably the inmate who killed him. However, this explanation was poorly received by fans, who felt duped.
Trivia: Despite the first film being a billion-dollar hit, within days of opening, "Joker: Folie à Deux" was already considered a bomb. Its domestic total was less than the first film's domestic opening weekend, and by the start of its fourth weekend, it had been removed from roughly 90% of theatres. At just over $200 million, the worldwide gross is only about 1/5 the original's. It is estimated that it will lose the studio $150-200 million, making it one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time.
Trivia: In a surprising (and given the reception, highly questionable) move by Warner Bros, director Todd Phillips was given complete creative control over this film, including final cut, and no test screenings.
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