In 2019, Todd Phillips’ “Joker” captured a cultural movement, becoming the first R-rated movie to gross over a billion dollars, winning multiple Academy Awards and even garnering worry about whether the fictional violence depicted in the film would translate into reality.

Amid a tragically divided populace, one thing holds us together as a nation right now: the near-unanimous spite regarding a couple of flops, “Megalopolis” from Francis Ford Coppola and “Joker: Folie à Deux,

Folie a Deux" is not the only blockbuster-budgeted film to fall flat at the box office this year. Studios including Universal, Sony and Lionsgate have dropped hundreds of millions of dollars on franchise features and star-studded ensembles only to see ticket sales sputter.

After collapsing in its opening weekend, and then being all but eviscerated in its sophomore frame, Joker: Folie à Deux witnessed a further drop in revenue as it entered only its third week in theaters on the verge of a premature debut on digital streaming platforms.

The sequel was released in theaters on Oct. 4 and brings back Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker and Lady Gaga as his love interest, Harley Quinn.