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Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips on ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ in Venice

Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga and director Todd Phillips lit up the Lido at the 81st Venice International Film Festival with the world premiere of "Joker: Folie à Deux. " The sequel to 2019’s Golden Globe-winning "Joker" tackles a multitude of genres in the follow-up story of the DC supervillain.

Golden Globe Awards

Best Actor Drama Film — Joaquin Phoenix

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Nominee Profile 2020: Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”

It all began with a laugh. One of the first things that director Todd Phillips showed Joaquin Phoenix as preparation for his role in Joker was different videos of uncontrollable laughing fits.

Box Office

World Box Office October 21-27, 2019

A slow weekend with no major new releases saw a familiar face return to the top of the North American chart. Joker, now in its fourth week in theaters, came in first place after having slipped below Disney’s maligned Maleficent: Mistress of Evil last session.

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World Box Office October 14-20, 2019

Disney’s new pre-Halloween entry Maleficent: Mistress of Evil managed to take Joker out of the top spot, but was it worth the price? As the second entry in this Globe winner Angelina Jolie- led series, Mistress of Evil sees her titular misunderstood sorceress queen reluctantly vying to save the life of her rival and her rival’s daughter-in-law to be, played by fellow Globe winner Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning, from sinister forces. Globe nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in the movie.

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World Box Office October 7-13, 2019

This weekend saw Joker laughing away maniacally at the top of the charts while serious new contenders fell by the wayside. Gemini Man, from Paramount, took the biggest hit among these with its $20.

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World Box Office September 30-October 6 2019

After collecting one of the most coveted awards of the Fall festival season – Venice’s Golden Lion – and surviving an ocean of controversy, Warner Bros’ Joker broke the October box office records, taking $ 96 million from 4, 374 theaters in the US and Canada, and $ 140. 5 million from 73 overseas markets, for a worldwide take of $ 247 million.

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Todd Phillips & Joaquin Phoenix on “Joker”

Joker sought to add to its Venice momentum with the North American premiere at TIFF. Todd Phillips’ deep dive into a super villain hinges on Joaquin Phoenix’s tour de force performance and is part origin story part psychological horror which pushes the anti-hero envelope by eliciting an uncomfortable empathy from audiences for an “indefensible” protagonist.