Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga’s movie flop “Folie à Deux” falls out of the domestic box office top five in its third week of release.

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.

"Joker" was championed by fans as something new, a self-contained vision representing a break from the endless conveyor belt of dead-tech superhero franchises.

Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips has explained the film’s ending, Arthur Fleck’s confession, and the Joker’s true identity. In a recent interview, Phillips provided details about the movie’s ending and Arthur’s final moments,

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.

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.

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.