It was five years ago when Todd Phillips’ Joker, made for no more than $70 million, stormed the box office and garnered over $1 billion globally.

It was inevitable that then record-breaking highest grossing R-rated movie of all time, that won the Best Actor Oscar for Joaquin Phoenix, would have a sequel greenlit by Warner Bros.

Given a whopping $200 million, Phillips went musical with the follow up in a gamble that did not pay off at all.

Largely critically panned, Joker Folie à Deux, which…