Joker 2 has a budget three times larger than its first installment, and the key is in the cache of its protagonists

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Joker 2 has a budget three times larger than its first installment, and the key is in the cache of its protagonists

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In addition to Deadpool 3, another of the most anticipated superhero movies of 2024 is, without a doubt, Joker: Folie à Deux. The highly anticipated sequel to the acclaimed film starring Joaquin Phoenix will be one of Warner’s star dishes for this year, and its budget supports it.

According to Variety, the second installment of Joker had a budget of up to 200 million dollars, tripling the amount of the first film and surpassing blockbusters of the caliber of Duneand at the height of ribbons like Spider-Man: No Way Home o Black Panther.

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Although the investment is high, one of the main culprits of this amount is the cachet of the protagonists: Joaquin Phoenix He will receive a total of 20 million dollars to reprise the character that earned him a statuette, while Lady Gaga will earn about 12 million dollars.

The first installment of Joker grossed more than a billion dollars worldwide and this second one hopes to equal or exceed the figure. But it won’t be easy: musicals have not been a genre that has done very well at the box office and part of the charm of the first film resided in its budget, which made it a more street-oriented film far removed from visual spectacles. . Joker: Folie à Deux will hit theaters around the world on October 4, 2024.

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