‘Joker: Folie a Deux‘ is off to a record-breaking begin. With 5 months to go earlier than the Todd Phillips movie hits the large display, the movie’s first trailer has already raked in one of many highest views in 24 hours.
The highly-anticipated sequel to the DC hit starring Joaquin Phoenix and Girl Gaga, the teaser trailer garnered an astonishing 167 million views and have become essentially the most talked-about trailer for the studio to have a solely digital launch.
Following its debut at CinemaCon, the trailer swiftly made its on-line debut, amassing viewership and social engagement that surpassed Warner Bros’ earlier blockbuster, ‘Barbie‘, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.Girl Gaga’s social media presence, undoubtedly bolstered the trailer’s reception amongst her 150 million followers, however an analogous upward pattern was additionally famous on YouTube and different platforms upon its premiere. At present, the trailer shot previous the 15 million views on YouTube alone, retaining its place because the #4 trending video almost two days after its launch.
Moreover, the trailer dominated Twitter throughout its first 24 hours, with ten associated trending together with – #JokerFolieADeux, Gaga, Harley, Harley Quinn, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Joker 2, Joker2, Girl Gaga, and Todd Phillips.

The success of the ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’ trailer offers the studio hope that the movie may simply shoot previous the benchmark set by ‘Barbie’, which went on to gross $1.4 billion worldwide. With the unique ‘Joker’ had change into the primary R-rated movie to cross the $1 billion mark in 2019. With the thrill across the sequel, the movie’s field workplace numbers may simply soar increased.
Though the ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’ trailer fell in need of surpassing Marvel’s ‘Deadpool and Wolverine‘, which holds the file for the largest trailer launch with 365 million views, it should be famous that ‘Joker 2’ had solely a digital launch whereas the MCU movie debuted through the Tremendous Bowl slot.
Directed by Todd Phillips, ‘Joker 2’ is slated to hit theaters on October 4, within the Imax 70mm format.
Whereas particulars in regards to the plot stay beneath wraps, the movie is touted to be a ‘jukebox musical’ set within the confines of Arkham Asylum, with Phoenix reprising his Oscar-winning function as Joker and Gaga starring as Harley Quinn.
The supporting forged consists of Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, and Harry Lawtey.