Todd Phillips receives assist from Francis Ford Coppola following ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ upset

Francis Ford Coppola
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Veteran filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola took to social media over the weekend to precise his assist for director Todd Phillips as Joker: Folie à Deux faces a difficult opening on the field workplace. Coppola, whose personal movie Megalopolis is underperforming, praised Phillips for taking inventive dangers with the sequel, which merges the antihero style with musical parts.

The extremely anticipated Joker sequel debuted with a D CinemaScore, the bottom ever for a comic book e book movie. Viewers backlash was not sudden, because the movie’s musical format diverged sharply from the tone of the primary Joker, which grossed over $1 billion globally. Regardless of an preliminary forecast suggesting a gap of $50 to $60 million, Folie à Deux now appears to be like set to earn solely round $40 million this weekend, nicely behind expectations.

Coppola, who confronted his personal vital and industrial struggles with Megalopolis, supplied phrases of encouragement to Phillips. “Ever for the reason that great The Hangover, he’s at all times been one step forward of the viewers, by no means doing what they count on. Congratulations to Joker: Folie à Deux,” Coppola wrote. He added that audiences could merely not be prepared for the movie’s daring style hybrid.

Coppola additionally famous the affect his 1981 musical One From the Coronary heart had on Phillips’ newest movie. Whereas One From the Coronary heart was a field workplace failure on the time, it has since gained a cult following, giving Coppola hope that Folie à Deux may ultimately be appreciated for its creativity, even when it struggles to win over audiences right now.