Joaquin Phoenix’s fee is several times more than in the first Joker movie. The film’s box office revenues and Oscar awards played a major role in this.
According to Variety, Joaquin Phoenix will receive $20 million for his performance in the movie “Joker: Folie à Deux”, while Lady Gaga, who plays her co-star Harley Quinn, will receive $12 million.
Joaquin was paid $4.5 million for Todd Phillips’ first film Joker, released in 2019, but winning the Best Actor Oscar brought him much more happiness. Now the presence of a golden statuette has increased the player’s value several times.
The sequel comes five years after Joker earned $1 billion at the global box office despite being rated R.
Warner Bros. is reportedly. Almost $200 million was spent on the sequel; this was more than double Joker’s $60 million production budget.
The sequel, unlike “Joker”, is a musical film; a “difficult” genre with its own box office problems.
Finally, Todd Phillips showed fans some stills from the new movie starring Joaquin and Lady Gaga.
“Joker: Folie à Deux” is scheduled to release on October 4, 2024 at Warner Bros. It is planned to be published by. Pictures.
The 2019 film Joker, directed by Phillips and co-written with 59-year-old Scott Silver, ended with the Joker being treated in Arkham after committing murder and inciting a deadly riot.
Gaga starred in the 2018 film A Star Is Born and became the first woman in history to win an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA and Golden Globe in the same year for her acting and contributions to the soundtrack.
Previously Focus He wrote that Joaquin Phoenix lost consciousness on the set of the movie “Bo’s Fears”.
Source: Focus
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