Hold in there, Todd Phillips. That was the message Francis Ford Coppola tried to get throughout in a social media submit on Saturday. As his new movie Megalopolis continues to bomb on the field workplace, he praised Todd Phillips for making Joker: Folie à Deux , which is likewise struggling.
The Joker sequel, which is launching in theaters across the globe this weekend, is opening nicely behind expectations after changing into the primary Hollywood comedian e-book pic in historical past to obtain a D Cinemascore. The viewers backlash isn’t an enormous shock, contemplating that the follow-up is a musical, making for an uncommon hybrid that fanboys may not have wished. Coppola says Phillips’ movies have at all times amazed him and supplied enjoyment.
He additionally instructed that moviegoers is probably not prepared for a movie equivalent to Joker: Folie à Deux . “Ever for the reason that fantastic 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 on Instagram.
That’s solely barely worse than the D+ awarded to Megalopolis when it opened in cinemas final weekend. Coppola’s dystopian epic debuted to a mere $4 million in opposition to a manufacturing funds of $120 million earlier than advertising. No main studio would contact the film, so Coppola raised the funds himself, together with placing up a few of his personal cash.
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