Folie à Deux" enough breathing room to avoid a total disaster after all? Take a look at the most likely high-end and low-end outcomes.

"Joker: Folie à Deux” debuted to an estimated $81.1 million this weekend to top the international box office. The film, which is a follow-up to 2019’s “Joker,” earned a disappointing $40 million domestically.

Just three weeks ago, tracking services pegged the movie for a $70 million debut, which would still have been down a fair amount from “Joker’s” record-breaking $96.2 million launch in Oct. 2019. Reviews were mixed out of the Venice Film Festival, where it premiered in competition like the first movie and even got a 12-minute standing ovation.

Joker 2,' starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, fails to rise to the box office standards set by its Oscar-winning predecessor.

The sequel, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, arrived in theaters Oct. 4 and received mixed reviews from fans.

Joker: Folie à Deux” is off to a shaky performance at the domestic box office after earning $20 million from 4,102 locations across Friday and preview screenings. Rivals project that Warner Bros.’ sequel to the 2019 DC Comic book film “Joker” will open south of $50 million.

The highly anticipated musical sequel to the 2019 hit “Joker” from Warner Bros.’s movie studio delivered just $40 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. That performance fell short of already modest industry projections that it would gross between $50 million and $60 million.

Can international box office and a release in China help save a once-presumed billion dollar blockbuster comic book sequel from major disappointment on opening weekend?

The bleak musical drama is on track to open to around $45 million, less than half of what the 2019 version made on its first weekend.

"Joker: Folie a Deux" tallied just $40 million in domestic ticket sales during it opening weekend. It's predecessor, "Joker" earned $96.2 million during its domestic opening in 2019. While the first film had a modest budget of $65 million and topped $1 billion at the global box office,