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. But the homecoming glow was short-lived, and the fragile foundation would crumble in the coming weeks with its Rotten Tomatoes score dropping from 63% at Venice to 33% by its first weekend in theaters.

Joaquin Phoenix has weighed in on the controversial ending of Joker: Folie à Deux. The film, a sequel to the hit 2019 supervillain drama Joker, has underperformed at the box office since its release last week,