Joker: Folie à Deux,” a genre-bending sequel to the billion-dollar comic book smash, hit a sour note at the box office even as it opened to No. 1 with $40 million.

Joker: Folie à Deux” is the No. 1 movie at the box office, but it might not be destined for a happy ending. In a turn of events that only Arthur Fleck would find funny, the follow-up to Todd Phillips’ 2019 origin story about the Batman villain opened in theaters nationwide this weekend to a muted $40 million,

Joker (2019), directed by Todd Phillips and featuring Joaquin Phoenix, debuted in the U.S. theaters on October 4, 2019, and made $96.2 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. The movie finished its theatrical run with $335.