Todd Phillips' movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga is the first Hollywood comic book pic to receive the failing grade from audiences and may only open in the mid-$40 million range.

But CinemaScore is a pretty good measure of whether early audience members were pissed off right after walking out of a theater, and so it feels mildly instructive to note that Todd Phillips Joker: Folie À Deux has just received a rare D grade from the polling company,

Joker: Folie à Deux, the highly anticipated sequel to Todd Phillips’ 2019 blockbuster Joker, premiered in U.S. theatres this weekend to a surprisingly muted reception, earning US$40 million, significantly less than the expected US$70 million. This marks a stark contrast to the original film’s record-breaking US$96.2 million opening.