Folie a Deux, a dark new musical Batman spinoff, earned an estimated US$40 million over the weekend to top the North American box office, industry watchers reported on Sunday. Read more at The Business Times.

Folie à Deux” is already dealing big blows to its box office fortunes. After making just $11.1 million on Saturday — a drop from the $20.1 million earned Friday even after the $7 million from Thursday previews are removed — opening weekend estimates have now fallen to $39 million.

Joker: Folie à Deux” is the No. 1 movie at the box office but is not destined for a happy ending. Studio estimates Sunday show the follow-up to Todd Phillips’ 2019 origin story about the Batman villain opened in theaters nationwide this weekend to a muted $40 million.