Joker,
the
Joaquin
Phoenix
starrer
is
having
a
phenomenal
run
at
the
worldwide
box
office.
As
per
latest
reports,
the
Todd
Phillips
directorial
has
grossed
over
$600
million
worldwide.
Based
on
the
famous
Batman
supervillain
of
the
same
name
and
telling
an
origin
story
of
the
character,
the
film
was
made
on
a
budget
of
$55
million.
Robert
De
Niro,
Zazie
Beetz,
Frances
Conroy,
Brett
Cullen,
Glenn
Fleshler,
Bill
Camp,
Shea
Whigham,
and
Marc
Maron
play
supporting
roles
in
the
film.
Phillips
has
co-written
the
film
with
Scott
Silver.
Despite
intense
criticism,
Joker
has
received
mostly
positive
reviews.
In
an
earlier
interview,
Phoenix
spoke
of
the
Arthur
Fleck/Joker
character
and
said,
"You
can
either
say
here's
somebody
who,
like
everybody,
needed
to
be
heard
and
understood
and
to
have
a
voice.
Or
you
can
say
this
is
somebody
that
disproportionately
needs
a
large
quantity
of
people
to
be
fixated
on
him.
His
satisfaction
comes
as
he
stands
in
amongst
the
madness."
He
also
spoke
about
a
scene
that
was
deleted
and
said:
"There
was
a
scene
that,
that
during
the
shoot
we
thought
was
one
of
the
best
scenes
and
we
loved
his
behavior
in
the
scene,
and
I'd
always
really
liked
the
scene.
And
Todd
told
me
and
said,
'We're
cutting
that
scene
out.'
And
at
first
I
thought,
like,
'Wait
a
minute,
what
do
you
mean
you
cut
that
scene
out?'
And
then
of
course
I
saw
it,
and
it
was
very
obvious.
It
has
to
go."
(sic)
He
further
added,
"It's
funny,
you
talked
about
deleted
scenes
before
and
I
was
just
thinking,
while
I
don't
like
deleted
scenes,
we
did
cut
this
fun
thing
together
of
all
the
times
(to
Phoenix)
-
I
haven't
showed
it
to
you
yet
-
of
him
walking
out
on
Murray
Franklin
because
every
time
the
guy
would
go,
Murray
would
stand
and
go,
'Please
welcome
Joker,"'and
the
curtains
would
open
and
he
comes
out
and
does
something
different
every
time.
You
know
the
thing
in
the
movie,
he
spins,
he
kisses
the
woman.
But
we
cut
this
thing
together
of
'Please
welcome
Joker,'
and
I
don't
know,
we
did
it
13
times
maybe,
and
they're
all
different
and
they're
so
funny
and
there's
so
many
good
ones.
I
was
like,
'Oh,
I
wonder
why
I
didn't
use
that
one?'"
(sic)