"Joker: Folie à Deux," the highly anticipated sequel, has set its digital release date just two weeks after struggling at the box office.

Folie a Deux" is not the only blockbuster-budgeted film to fall flat at the box office this year. Studios like Universal, Sony and Lionsgate have dropped hundreds of millions of dollars on franchise features and star-studded ensembles only to see ticket sales sputter at the big screen.

Amid a tragically divided populace, one thing holds us together as a nation right now: the near-unanimous spite regarding a couple of flops, “Megalopolis” from Francis Ford Coppola and “Joker: Folie à Deux,