Joaquin Phoenix's Joker becomes the first R-rated film to achieve THIS milestone at the box office

Joaquin Phoenix starrer Joker has turned out to be the blockbuster of the year. The anti-hero film has entered the $1 billion club at the global box office and became the first R-rated film to achieve this feat. Well, this is indeed a huge achievement for the Todd Philips directorial venture.

Jus In: #Joker crosses the $1 Billion Gross Mark at the Global Box Office today..

North America - $317 Million

International - $683 Million

Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) November 15, 2019

The standalone film is being touted as an origin story as well as a character study of the Clown Prince of Crime. It premiered at the festival on August 31 and received an eight-minute-long standing ovation from the viewers. Phoenix negated being influenced by past silver screen Jokers. He lost 23 kgs (52 pounds) for the part, fully inhabiting his own version of the character which first appeared in the original Batman comic in 1940, reports hollywoodreporter.com. Losing weight in such a short time helped Phoenix get into his character.

"It turns out that affects your psychology. You start to go mad," he said. Director Todd Phillips also gave him a blank journal/joke book which helped him uncover his character as he began to fill in the pages, with words and images that are seen in the film. In 'Joker', Phoenix stars as Arthur Fleck, a man living in near-poverty with his mother (Frances Conroy), struggling to make ends meet as a clown for hire.

Affected by brain trauma, Fleck served time in a mental ward, is treated by a listless city social worker who oversees his seven different medications, and struggles with a condition that causes him pathological laughter at the most inopportune times. "He's so hard to define and you don't really want to define him," said Phoenix. Anyway, do you think Joaquin Phoenix deserves an Award for his portrayal? Tweet to us @bollywood_life.

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