Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix 'Joker' Salaries Revealed: Actor Earns $8M More Than 'Shallow' Singer
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix's salaries in the musical film "Joker: Folie à Deux" have been revealed.
The songstress plays the role of Harley Quinn in the Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios-produced musical psychological thriller film. Meanwhile, Phoenix reprises his role as Joker from the 2019 "Joker" film.
While talking about production costs and expenses for the film sequel, sources told Variety that the 49-year-old actor was getting $20 million to reprise his role as a criminal with a clown-inspired persona.
On the other hand, the "Shallow" singer was taking home about $12 million to portray Harley Quinn. That's $8 million less than Phoenix's reported salary for the project.
A 2022 report from the same outlet claimed the singer would only be paid $10 million for doing the movie. It appears her earnings grew by $2 million more, per the latest update.
Interestingly, the budget for "Joker's" musical sequel reportedly surged to about $200 million from its production cost of $60 million in 2019.
Meanwhile, writer-director Todd Phillips recently took to Instagram to share some teaser photos from Phoenix and Lady Gaga's upcoming film.
One was a colored photo of the singer and the actor in their Harley Quinn and Joker costumes, respectively. Two other black-and-white snaps teased the upcoming film's beautiful cinematography.
Phillips captioned his Valentine's Day post, "Hoping your day is full of love."
He also responded to a netizen asking about the release date of the film's trailer and said that he had been getting asked about it a lot.
"The movie comes out in October. So our first teaser won't be out until mid-April," he responded.
The 53-year-old filmmaker's Instagram profile was also flooded with mostly "Joker"-related photos, posters and other content.
Last April, he announced that filming for "Joker: Folie à Deux" officially wrapped by posting photos of Harley Quinn and Joker.
"That's a wrap. Thanks to these two (+ the entire cast) and the BEST crew that the film industry has to offer. From top to bottom," the filmmaker wrote.
He continued, "Gonna crawl into a cave now (edit room) and put it all together."
"Joker: Folie à Deux" comes out on Oct. 4.
