Director Todd Phillips told Entertainment Weekly that Arthur confesses because he realizes the system is corrupt and unchangeable. Phillips stated, “He realized that everything is so corrupt, it’s never going to change, and the only way to fix it is to burn it all down.”

The 'Joker' sequel is the first Hollywood comic book pic in history to receive a D CinemaScore — only slightly worse than the D+ awarded Coppola's box office flop 'Megalopolis.'

Folie à Deux and whether it features the rape of a lead character. We also have more from filmmaker Todd Phillips on the movie's shocking