Dukurikije igihe ntarengwa, "Joker" yagejejwe ku muyobozi we hamwe n'umwanditsi urwandiko rwanditswe muri miliyoni 70 z'amadolari arenga miliyoni 70 z'amadolari. Amafaranga menshi aterwa no kuba abafilipi bitewe n'ijanisha ry'ibiro by'imikino, mu gihe amafaranga ye yagenwe yari kwiyoroshya cyane. Muri icyo gihe, umuhanzi w'imboga fatizo Joaquin Phoenix yemeye imiterere mibi: umubare wijejwe mbere yo kurekura film wongeyeho ijanisha rito ry'amafaranga. Byari intsinzi itigeze ibaho "urwenya" ku biro by'isosiyete yemereye Phillips kubona Phoenix nyinshi kuri firime.
Umwaka ushize, Joker yabaye kimwe mu bintu biboneye cyane ku isi ya Filime: Usibye ibihembo byinshi, harimo igihembo nyamukuru cy'amadolari y'amadolari ya Venetiya, " Andika firime hamwe na "mukuru" amanota R.
Nk'uko amakuru yatangajwe avuga ati: "Joker" yatanze abaremwa b'u nyungu rusange ya miliyoni 830, mu gihe umusaruro w'ishusho watwaye miliyoni 393 z'amadolari y'Amerika (Ingengo y'imari ubwayo mu rwego rwa miliyoni 70 wongeyeho iyamamaza, kwamamaza n'ibindi biciro byinshi ). Mugihe kimwe ubanza stidio warner bros. Harashidikanya kubitekerezo byuyu mushinga, wemera gupfukirana kimwe cya kabiri cyingengo yimari yacyo, mugihe ahandi 25% byamafaranga asabwa yatanzwe na societe ya Bron Studio hamwe numuhanda wumudugudu. Sitiyo yinjije miliyoni 437 kuri Jokera, igabana aya mafaranga hagati yabo ukurikije imigabane ishoramari.