Joker: Folie à Deux' director Todd Phillips has one solution to improve movie theaters: forgoing showing commercials ahead of a film's screening.

Folie a Deux said that theatrical chains should forgo commercials before the screening of the films to improve the cinematic experience for the movie goers. Phillips was speaking to the Empire magazine as part of a filmmakers' poll on what the future of showbiz would look like.

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Todd Phillips has a punchline for how theaters can combat the rise of streaming: take out the pre-movie ads. The “Joker: Folie à Deux” director told Empire magazine that “commercials” have become detrimental to the cinema-going experience. Instead, movie theaters should forego ads all together, Phillips said.

Despite the criticism, Phillips's Joker sequel is playing in US theaters. It has been long replaced in Indian halls. However, it has struggled to replicate the $1 billion success of its 2019 predecessor. Since its release on October 4, the sequel has only grossed $201 million worldwide. The film is also available for home viewing on PVOD platforms.

Joker” and “The Hangover” director Todd Phillips recently participated in a Hollywood poll for Empire magazine about the future of moviegoing and expressed his desire for movie theaters to get rid of showing commercials before films.