' Joker ' failed miserably to attract the audience. Its opening day collection proved to be very poor. It saw nearly 20% occupancy in many theatres on its first day. Some shows even had less than 20% occupancy.
It is reported that it earned below INR 5 Crores (nearly 4.75 Crores) on its first day which is considered to be very bad for a film which stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha .
Bad execution and senseless script is said to be the major reason of its bad result.
It has been directed by Shirish Kunder .