Joaquin Phoenix's woes after Joker 2's failure continue as thieves steal pricey possession from his LA home

Daily Mail​

02-05-2025

Joaquin Phoenix is following up the critical and commercial disaster of Joker 2 with a smaller-scale crisis that's closer to home.
The 50-year-old Oscar winner had a run-in with thieves at his LA-area home this week, law enforcement sources told TMZ on Thursday.
On Monday, Phoenix's car was reportedly stolen from his home, and police are now investigating the theft.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the actor's representative for comment.
Phoenix had a 2022 Volvo SUV that reportedly cost around $60,000 parked outside, though it's unclear if it was still on his property or on the street in front of his property.
The theft was reported by one of the actor's employees after they stepped out and noticed that the car was suddenly missing.
Phoenix's bad news comes on the heels of his film Joker 2's critical and commercial failure; pictured with Lady Gaga in a still from the film
The law enforcement sources say Phoenix wasn't home at the time of the theft, so the worker who discovered it went ahead and filed a police report.
So far, there haven't been any arrests, though the investigation is said to be continuing.
Although the car was discovered stolen on Monday afternoon, it's unclear if the thief — or thieves — nabbed it earlier that day or if it could have been taken overnight.
It's also unknown if Joaquin's wife Rooney Mara was home when the theft was discovered.
The two had been living together since 2017, about a year after they started dating.
Phoenix and Mara later got engaged in 2019, and they welcomed a son named River — after Phoenix's late brother — in August of the following year.
Last year was pivotal for the couple, as they welcomed their second child — whose name and gender they haven't revealed — in June, and then they finally wed in September.
The two first worked together on the acclaimed romantic drama Her in 2013, and they later starred in the films Mary Magdalene and Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot.
The film grossed just over $200 million, despite costing nearly that much to make without factoring in advertising costs; still from Joker 2
The biblical film was shot prior to their relationship but released years later, while the later film was shot after they were already a couple.
Following the monster success of Joaquin's 2019 film Joker — which grossed more than $1 billion from a relatively modest budget — he has starred in a string of small films and box office disappointments.
In 2021, he appeared in Mike Mills' low-budget dramedy C'mon C'mon, and two years later he reemerged with two films, the Ari Aster–directed black comedy Beau Is Afraid and the historical epic Napoleon, which was directed by Ridley Scott.
Both films received polarizing reviews, and Beau Is Not Afraid failed to make back its $35 million budget, while Napoleon's $221.4 million gross reportedly still amounted to a significant loss when factoring in advertising costs, according to Deadline.
However, its distributor Apple has claimed the film was profitable after makign up the shortfall in digital rentals.
Last year's Joker was a shocking bomb for a comic book film, earning only a little over $200 million and receiving scathing reviews.
Phoenix will next be teaming up with Aster — who previously directed Hereditary and Midsommar — for Eddington, a Western film set in the present that also stars Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler.