This is the second consecutive DC Comics movie from Warner Bros. that has come out of the gates with a record-breaking opening.
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Squad is directed and Written by David Ayer and produces by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle. The star-studded cast includes Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood, and Cara Delevingne.
Signs are showing that Suicide Squad may follow suit, with a 41% drop from Saturdays ticket sales when compared to Fridays.
It begs the question of why movie goers are willing to shake off the effects of lousy reviews.
The commercial success of Suicide Squad occurred despite a slew of negative reviews that resulted in a rating of 26% on film aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes following the movie’s rushed and insane shooting schedule. If so, what did you think of it? He after he broke the news that a lot of Joker scenes had been cut for Suicide Squad, he did some other interviews where he sounded a bit annoyed. According to the tracking, movie had an opening of between $85 million to $120 million internationally. And the August record opening its set to beat?
Many like to believe that people are done with superhero movies or that Millennials aren’t going to the movies, but the evidence continues to make both claims stink of the excrement they are built upon. Phew! relief for the makers. Suicide Squad starts at almost 25 percent behind Captain America: Civil War, which opened in May to $179 million at the box office.
This means Suicide Squad has topped Marvel’s own Guardians of the Galaxy, which held the previous record for August openings with $11.2 million from its 2014 preview night.
Now for those who liked the movie, this news is for them.
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Warner Bros./DC heads could’ve had numerous options in mind.
