No matter which one ends up being your favorite, it’s worth it to sit through the movie for the chance to spend time with them.
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“We learn as we go”, said Jeff Goldstein, head of distribution for Warner Bros.
The critically maligned supervillain team-up scored the biggest August debut ever with $135.1 million at the weekend box office, according to tracking firm comScore.
Or maybe not. Before its release Friday, “Suicide Squad” was the subject of the polarizing opinions of apathetic critics and eager fans, many of whom have petitioned to have the Rotten Tomatoes website taken down for its negative assessment of the film.
“The comics giant has been battling to compete with Marvel Studios, a rivalry underscored when Ayer echoed a fan’s “.
But in franchise building, leaving fans thirsting for more is almost as important as box office. “Batman v Superman” was a joyless, pretentious bore.
Still, this weekend belonged to DC.
The Warner Bros. movie also shattered the August US box office record, easily surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy, which made $94.3 million during its opening in 2014. It’s also the biggest opening of Will Smith’s career, eclipsing I Am Legend’s $77.2 million debut in 2007.
Suicide Squad is in cinemas now.
Audiences liked it better. The raunchy comedy about a group of mothers who rebel against pressures to be ideal parents has made $51 million since opening, a healthy return on its $20 million budget.
Last weekend’s champ, “Universal’s Jason Bourne”, dropped 62% in its second frame, topping out at $22 million. The $120-million production crossed the $100 million mark in North America Sunday on top of pulling in an additional $91.9 million from foreign markets, bringing the film’s global total to $195.3 million after just 10 days in release. It’s made $103.4 million in two weeks for Universal.
Oh and I guess there’s another movie that also opened in the U.S. this weekend past.
After all, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman in one movie was a huge deal and it delivered disappointing, though predictably profitable, results.
Of course, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice opened to a much higher worldwide tally (around $561 million), and ended up crash-landing to a $872 million finish in spite of billion-dollar expectations.
“We have a very different set of circumstances this time around”, he said.
“There’s a scene in “Suicide Squad” where she changes clothes in front of a bunch of dudes, so her abs needed to be impeccable”.
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This week will see Seth Rogen raunch-cartoon “Sausage Party” and, to a lesser extent, family pic “Pete’s Dragon” and Meryl Streep’s opera-fest “Florence Foster Jenkins”, compete with the WB actioner. Spacey barely promoted the movie, which was the brainchild of former EuropaCorp CEO Christophe Lambert, who originally envisioned the film as a high-concept comedy before repositioning it as a family film.
