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http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/13/12467104/suicide-squad-box-office-performance

The movie may have taken in $64.8 million on its opening Friday, but its second Friday saw just $13.35 million, a plunge of 79.4 percent, according to Box Office Mojo. That is the same kind of drop seen by Batman v Superman, which likewise set a record for a big premiere in a shoulder-season month and immediately cratered in its second week.

Suicide Squad's biggest problem will be the death of the DC Films universe
Batman v Superman raked in $81.5 million on March 25, then fell to $15 million on April 1, a drop of 81 percent. While both it and Suicide Squad set records for opening weekend takes in shoulder-season months, their lack of staying power suggests the DC cinematic universe preaches to a choir more than it spreads a message.

Forbes points out that Suicide Squad's descent is in the same range of other superhero disappointments, including Marvel dawgs like Fantastic Four and Hulk. To be fair, pretty much everything falls off big after its opening week, including the movie Suicide Squad beat for the August premiere record, Guardians of the Galaxy, which whose decline from opening Friday to second was 67.5 percent.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottme...o-better-than-batman-v-superman/#6cb540356645

With relatively strong weekday numbers and halfway decent audience polling, there was a hope that Suicide Squad would avoid the massive second-weekend drop that befell Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice back in April of this year. That DC Comics sequel fell a whopping 81% on its second Friday, which was a record for a major comic book superhero movie. Well, meet the new boss, same as the old one. David Ayer’s supervillain team-up caper earned $13.35 million on its second Friday, a drop of 79% compared to its (admittedly Thursday previews-inflated) $65m opening day.

As far as massive Friday-to-Friday drops, it’s sadly in the same league as Fantastic Four (78.7%), Watchmen (-78.4%), The Dark Knight Rises (-76.6%), Hulk (-76.5%), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (-75.8%), Green Lantern (-72%), and Man of Steel (-71.5%).

 

[SMG]

Word Of Mouth.

 

[Kyou]

Bad Word of Mouth Cinematic Universe

 

[Greddleok]

So much hype for this movie, what happened?

 

[Toa TAK]

So much hype for this movie, what happened?

It sucked.

Sadly.

 

[Ban Puncher]

Awful Film Does Awfully Well

 

[FreshCakes]

Does this mean no more WB meddling?

 

[sappyday]

"BUT WE MADE IT MORE LIGHT HEARTED!!!!"

 

[jabuseika]

Hype only gets you so far.

-79.4% in 1 week, jeez.

 

[Nokterian]

DC Cinematic Universal Mess..in other words WB is still now knowing what the hell there doing.

 

[Ban Puncher]

Does this mean no more WB meddling?

"We didn't meddle enough!"

Wonder Meddle 2017

 

[The Silver]

I didn't expect but also not that surprised to see Rises up there.

 

[Mariolee]

If the rumors are true, WB just keep your hands off and let Patty Jenkins make the movie she wants. Please for the love of the DCEU.

 

[Maximo]

 

[Mr. Sam]

They're making a BOOSTER GOLD movie!?

 

[Stilton Disco]

Good. These bleak, boring, badly written, washed out, poorly characterised travesties already do too well simply due to misplaced opening weekend hype and the worst diehard edgelord fans.

The sooner the entire DCEU gets rebooted, hopefully with a fresh start by people who actually care about the colourful, whimsical source characters and stories that have remained popular for almost a century, the better.

 

[Mariolee]

They're making a BOOSTER GOLD movie!?

Yup

http://www.superherohype.com/news/373927-greg-berlanti-confirms-involvement-in-booster-gold-movie

 

[Shambala]

Damn that's a crazy drop

 

[neorej]

That's a steep drop. Not surprised, but still. How deep is rock bottom?

 

[Plywood]

 

[Kyou]

They're making a BOOSTER GOLD movie!?

Deadpool was popular

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

That's a steep drop. Not surprised, but still. How deep is rock bottom?

According to this article, the drop was slightly less severe than Batman vs Superman.

Which I guess would make 81% rock bottom?

 

[jelly]

At least the review threads are popular after the first week. Thanks for the entertainment.

 

[Blablurn]

I wonder if we will look back on it in 10 years and see the movie differently.

 

[Maximo]

They have amazing material to work from, why don't they use it?

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

They have amazing material to work from, why don't they use it?

No Paul Dini and Dan Riba.

 

[Shaanyboi]

What a fucking disappointment on almost every level. Worst part is, this could have been even somewhat interesting if WB hadn't taken fucking scissors to it.

 

[Log4Girlz]

I wonder if we will look back on it in 10 years and see the movie differently.

What, like with our eyes closed?

 

[phaonaut]

I didn't expect but also not that surprised to see Rises up there.

I think the shooting did a lot to hurt DKR numbers in the second week, in the end the final BO was still over a 1B.

 

[Krev]

I wonder if we will look back on it in 10 years and see the movie differently.

As good? Don't count on it.
There's nothing distinctive or unusual about it that might set it up for a reappraisal.

 

[broncobuster]

All the big openings and weak follow ups just tell of a missed opportunity. What they've put out haven't resonated with general audiences. It's squandered potential.

Deadpool was popular

Booster Gold was announced way earlier.

Lobo, on the other hand...

 

[MrToughPants]

Not surprised, I left half way through the movie,

Spoiler

gf was feeling sick.

 

[Username1198]

Word of mouth really got around. I'm even waiting for for vod.

So now I'm thinking WW is prob gonna be bad too? Just cause of tradition?

 

[neorej]

WB should just release the director's cut to Blu-ray immediately and skip the theatrical release all together.

 

[Replicant]

81% drop? Wow.

 

[Minyobi]

You don't understand how much I want Lego Batman to be that savior.

 

[jelly]

Word of mouth really got around. I'm even waiting for for vod.

So now I'm thinking WW is prob gonna be bad too? Just cause of tradition?

Few of my friends have said they won't bother going to see another DC film unless it gets great reviews. They've been burned enough.

 

[Sandfox]

Does this mean no more WB meddling?

I would imagine this means more meddling.

 

[Blablurn]

I think Letos Joker was the performance of a lifetime. And the movie needed more of that.

 

[Hot Coldman]

You don't understand how much I want Lego Batman to be that savior.

LEGO Batman will be brilliant, but it's got nothing to do with the DCCU. That might as well be being made on a different planet.

 

[Aegus]

So much hype for this movie, what happened?

Rabid fans mistaking good trailers for the actual quality of the movie and resultant hype being generated by an echo chamber of the same fans.

 

[Escape Goat]

Lulz


Full speed ahead with the DCCU.

 

[plasmawave]

I think Letos Joker was the performance of a lifetime. And the movie needed more of that.

 

[IAmAnAgnostic]

I think it is really bizarre and unfortunate just how bad the DCEU movies have been. The weird thing is, the people doing the marketing seem to understand what the audience wants, but the editors, directors and writers don't.

BvS trailers:
Batman and Superman fight. Simple, right?

Spoiler

Nope, the fight is 5 minutes long, rest of the movies is a mess. And not much of Batman or Superman in the movie in action. Terrible casting choice for Lex Luthor who gets way too much screentime.

SS trailers:
Lighthearted fun, much focus on Joker and even Batman will make an appearance!

Spoiler

But actually there is very little Joker at all, Batman is is for like 5 seconds and the "lighthearted fun" was clearly added at the last minute. And because of that the editing is terrible.

 

[Discotheque]

truly the GOAT.

anyways it's just friday, i think the overall weekend total will be pretty decent for a 2nd weekend.

 

[Regulus Tera]

there's no way they can mess up Lego Batman...

is there?

 

[jelly]

If that was current DC, that whole room would be dark because that means it's dark. I hate the way BvS looks.

 

[Discotheque]

If that was current DC, that whole room would be dark because that means it's dark. I hate the way BvS looks.

BvS looks great. not as good as Pfister/Nolan work but for my money the best shot superhero movie since nolan left easy.

 

[Blablurn]

If that was current DC, that whole room would be dark because that means it's dark. I hate the way BvS looks.

thats exaggerated

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

Bad Word of Mouth Cinematic Universe

Let The Audience Judge For Themselves And The Audience Judged That They Don't Want It Cinematic Universe.