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http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/13/12467104/suicide-squad-box-office-performance
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottme...o-better-than-batman-v-superman/#6cb540356645
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 Ayers 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, its 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%).