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[Penguin]

Amazing marketing, great OST and that's pretty much it to be a huge success, terrible movie though.

As Kswiston pointed out above, this movie has had really good legs, which can't be chalked up to marketing or OST (Well who knows), it has to have some type of solid WOM.

I mean this is the 7th weekend and its holding amazingly well. ANd near the upper half of comic book movies this late in its run.

Since Iron Man 1, the only superhero films to made more than Suicide Squad's current WW gross without China are the two Avengers films, the two Dark Knights, Iron Man 3, Civil War, Batman B Superman, and Deadpool.

So 4 Iron Man, 3 Batman, and a Deadpool film.

Deadpool and BvS (minus China), will only end up $20-30M ahead at that.

I don't know how anyone could have expected a much better result for Suicide Squad than the one it ended up with.

Yeah, like we can talk about how much better it could have done with China and the likes, but I honestly can't imagine many pegged it for this much.

It's DC's best non-Batman film ever (Yes, I realize he is in this for like 30 seconds, but hardly a focus on the marketing/promotion)

 

[Puck Beaverton]

You guys act like the movie personally did something negative to you-_-

I don't like seeing terrible movies being rewarded because it has Will Smith and a clown girl doing terrible jokes while fucking Without Me plays in the background.

 

[DeathyBoy]

I don't like seeing terrible movies being rewarded because it has Will Smith and a clown girl doing terrible jokes while fucking Without Me plays in the background.

In a year of Warcraft and Alice 2, we really picking Suicide Squad as a hill to die on? Really?

 

[milanbaros]

This film swore me off the DC CU until I hear great things about one of their movies. I honestly can't understand the small group of gaffers who defend this piece of shit movie.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

I enjoyed it. Critics were too harsh on it.

Up until the first half of the movie i thought every critic was a Marvel paid shills, the second half though... man what a dive that movie took.

 

[Astral Dog]

 

[ArchedThunder]

Didn't this movie need to make a ridiculous amount of money to even break even?

 

[Jacobi]

Awesome, does that mean we'll get more generic comic movies?

 

[Affeinvasion]

In a year of Warcraft and Alice 2, we really picking Suicide Squad as a hill to die on? Really?

Yes? It's a horrible movie. That doesn't make other movies better. Saying SS is the worst movie I've seen in a long time doesn't make those other movies good.

 

[foxuzamaki]

This film swore me off the DC CU until I hear great things about one of their movies. I honestly can't understand the small group of gaffers who defend this piece of shit movie.

i think we might be the bigger group

 

[Azazzel]

In a year of Warcraft and Alice 2, we really picking Suicide Squad as a hill to die on? Really?

SS was actually rewarded in terms of profit tho. The ones you mention...not so much.

 

[brandonh83]

Congratulations you piece of shit movie

I laughed.

 

[The Kree]

Didn't this movie need to make a ridiculous amount of money to even break even?

The only thing it didn't need to be was good.

 

[Strangelove77]

Give marketing a raise.

 

[QuantumZebra]

The world would be a lot more wonderful with 700 million Gal Gadots.

there is truth here

 

[Puck Beaverton]

In a year of Warcraft and Alice 2, we really picking Suicide Squad as a hill to die on? Really?

Warcraft bombed and Alice 2 is considered a box office disappointment.

 

[Ninjimbo]

Didn't this movie need to make a ridiculous amount of money to even break even?

Nope. That was bullshit cooked up by anonymous insiders.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Warcraft bombed and Alice 2 is considered a box office disappointment.

I meant in the hate on stakes.

Bewilders me people could sit through Alice 2 and SS and say with a straight face SS is the worst film of the year.

 

[MHWilliams]

Didn't this movie need to make a ridiculous amount of money to even break even?

Nah. It's made great profit for WB.

 

[Penguin]

Didn't this movie need to make a ridiculous amount of money to even break even?

Yeah, I heard something like double what The Force Awakens just to break even.

 

[milanbaros]

i think we might be the bigger group

That hasn't been my experience. Seems to be the same few posters over and over again.

 

[Kayhan]

Thanks, Harley.

 

[Kayo Police]

Margo literally carried this movie to 700 million by herself.

 

[Joni]

Didn't this movie need to make a ridiculous amount of money to even break even?

It depends. A good accountant might point out that Avatar made a loss.

 

[Kayhan]

Margo literally carried this movie to 700 million by herself.

She should be rewarded by being made an executive producer on her own solo Harley movie.

 

[heliosRAzi]

That hasn't been my experience. Seems to be the same few posters over and over again.

Yeah, it's mostly the same ones over and over again defending this movie.

 

[RandomHopeInc]

That's a shame.

Congratulations you piece of shit movie

Somebody really needs to grow up, there is no need to belittle a movie for its success, respect it for what they set out to do and succeeded doing.

 

[thebloo]

Didn't this movie need to make a ridiculous amount of money to even break even?

Isn't 700M a ridiculous amount?

 

[What did he mean by this?]

DCEU's first "good" movie will crush the buildings

 

[heliosRAzi]

Somebody really needs to grow up, there is no need to belittle a movie for its success, respect it for what they set out to do and succeeded doing.

I do respect it for making that much money. I wasn't being sarcastic in saying congratulations. It's still a piece of shit movie.

 

[pestul]

i think we might be the bigger group

Using this thread alone as a metric (which I know is terrible statistics).. I would say no.

 

[DeathyBoy]

DCEU's first "good" movie will crush the buildings

I genuinely hope a DC film crushes The Avengers box office just for the salty Gaf reaction.

 

[PR_rambo]

It was bad. Wouldn't want a sequel

 

[Gaiaknight]

I enjoyed the movie an everyone I know that saw it also enjoyed it so its no surprise it made this much money.

 

[K' Dash]

Meh, it wasn't that bad, there are plenty worse from Marvel.

 

[pestul]

DCEU's first "good" movie will crush the buildings

Yes. Well maybe. Wonder Woman probably has an unfortunate ceiling regardless of quality and I want it to be great.

If Justice League is amazing for fans and critics, it could be f'ing huge.

 

[mjc]

I genuinely hope a DC film crushes The Avengers box office just for the salty Gaf reaction.

It'll have to either be Affleck's Batman or Justice League.

 

[Smokey_Run]

It'll have to either be Affleck's Batman or Justice League.

It needs to be Justice League for maximum salt. Affleck's Batman will be seen as a "no brainer," but Snyder delivering the hit and the money? Oh man, it'd be glorious.

 

[Galactic Specter]

Good marketing can get movies that aren't very good to big places. Over the summer, I've heard alot of my friends talk about their excitement for SS and after it came out most of them liked it so the movie must've really struck a chord with people.

 

[novabolt]

Nice. I wonder how Doctor Strange will do?

 

[FullMetaltech]

Suprised because I didn't like it. The Joker was awful for the limited scenes he had. No Leto for the sequel please.

 

[mugurumakensei]

Didn't this movie need to make a ridiculous amount of money to even break even?

yea, they're at least 3 billion away from breaking even.

 

[heliosRAzi]

Suprised because I didn't like it. The Joker was awful for the limited scenes he had. No Leto for the sequel please.

You could cut all of the Joker scenes from the movie and we'd still have the same movie. The Joker was completely superfluous to the story.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Nice. I wonder how Doctor Strange will do?

A lot less, but people will call it a success.

 

[N7Commander95]

Nice. I wonder how Doctor Strange will do?

A lot less than the SS but still great I think

 

[Rumblebones]

Deserved.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

Cool. Liked the movie a lot and it's great to see a movie with such a diverse cast do well.

 

[guek]

DCEU's first "good" movie will crush the buildings

While this might indeed happen, the whole "DC properties are so stronk even when the movies suck!" idea is a little misguided. A lot of it has to do with the strength of the brand, yes, but much of it is also due to the strength of the genre. Whether diehards want to admit it or not, the BO performances of the DCEU owe a substantial amount of their success to Marvel continuing to grow the genre's popularity, just like the MCU has the Nolan trilogy, Raimi Spider-man, and X-men films to thank for laying much of its groundwork with the mass market.

Any doubts about this should be erased the second you look at the tepid performances of Batman Begins and Superman Returns. Both of those movies came out at a time when the superhero genre was growing but still a fraction of what it is today and at a time when both movie IPs were at a low point. Begins only made $374M WW and is far superior in quality compared to the average superhero movie and stars friggin BATMAN. So no, it's not that DC properties are that much more influential on the pop-cultural zeitgeist, you also have to consider the genre's growing popularity.

 

[plasmawave]

They are rewarded for a bad movie. DCU films will continue to suck confirmed!

 

[entremet]

Yeah, I heard something like double what The Force Awakens just to break even.

I've only heard speculation about this, never concrete numbers or verification.