Box Office: ‘The Suicide Squad’ Underwhelms With $26.5 Million Debut

The box office stories of the Summer Movie Season 2021™ have been giving film fans whiplash for weeks. One story talks about how “Black Widow” has a monster opening weekend and shows how cinema is rebounding after the pandemic.

In fact, all three of this weekend’s new releases, including Sony/Screen Gems/Stage 6’s “Don’t Breathe 2” and MGM/UA’s “Respect,” are now estimated to open above the second weekend total of Warner Bros.’ “The Suicide Squad,” which only grossed an estimated $2.2 million on its second Friday — an 81% drop from opening day — and is now estimated to drop 73% from its $26.2 million opening weekend for a $7.2 million second frame that will put it at No. 5 on the charts.

to Deadline, the “The Suicide Squad” star has marked a monumental milestone, landing a No. 1 box office film for six consecutive decades.

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The Suicide Squad’s joint release in cinemas and streaming services, stating that films “last because they’re seen on television”.The Suicide Squad has underperformed at the box office in its opening weekend by grossing $26.5million of its $30million projection in the US.

This article contains spoilers for “The Suicide Squad”As expected, there was a whole lot of death in James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad.” And though it was hard for fans, the squad members themselves were largely unphased by most of them, save for Rick Flag’s. But there was one other death that really hit home for both fans and Polka Dot Man in particular — Milton.But let’s be honest: Polka Dot Man’s reaction was just…logical.

David Ayer who? If you’re the folks at Warner Bros. and DC Films, that’s the exact question they want audiences to ask after seeing James Gunn’s latest film, “The Suicide Squad.” Though Ayer did, technically, make a “Suicide Squad” film back in 2016 (though it might not conform to his exact vision), the studio behind that feature is hoping you have selective amnesia and embrace what is happening in Gunn’s reinvention of the misfit supervillain troupe, Task Force X.

even recently its own director, David Ayer.But with Gunn taking over the director’s chair and adding new cast such as Idris Elba and John Cena alongside Margot Robbie returning as Harley Quinn, Warner Bros. is hoping the new film can win back both critics and audiences.

Warning: this post contains spoilers for “The Suicide Squad”There have been a number of actors who have popped up in movies based on both Marvel and DC Comics properties, and “The Suicide Squad” has a couple of its own to add to the list: David Dastmalchian, who was also in “Ant-Man and The Wasp,” as well as a surprise cameo appearance by someone director James Gunn brought over from his “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies.Director James Gunn made an appearance on the latest episode of the Happy

disagree with me on this). The original’s director, David Ayer, who has never delivered a decent film, has been scrapped and replaced by James Gunn of “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Most of the earlier movie’s cast and characters have also sat this one out.Running time: 132 minutes.

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Jennifer Yuma After Warner Bros. released Zack Snyder’s director’s cut of “Justice League,” fans are rallying for the company to release David Ayer’s cut of his 2016 supervillain team-up movie “Suicide Squad” after he confirmed its existence in an emotional letter last week.

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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— The 2016 David Ayer-directed “Suicide Squad” may have been rock bottom for Warner Bros.'s DC Comics universe, but the follow-up/rebuild by James Gunn might be a high point.

took to Twitter to defend his original idea for the film just one week before the release of James Gunn’s upcoming retooling, aptly titled “The Suicide Squad,” which has already received significant praise from critics. Many have compared Gunn’s version to Ayer’s disappointing effort, which Ayer claims is not fully his work.“I don’t know what quit is.

The Suicide Squad star Idris Elba has laid out the differences between the film and its 2016 predecessor.Speaking to NME on the day of the film’s release (July 30), Elba said that the differences ultimately come down to James Gunn and David Ayer’s contrasting approaches to the franchise.“I think fans will appreciate that these are two great filmmakers who attacked it differently,” he said.He added that he felt fans would “take some comfort in the fact that James Gunn is an absolute almanac for

Suicide Squad, has said that the Warner Bros. version released in cinemas is “not my movie.”In a lengthy, personal post on Twitter, the filmmaker claimed that the studio behind Suicide Squad “ripped to pieces” the film that he had originally made.“I put my life into Suicide Squad,” he wrote in the post.

Released in 2016, “Suicide Squad” was viewed as a critical failure, earning scathing reviews reflected in the film’s dismal Rotten Tomatoes score of just 26 per cent.