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Ellise Shafer administratorWarner Bros.’ “The Suicide Squad” is poised to come out on top of the domestic box office chart this weekend, with an estimated three-day gross of $25.65 million.Though the R-rated superhero film is now expected to fall slightly short of previous industry predictions that it would gross over $30 million in its first weekend, “The Suicide Squad” is still set to top the box office by a healthy $10,000 margin.
As the delta variant causes COVID-19 concerns to rise in the
.Beep beep! Travis Scott gifted his and Kylie Jenner’s 3-year-old daughter, Stormi, with a real school bus on Tuesday, August 24.
Free Guy is still the number one movie at the box office for the second weekend in a row.
“Jungle Cruise” opened to $35 million and is approaching the $100 million domestic mark despite its hybrid release and lack of major IP connection. In its fourth weekend, the film added $6.1 million to take the No.
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.
Refresh for latest…: Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy led the game at global turnstiles this session with a $51M worldwide debut. That includes domestic’s over-performance of $28.4M, and a $22.5M start in 41 material markets at the international box office — the latter in line with pre-weekend expectations.
While analysts had not ruled out an opening above $20 million for the Ryan Reynolds comedy, a start in the $15-19 million range was expected to be the more likely outcome. Instead, “Free Guy” has gotten a boost from strong word of mouth, with critics giving it an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score while audiences gave it a sterling A on CinemaScore and a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score.
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.
“It was a great move for us because Evil never really felt like a network show,” says Mike Colter of the move of the supernatural series from CBS to Paramount+ for is second season this year. “I think it is going to be a good thing, I think it is going to change the way we explore the characters,” adds the man who plays priest in training David Acosta alongside fellow paranormal investigators Katija Herbers and Aasif Mandvi
EXCLUSIVE: Third-party streaming analytics corp Samba TV has weighed in on the weekend viewership of Warner Bros.’ James Gunn The Suicide Squad on HBO Max and 2.8M U.S. households tuned in over the film’s Friday-Sunday.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDespite the best-laid plans of Hollywood studio and cinema operators, the movie theater business is still struggling to mount a recovery from COVID-19.For a while, the box office looked poised for a comeback, with a string of pandemic-era record opening weekends, including “A Quiet Place Part II” ($48 million), “F9” ($70 million) and “Black Widow” ($80 million) in June and July.
There’s a lot of uncertainty (again) as we enter the end of the summer movie season in theaters. With COVID cases rising and renewed mask mandates in some locations, some were worried this might lead to people taking a break from going out to the cinemas to see the next big films.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Escape From Mogadishu” held on to its place at the top of the South Korean box office for the second weekend. It comfortably overcame the challenge from newly released “The Suicide Squad.”“Mogadishu” earned $4.26 million in its second weekend of release, down only 14% compared with its first session, in which it took $4.96 million.
Refresh for latest…: After debuting to $6.7M from five overseas markets last weekend, Warner Bros/DC’s The Suicide Squad moved into wide offshore release this session, taking $35M from 69 total international box office markets. This is a touch below the like-for-like opening of 2020’s disappointing Birds Of Prey ($36.6M at today’s rates) and under the $40M we were seeing coming into the frame. The offshore cume is now $45.7M and the global total, with domestic’s debut, is $72.2M.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“The Suicide Squad,” the R-rated comic book adaptation directed by James Gunn, underwhelmed in its box office debut, collecting $26.5 million from 4,002 North American theaters.Those ticket sales were easily enough to lead domestic box office charts despite falling short of expectations heading into the weekend.
The $30 million mark was set based on the performance of recent films like “Space Jam: A New Legacy” and “Jungle Cruise,” which were released without theatrical exclusivity last month as COVID-19 cases began to surge again. Reception has also been much stronger than the original “Suicide Squad” released in 2016.
Prior to the weekend, James Gunn’s R-Rated DC film had been projected for a $30 million opening, close to the $31 million launch seen last month for fellow Warner release “Space Jam: A New Legacy” and the $33 million earned by DC’s “Birds of Prey” in February 2020. Like all Warner Bros.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Suicide Squad” opened to $4.1 million in Thursday night previews, bolstered by strong reviews and the wider world of fandom’s mania for all things James Gunn.Theater owners are hoping that the very R-rated comic book film will provide a much-needed jolt to the box office after concerns about the Delta variant and new distribution models have stalled their recovery.
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.