The Suicide Squad Weekend Thread: 26.6M Opening Weekend, 35M OS | Jungle Cruise 15.7 (-55%), Old 4.1 (-40%), Widow 4 (-38%), Stillwater 2.9 (-45%)

[Krissykins]

10 minutes ago, Gcsin20 said:

To be fair, Sony would’ve been expecting a $1 Billion gross minimum from NWH and now with Delta anything over $500mil will be considered a big win. For a studio like Sony that’s a lot of money to throw down the drain when they barely have any other tent poles left. Moving is the smart decision for the non Disney/WB studios 

$500m wouldn’t be considered a “big win” for Spider-Man if it’s only $100m more than Black Widow and people have done nothing but drag that film. 
 

 

ERC unfortunately rearing it’s ugly head again lol, I get the impression he doesn’t believe (?) in the pandemic and is therefore probably best avoided and unfollowed. Mess.

[wildphantom]

Imagine the forums if Batman Begins had launched day and date on HBO Max, with its $72.9 million 5-day opening coming in at $45 million.  
 

“End the franchise!!!”

Edited August 8, 2021 by wildphantom

[HouseOfTheSun]

The writing is on the wall…new wave of delays are coming. 
 

mad for this movie…26m and no VOD revenues…yikes. Probably best dc movie since dark Knight and likely won’t be revisited on the big screen. Oh well. Doubt the show will be canned or cancelled atleast 

Edited August 8, 2021 by HouseOfTheSun

[john2000]

1 minute ago, Krissykins said:

$500m wouldn’t be considered a “big win” for Spider-Man if it’s only $100m more than Black Widow and people have done nothing but drag that film. 
 

 

ERC unfortunately rearing it’s ugly head again lol, I get the impression he doesn’t believe (?) in the pandemic and is therefore probably best avoided and unfollowed. Mess.

for spiderman to only hit 500 mill it would need to make what bw made sans china 400 mill + 100 mill from china  something thats laughable to be honest..........spidey not only will have bigger or way bigger ow it will also have great legs bc of xmas and bc it will be theatrical only.....

[Legion Again]

40 pages for a 26M opening, the powah of DC

[Legion Again]

Anyway spider-man will come out December 17 and easy Billie, y’all chicken littles are exhausting

[Maggie]

Don't forget movies in the fall/winter will have mad competition if nothing moves. BW and the rest played to a mostly empty summer

Edited August 8, 2021 by Maggie

[john2000]

Just now, HouseOfTheSun said:

The writing is on the wall…new wave of delays are coming. 
 

mad for this movie…26m and no VOD revenues…yikes. 

based on what ?  exactly ss underperformed badly while jungle cruise was and still is a great suprise a 55% drop dom and a 45% or so os drop ....

[HouseOfTheSun]

2 minutes ago, Lokis Legion said:

40 pages for a 26M opening, the powah of DC

Going down in flames generally draws all the armchair experts 

[Gcsin20]

5 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

 

Why is moving the smart decision?  Movies moved 18 months and they still end up smack dab in the middle of a virus surge.  What guarantee is there that moving NWH protects it?  Also, not to mention if that moves they have to move all sorts of other things because of the MCU timelines.  

 

Like most of the world, studios are going to have to settle for "hopefully we break even or make some money" rather than hording in hundreds of millions in profit.  They can't move stuff forever.  

Oh there’s no guarantee at all, this time next year could be just as bad still. But Sony would be giving themselves a decent chance at an extra few hundred million dollars just by pushing back a few months, for them that is massive. 
 

Disney and WB I agree should at this point just settle for whatever they can get at the box office and keep their slates the same though. They can take the financial hits, Sony and others like them can’t. 

[HouseOfTheSun]

1 minute ago, john2000 said:

based on what ?  exactly ss underperformed badly while jungle cruise was and still is a great suprise a 55% drop dom and a 45% or so os drop ....

Let’s quantify that drop by saying it opens at 35m…the way the positive reaction around JC has been it could have done 60-70m 

[john2000]

3 minutes ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

Let’s quantify that drop by saying it opens at 35m…the way the positive reaction around JC has been it could have done 60-70m 

says who ? even in pre covid times jc could very well had open close to 35 than 70........

[Borobudur]

1	N	The Suicide Squad	Warner Bros.	$26,500,000		4,002		$6,622	$26,500,000	1
2	(1)	Jungle Cruise	Walt Disney	$15,693,000	-55%	4,310	n/c	$3,641	$65,317,454	2
3	(2)	Old	Universal	$4,140,000	-40%	3,138	-241	$1,319	$38,523,145	3
4	(4)	Black Widow	Walt Disney	$4,007,000	-38%	3,100	-260	$1,293	$174,358,784	5
5	(5)	Stillwater	Focus Fea…	$2,860,000	-45%	2,611	+80	$1,095	$10,000,070	2
6	(3)	The Green Knight	A24	$2,596,000	-62%	2,798	+8	$928	$12,167,727	2
7	(6)	Space Jam: A New Legacy	Warner Bros.	$2,475,000	-42%	2,869	-632	$863	$65,735,781	4
8	(7)	Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe …	Paramount…	$1,625,000	-60%	2,080	-1,460	$781	$26,001,972	3
9	(9)	Escape Room: Tourname…	Sony Pict…	$1,250,000	-44%	1,303	-783	$959	$23,040,370	4
10	(8)	F9: The Fast Saga	Universal	$1,230,000	-54%	1,715	-633	$717	$171,034,145	7
11	(10)	The Boss Baby: Family…	Universal	$740,000	-46%	1,405	-460	$527	$55,160,715	6
12	(11)	The Forever Purge	Universal	$510,000	-55%	779	-387	$655	$43,749,250	6
13	(12)	A Quiet Place: Part II	Paramount…	$285,000	-54%	520	-259	$548	$159,391,550	11

 

Old likely top 50, BW 185m-190m , SJ2 70m ; F9 173m-175m; AQP2 160m depend if Paramount want to push it.

[HouseOfTheSun]

Just now, john2000 said:

says who ? even in pre covid times jc could very well had open close to 35 than 70........

Says me in response to your own made up narratives. 
 

its an opinion. Grasp your mind around the concept. 

[john2000]

guys is simple covid will not go away anytime soon  and it will probably become an endemic if everythime that there is a surge companies ,economies etc keep delaying things then we are doomed ..... and thats not happening

[john2000]

1 minute ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

Says me in response to your own made up narratives. 
 

its an opinion. Grasp your mind around the concept. 

my answer to you was the fact that you claimed  The writing is on the wall…new wave of delays are coming.  based on none info whatsover ......

[BadOlCatSylvester]

So, who's going to move first? No Way Home is Sony's magnum opus, so I imagine they'll be the first.

[EmpireCity]

13 minutes ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

The writing is on the wall…new wave of delays are coming. 
 

mad for this movie…26m and no VOD revenues…yikes. Probably best dc movie since dark Knight and likely won’t be revisited on the big screen. Oh well. Doubt the show will be canned or cancelled atleast 

 

No, the writing isn't on the wall. 

 

You're just making things up.  

[EmpireCity]

Again, wake me when Venom 2 and No Time To Die tank.  Until then, none of this really means anything and there are a multitude of reasons something like The Suicide Squad didn't perform.  

[john2000]

by the way for people who have seen ss , is it a reboot or a continuation of the 2016 movie ?