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Sunday August 14, 2016
Box Office: 'Suicide Squad' Drops But Not Epically
This thing still.
Last week I said I expected “Suicide Squad” to take a big fall, and it did, 67.3%, but it wasn't an epic fall. I wanted it to be record-breaking to break Zack Snyder's stranglehold on Warner Bros. To save us all from more of this.
“Squad” still won the weekend with another $43 mil, bringing its domestic total to $222 and its worldwide to $465.
These are the biggest drops for movies that opened in > 4,000 theaters:
MOVIE | 1ST WKND* | 2ND WKND* | DROP | THTRS | TOTAL* |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | $169 | $47 | -72.00% | 4,375 | $381 |
The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $142 | $42 | -70.00% | 4,042 | $296 |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 | $138 | $41 | -69.80% | 4,066 | $281 |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | $141 | $43 | -69.10% | 4,070 | $292 |
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | $166 | $51 | -69.10% | 4,256 | $330 |
X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $85 | $26 | -69.00% | 4,102 | $179 |
Fantastic Four | $25 | $8 | -68.20% | 4,004 | $56 |
Suicide Squad | $133 | $43 | -67.30% | 4,255 | $222 |
* in millons
Mostly “Twilight” movies and shitty superhero flicks. Not a good crew to be associated with. And I still say it won't break $300 domestic.
“Sausage Party,” the R-rated animated movie from Seth Rogen, et al., came in second with $33 mil. Trailer here. It's all about taking anthropomorphized kiddie cartoons to their logical end. Anyone see it? Looks good. And 82% on RT.
“Pete's Dragon,” also well-reviewed (86%), came in third with $21 mil.
The new August Meryl Streep movie, even better reviewed (87%), came in eighth with $6.5 mil (but in only 1,500 theaters).
Good options, people chose shit. WOTW.