Given that it featured DC’s three most iconic characters – and indeed, three of the most iconic characters in all of comic books – Warner Bros.’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice didn’t quite manage to perform to expectations at the box office, falling short of the $900 million mark worldwide.
Next month its the turn of the villains, as the studio unleashes Suicide Squad, and if tracking is to be believed it looks like the studio can rest easy this time around, as it is being reported that the film is looking at a domestic opening weekend north of $125 million, which would be the biggest ever for the month of August.
The current record for an August bow is $94.3 million, set by Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014; meanwhile, it also looks likely that Suicide Squad will give box office megastar Will Smith his biggest debut, which currently stands at $77.2 million for I Am Legend.
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Batman v Superman managed a whopping $166 million North American opening back in March (and the biggest worldwide opening for a superhero movie with $424.1 million globally), though it suffered a massive drop in its second weekend off the back of mixed reviews and disappointing word out mouth. Expectations are of course lower for Suicide Squad, but if the tracking is accurate the film will surpass Man of Steel’s domestic opening of $116.6 million, and if it can live up to the buzz on social media, the sky could be the limit for the Worst Heroes Ever.
How much do you think Suicide Squad will earn at the worldwide box office? Could the villains achieve the (previously) unthinkable and surpass Batman v Superman’s haul? Let us know your predictions in the comments below…
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It feels good to be bad…Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?
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Suicide Squad hits theaters on August 5th 2016 and sees David Ayer (Fury) directing a cast that includes Will Smith (Focus) as Deadshot, Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) as The Joker, Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney (Terminator Genisys) as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman (RoboCop) as Rick Flag, Viola Davis (The Help) as Amanda Waller, Cara Delevingne (Paper Towns) as Enchantress, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Thor: The Dark World) as Killer Croc, Ray Olubowale (Resident Evil: Afterlife) as King Shark, Jay Hernandez (Hostel) as El Diablo, Adam Beach (Flags of Our Fathers) as Slipknot, Jim Parrack (Fury) as Johnny Frost, Ben Affleck (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) as Batman, newcomer Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Common (Selma) as Monster T, Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project) as Captain Griggs and Scott Eastwood (The Longest Ride) as Lieutenant ‘GQ’ Edwards.
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Originally published July 15, 2016. Updated March 2, 2020.
