One thing I find interesting is how the movie is being judged at the box office.
Some media reports point to SS being a huge success by beating the surprise hit GOTG from Marvel, which seems crazy since Guardians was a completely unknown property and ended up being a huge commercial and critical success. Not sure beating Marvel's D list heroes is something to be proud of.
Then there are a bunch of comparisons to Deadpool, which opened on a long weekend and was R rated. Not sure I'd be bragging about barely beating a movie about yet another D list hero with half the audience, especially since Deadpool beat Suicide Squad by almost $10M over the first 4 days (although their 6 day numbers are almost identical).
It isn't like suicide squad is filled with A list DC characters but considering this movie had way bigger names attached and really pushed Joker/Batman/Harley aspect and of course, Will Smith, it probably should do better.
I am interested to see what industry reaction and DC/Warner reaction will be to this move in the long run. Will they just be happy it made a bunch of money and didn't fail? Or will the string of successful but poorly received movies finally cause some concern?
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