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This is the largest midnight/early preview #s for a non-sequel in history.
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This is the largest midnight/early preview #s for a non-sequel in history.
bananafactory
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One of the best marketing campaigns in a while
CassidyIzABeast
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David Ayer made this for the people, not the critics.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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For those wondering, this is very encouraging despite BvS's March opening. That is due to BvS's opening day being on Good Friday, where many are out of school and off work, so it essentially acts like a Saturday.
Mr. Poolman
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Impressive, I wonder if SS will get a case of BvS?
Great opening, terrible legs.
Great opening, terrible legs.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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wesleyshark
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Hot damn.
bananafactory
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real people
PhoncipleBone
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It's the new Hot Topic film.
Escape Goat
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boiled goose
good with gravy
With two duds in a row, will people still fall for marketing and hype?
I say... Yes.
I say... Yes.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Fixed
You fixer, you.
illmatic22
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If nothing else the DCEU has been able to put butts in the seats thus far.
Sorcerer
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Until next weekend.
Absolutely. The only division there that seems to have its shit together.
gundamkyoukai
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This movie was always going to make money in the first week .
The question is how the legs going to be .
The question is how the legs going to be .
Succinct Verbosity
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People really like batman and the joker.
Sgt. Kabukiman
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It might have terrible legs but with an opening like that worldwide (and so far it's even doing better than BvS and Civil War in my country) it's definitely going to be a success no matter what. And despite the quality of the film, I don't see audiences reacting as poorly to this as they did BvS.
In a way, I'm kinda glad as I don't want DC to lose their shit and start tinkering too much with Wonder Woman but I hope they don't settle with just being the new Transformers. At this point, I'm not even sure I want the DCEU to happen anymore, despite enjoying Man of Steel a whole lot.
In a way, I'm kinda glad as I don't want DC to lose their shit and start tinkering too much with Wonder Woman but I hope they don't settle with just being the new Transformers. At this point, I'm not even sure I want the DCEU to happen anymore, despite enjoying Man of Steel a whole lot.
That might be a problem
right. Im going to see it tonight, but i only paid 3.25 . thanks T-Mobile! lol
Sorcerer
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There will certainly be Joker backlash after this weekend.
Sgt. Kabukiman
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WB waiting for next week numbers like...
Man, Viola Davis is certainly a great actress, but how glorious would it have been if Oprah had accepted the Amanda Waller role? She would have been perfect.
Souldriver
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Imagine of the film was good!
(and I don't mean that in a snarky way. Just imagine if the it had impressive word of mouth, which it won't have)
(and I don't mean that in a snarky way. Just imagine if the it had impressive word of mouth, which it won't have)
For gaf, this can't be spammed enough.
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Mushroomer25
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It's going to be VERY interesting to see day-to-day drops on this. The word of mouth I've head so far - from both critics and normal enthusiasts - is nothing short of toxic. "Worse than BvS" has been tossed around many times.
Roland_Gunner
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How can WBs marketing be so good and its film-making be so bad? If they could just put out decent stuff money would be pouring in.
Really? Just going through twitter and forums last night I got the opposite. People generally seem to like it.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
SO YOU THINK YOU STONE ME AND SPIT IN MY EYEESSS
I'm curious more to see if this has any legs. Most of my friends that aren't hardcore comic nerds that saw it last night called it a unfunny mess. Anecdotal of course but these people hated BvS as well and made it quite well known what a stinker it was on social media.
Also didn't WB say they needed to make some insane number like 750 million?
Also didn't WB say they needed to make some insane number like 750 million?
Lights and Waves
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Nice! I really thought it was a fun summer blockbuster.
wesleyshark
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Yeah. There's a lot of positive buzz from real audiences haha
toweringinferno
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I went to the Midnight showing here in London. It wasn't too bad, it's not a great movie either but it's fairly entertaining and enjoyable aside from a few cringey moments
Colonel Nasty
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I could see some positive word of mouth.
"The chick was hot and it had all my favorite songs!"
It was sooo mediocre. But as long as WB keeps getting people in the seat to see the trainwreck why change?
"The chick was hot and it had all my favorite songs!"
It was sooo mediocre. But as long as WB keeps getting people in the seat to see the trainwreck why change?
Kenzodielocke
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I mean, it's really hard to guess when reviews have an effect and when not. There are very good movies, critically beloved, that weren't box office hits at all nor had any legs.
We'll be smarter in a week.
Gitesh Pandya ‏@GiteshPandya 27m27 minutes ago
#SuicideSquad grossed huge $20.5M from THU pre-show debut. +83% vs Guardians, +61% vs #Deadpool, only 18% below #CaptainAmericaCivilWar.
Gitesh Pandya ‏@GiteshPandya 16m16 minutes ago
Even if fan turnout is heavily front-loaded, #SuicideSquad may get near $60M opening day & $140M for opening wknd. New AUG records.
Jesus.
#SuicideSquad grossed huge $20.5M from THU pre-show debut. +83% vs Guardians, +61% vs #Deadpool, only 18% below #CaptainAmericaCivilWar.
Gitesh Pandya ‏@GiteshPandya 16m16 minutes ago
Even if fan turnout is heavily front-loaded, #SuicideSquad may get near $60M opening day & $140M for opening wknd. New AUG records.
Jesus.
Sorcerer
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There good at opening weekends at least so far, but I'd argue there are people who love these characters and refuse to believe the train wreck unless they see if for themselves.
I think WW will definitely feel the damage from this.
We will see if it has any legs to counter the critical reception.
Marketers were so good WB upgraded them to film editors, lol.
The trailers and marketing were really on point, imagine what kind of massive success this movie could be if it had actually been a good movie.
Close enough?
I know it's a joke, but honestly don't even feel like it's the worst one this year... and I didn't care for it
But put it above X-Men and Ninja Turtles
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