Suicide Squad: 750 - 800 Million needed to break even?

[Okie_Loki]

Where to begin?

$175 million movie budget.
$10 million for re-shoots.
$100 million for all marketing (advertising).

Those are the numbers that we've been consistently told and seem relatively verifiable. That total is $285 million and studios usually take, on average throughout a films theater run about .50 on the dollar (half). It can be more or less depending on the theater and/or market.

To say that this film needs $800 million to BREAK EVEN is either complete clickbait or is a way to degrade the film ala Batman v Superman. The latter it was said would need $800 million to break even, and once it did, people across the Internet said it needed $1 billion to be credited as any type of success. Go figure...

This film needs maybe $650 million to break even and start turning pure profit (would equal about $325 million back to the studios). I just don't understand why we have to have these debates (they turn into arguments instead of just being easy conversations). If studios are really pouring this much money into these movies for the product we receive (budgets seem really bloated relative to all in all mediocre or just decent finished products) and thus need x amount in return, they're doing something wrong.