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

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Lawlight said:

Okie_Loki said:
^^ I'm not sure, according to this guy (who is pretty unbiased and on point), the movie will struggle to reach $300 domestic and may be more in line with Man of Steel ($291). This is why China was such a let down, because they could have put the WW figures anywhere between +$50-$100 million from where they are now.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/08/20/box-office-suicide-squad-falls-54-for-6m-friday/#3226ea8a7195

I think WW they're expecting this movie to pass $550 this weekend. So it'll probably finish anywhere in the $600s at this point, which is still ridiculously solid no matter how much people spin it.

$600 is also low for such a big movie. WB are so clueless.

Suicide Squad ain't exactly an A-tier comic book franchise no matter how much (crappy) Joker is shoe horned into it.  

It's doing well enough.

I guess at least Warner Bros. can imagine how much BvS and SS would've made with actual good scripts. 

If movies need more than $500-$600 million to turn a profit, the entire business model is bullshit anyway, there should be only 4-5 movies a year that make that kind of money. 

Those marketing costs and probably the budget too are overstated by shady studio practices IMO.