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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — With Covid-19 fears again depressing North American moviegoing, new Warner Bros./DC superhero film “The Suicide Squad” led the weekend box office but took in only $26.2 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday. The movie, dubbed a pseudo-sequel to 2016’s major hit “Suicide Squad,” again featured A-listers Margot Robbie and Viola Davis, but two big names from the earlier version — Will Smith and Jared Leto — sat this […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Grossing $267.1 million worldwide on its first weekend alone, Suicide Squad proves the power of hype and the advantage of having well-edited trailers. I admit I have been waiting for it, too. Ever since Warner Bros. released the film’s first trailer in the San Diego Comic Con last year, I have waited with bated breath. And I am not alone, millions all over the world expressed the same sentiment. Then came the trailer […]
REUTERS — Despite being derided by critics, Warner Bros.’s ‘Suicide Squad’ held on to the number one position at the North American box office for a second week, bringing in an estimated 43.8 million dollars over the weekend. In its opening weekened, Seth Rogen’s innuendo-filled animation ‘Sausage Party’ about supermarket foods who are unaware of their fates after they leave the shelves, came in second place with 33.6 million dollars in tickets sales, boxofficemojo.com reported […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — South African musicians Die Antwoord accused “Suicide Squad” director David Ayer on Thursday of ripping off their unique visual style, dismissing the respected filmmaker as a “scared lil bitch.” Yolandi Visser, the rap-rave outfit’s lead singer, posted a lengthy, blistering rant on Instagram, which began by telling the director of the Warner Bros. super anti-hero film: “Yes David Ayer u jockin our style.” She went on to claim that […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Defying a barrage of dismal reviews, the DC comics-inspired film “Suicide Squad” topped the box office with $135.1 million in sales this weekend, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations estimates. Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto and Margot Robbie as a band of deadly criminals recruited to execute dangerous black-ops missions, the film has an average critical score of 4.7 out of 10 on the reviews aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. […]
by Frankie TAGGART LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Thousands of angry DC Comics fans are backing a petition calling for the closure of reviews aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, after a lukewarm response to supervillain blockbuster “Suicide Squad.” A poster calling himself Abdullah Coldwater of Alexandria, Egypt, started the campaign accusing the site of giving “unjust bad reviews… and that affects people’s opinion even if it’s a really great (movie).” The petition at change.org had […]
