The Suicide Squad

Name: The Suicide Squad
Director: James Gunn
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 2021
Cast: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman

2021 • R • 2h 12m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • DC Comics

Assemble. Survive.

🍅 90% 82%

3.3

7.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$26.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$55.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$168.7M

Global release

Domestic Legs2.1x

Budget$185M

2021 Rank#23

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames Gunn ScreenplayJames Gunn Produced byNot specified CinematographyNot specified MusicNot specified Prod. DesignNot specified StarringMargot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman SeriesDC Extended Universe

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 6-8 1 $26.2M — 4,002 $6,548 $26.2M

2 Aug 13-15 5 $7.5M −71.5% 4,019 $1,859 $42.6M

3 Aug 20-22 6 $3.4M −54.5% 2,926 $1,162 $49.3M

4 Aug 27-29 7 $2.0M −41.5% 2,436 $817 $52.7M

5 Sep 3-5 8 $912.0K −54.2% 1,561 $584 $54.4M

6 Sep 10-12 12 $389.0K −57.3% 831 $468 $55.3M

7 Sep 17-19 19 $164.6K −57.7% 416 $396 $55.6M

8 Sep 24-26 20 $96.1K −41.6% 242 $397 $55.7M

9 Oct 1-3 30 $19.1K −80.1% 80 $239 $55.8M

10 Oct 8-10 34 $6.4K −66.6% 43 $148 $55.8M

Cumulative total$26.2M

Aug 6Aug 7Aug 7Aug 8Aug 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $6.4K

$26.2M

$7.5M

$3.4M

$2.0M

$912.0K

$389.0K

$164.6K

$96.1K

$19.1K

$6.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −66.6%

−71.5% W1→2

−54.5% W2→3

−41.5% W3→4

−54.2% W4→5

−57.3% W5→6

−57.7% W6→7

−41.6% W7→8

−80.1% W8→9

−66.6% W9→10

Steepest −80.1%Best hold −41.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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