Tag: The Suicide Squad
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Would Love To Play Huntress Again
The DC Universe is steadily getting back on track, with Warner Bros. leaning into the inherently scattered nature of comics and opening up their cinematic plans for any number of interpretations and spins on the classic material rather than upholding a single filmmaker’s all-encompassing vision for the property at large. Recent movies like James Gunn’s…
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‘Free Guy’ Exceeds Box Office Expectations As ‘The Suicide Squad’ Gets Killed In Its Second Weekend
The box office stories of the Summer Movie Season 2021™ have been giving film fans whiplash for weeks. One story talks about how “Black Widow” has a monster opening weekend and shows how cinema is rebounding after the pandemic. A week later, the film is viewed as an unmitigated disaster and Scarlett Johansson sues Disney.…
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Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Free Guy’ Beats Expectations, Taking The Top Spot With $28.4 Million At North American Box Office
On a weekend that saw the arrival of three new major releases, moviegoers said “Hello, Ryan Reynolds” and “Adios, Suicide Squad” as Free Guy, the irreverent action comedy from 20th Century Studios and Disney, dominated a crowded field, landing at No. 1 at the domestic box office with a stronger-than-expected $28.4 million haul. As for…
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‘Free Guy’ Surprises Box Office With $28.4 Million Opening
20th Century Studios’ “Free Guy” provided a box office surprise this weekend, earning a stronger-than-expected $28.4 million opening from 4,165 locations and topping the $26.2 million opening earned last weekend by Warner Bros./DC’s “The Suicide Squad”While analysts had not ruled out an opening above $20 million for the Ryan Reynolds comedy, a start in the…
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Box Office: ‘Free Guy’ Debuts at No. 1 With Surprisingly Strong $28.4 Million
Despite concerns the delta variant would keep moviegoers at home, Ryan Reynolds’ sci-fi action comedy “Free Guy” had a better-than-expected start at the domestic box office.The movie, from Disney and 20th Century Studios, collected $26 million from 4,165 North American theaters. Given its production budget above $100 million, those ticket sales wouldn’t be much to…
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‘Free Guy’ Takes No. 1 As ‘The Suicide Squad’ Plummets at Box Office
20th Century Studios’ “Free Guy” is performing above box office expectations thanks to a mix of strong word of mouth and, quite possibly, its theaters-only release. The Ryan Reynolds comedy earned $10.5 million from 4,165 locations on Friday and is now estimated for a $26 million opening weekend.In fact, all three of this weekend’s new…
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Here’s the Hilarious Reason Amanda Waller Put Rick Flag on the Expendable Team in ‘The Suicide Squad’
Warning: spoilers ahead for The Suicide Squad. James Gunn‘s The Suicide Squad opens with Viola Davis‘s character, Amanda Waller, blackmailing a team of criminals into participating in a forthcoming operation on an island nation. A few minutes in, after most of those characters are gunned down while storming the nation’s beach, the ruthless Waller confirms…
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Margot Robbie Joins Wes Anderson’s Next Film (Exclusive)
Margot Robbie is now a Wes Anderson featured player.The actress, currently on screens as Harley Quinn in The Suicide Squad, has joined the roster of the acclaimed auteur’s latest project, an untitled feature that will begin shooting in Spain later in August.Plot details are being kept under the breast pocket. Also unclear is the exact…
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‘The Suicide Squad’ stumbles in US as Warners, AMC strike 45-day exclusive theatrical window pact for 2022
Cinema chain to start accepting bitcoin payments by end of year.Warner Bros and AMC Theatres have struck a deal for a 45-day exclusive theatrical window for the studio’s releases starting in 2022.Monday’s (August 9) news had been expected after the studio agreed to a similar deal earlier in the year with Regal owner Cineworld. It…
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‘The Suicide Squad’ stumbles in US as Warners, AMC strike 45-day theatrical window pact for 2022
Cinema chain to start accepting bitcoin payments by end of year.Warner Bros and AMC Theatres have struck a deal for a 45-day exclusive theatrical window for the studio’s releases starting in 2022.Monday’s (August 9) news had been expected after the studio agreed to a similar deal earlier in the year with Regal owner Cineworld. It…