“The Suicide Squad” received unusually good reviews for a comic-book adaptation, plenty of social media attention, and had little to no competition on a prime summer weekend.
Even so, it fell short of its conservative $30 million projection to gross $26,550,000 in 4,002 North American theaters.“Black Widow” made nearly $40 million on its opening day.
However, that was a month ago — back when the Delta variant was still introducing itself to North America.
Today, as areas of the U.S.
see infection and hospitalization rates that rival the worst days of the pandemic, that’s a likely factor in the disinterest of the theatrical audience.There’s reason to believe the “Squad” audience might disregard rising Covid rates: Younger and more dedicated to the scope and experience of theatrical presentation, they’re less likely to take advantage of HBO Max availability.
Beyond that core group, however, are fans who would be grateful for
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