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The Suicide Squad

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

Assemble. Survive.

The Suicide Squad Box Office

Opening Weekend
$26.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$55.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$161.1M
Global release
Domestic Legs2.1x
Budget$185M
2021 Rank#23
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 6-8 1 $26.21M $26.21M 4,002 $6.5K 1
Aug 13-15 5 $7.47M -71.5% $42.61M 4,019 $1.9K 2
Aug 20-22 6 $3.40M -54.5% $49.26M 2,926 $1.2K 3
Aug 27-29 7 $1.99M -41.5% $52.73M 2,436 $817 4
Sep 3-5 8 $912K -54.2% $54.41M 1,561 $584 5
Sep 10-12 12 $389K -57.3% $55.27M 831 $468 6
Sep 17-19 19 $165K -57.7% $55.57M 416 $396 7
Sep 24-26 20 $96K -41.6% $55.73M 242 $397 8
Oct 1-3 30 $19K -80.1% $55.78M 80 $239 9
Oct 8-10 34 $6K -66.6% $55.80M 43 $148 10

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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

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