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AckbartheHutt — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 05:09 PM)

  1. Suicide Squad stinks
  2. Studio shills tricked me into watching it
  3. Genius marketing
  4. Will Smith is box office gold
  5. Got lucky
  6. Had huge opening weekend
  7. Over sexualized Harley Quinn
  8. The most over the top film version of the Joker yet
  9. Batman
  10. Was tricked into believing by the trailers that there would be more of the Joker
  11. Little competition in august which gave the film legs. People had nothing else to see pretty much
  12. Summer movie
  13. Kids were out of school
  14. Was not released in China because only 34 films are released there in a year
  15. Was front loaded
  16. Current comic-book movie mega boom
  17. Cool colorful posters, cool cast interviews, etc
  18. The Joker. Everybody was interested in seeing the new take on the character
  19. All were A list DC characters
  20. Margot is box office gold
    http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Marvel-Cinematic-Universe#tab=summary
    The more people say SS is a failed movie the more I think they are just trolling. The facts don't lie people. And remember SS wasn't released in China which makes the irony even more ironic.
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Great list.
Homo No Homo
MAGA
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L1F3

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200498https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200498Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:08 GMT]]>jamesbamesy — 6 years ago(January 04, 2020 07:10 PM)

Shouldn’t this have been on the Suicide Squad board?
Edit: Nevermind, it is, but then what’s the purpose of it on here??
"I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply…evil."

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great list
Homo No Homo
MAGA
4
L1F3

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200496https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200496Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:05 GMT]]>Fluffis — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 11:44 PM)

4.) It was competing with "Monsters University" and "World War Z" in its second weekend,
Yeah. And the rest of the weekends, it fell behind
The Heat (2013)
and never recovered.
Quidquid Latinae dictum sit, altum viditur.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200495https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200495Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:04 GMT]]>Arg1982 — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 06:04 PM)

I hope you did not mean me.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200494https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200494Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:03 GMT]]>Slam_Evil — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 12:21 AM)

Who the hell is this jackass. So many losers and their socks coming out of the woodwork.
Die, fatty.
You're welcome.
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]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200493https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200493Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:01 GMT]]>Arg1982 — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 06:35 PM)

I don't agree with people who say MOS failed because it did not make a billion. Here is why:
1.) It was only the second Superman film in more than 25 years.
2.) It was following Superman Returns (2006), which while not anywhere near a hated movie, did not generate much excitement.
3.) It was about a character who many thought "outdated" and "boring."
4.) It was competing with "Monsters University" and "World War Z" in its second weekend,
5.) It was a reboot and the starting point of an extended universe, which would be competing against the already very popular Marvel universe.
Even though I thought SS sucked, saying it failed financially is ridiculous.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200492https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200492Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:00 GMT]]>Slam_Evil — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 05:47 PM)

Yeah, no, it's all relative. When you spend 9 bucks to make 10, that's not a success.
You're welcome.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200491https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200491Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:58 GMT]]>A-to-ZZZ — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 06:05 PM)

I think maybe BvS spend about 250m. Suicide Squad was only 200m. And MoS less.
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]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200490https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200490Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:57 GMT]]>AckbartheHutt — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 04:10 PM)

Rumors are they each spent around 250m on marketing. So all 3 movies barely broke even with production costs included.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200489https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200489Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:56 GMT]]>Bubbathagut — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 09:31 PM)

They actually spent $100 million to $125 on marketing. Positive word of mouth is why SS made so much money. All 3 Avenger movies spent around $200 mil on marketing.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200488https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200488Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:54 GMT]]>A-to-ZZZ — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 07:30 PM)

Throwing money around is not genius. Deadpool had genius marketing, because it was viral marketing that cost virtually nothing. Spending 200m on marketing is not genius.
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]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200487https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200487Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:53 GMT]]>Bubbathagut — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 07:25 PM)

Those are both #3.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200486https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2200486Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Top 20 reasons why Suicide Squad made so much money. on Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:52 GMT]]>A-to-ZZZ — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 05:40 PM)

You forgot the 200m marketing budget and 2 year long marketing campaign. Also copyingg uardians of the Galaxy and Deadpool.
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