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(Photo: Warner Bros. ) When you bring together a group of the most dangerous baddies of the DC Universe, you’ve got to allow room for a few quirks. I mean, c’mon, Suicide Squad has the ever-odd Harley Quinn in its roster, so of course there’s going to be a few weird things going on…
She’s fabulous. Her hair is done. Her makeup is flawless; her coat, luxurious. She’s single. She’s thin or she’s fat or she’s muscular or she’s old or she’s young but she’s never ever cute or soft or scared of you. She’s hungry. She wants money, and she wants more luxurious coats, and she wants power….
Image credit: Warner Brothers Here’s something twisted that will absolutely blow your goddamn mind: Suicide Squad, a very bad movie, set an August box office record on its opening weekend, raking in a hot $135.1 million in North American ticket sales, which is more than Guardians of the Galaxy, an actually good movie, brought in…
The importance of China’s role in the international box office has grown larger and larger—it helps record-breaking movies become even more overwhelmingly successful, and it even has the potential to save domestic flops from certain doom. But regardless of how well Suicide Squad performs now that it’s been released today, China will likely not be…
Ghostbusters has been out for a bit now, and a new story from The Hollywood Reporter says that the movie is going to lose millions. As a result, a sequel has been put on the back burner—but Ghostbusters isn’t quite dead yet. According to the story, Ghostbusters has to make $300 million to break even….
By Emily Zanotti | 5:28 pm, August 5, 2016 Banker Steve Mnuchin is an integral part of the Donald Trump campaign, serving as its Campaign Finance Chair and chief bundler, particularly from the financial sector. Although Mnuchin has little experience as a fundraiser (particularly for Republicans), he’s a Wall Street veteran, who spent 17 years…
Written by Jude Terror on Wednesday, August 10 2016 and posted in News with Benefits Black Manta will be the villain in DC’s Aquaman movie. Source: The Wrap According to a shocking report from The Wrap, Black Manta will be the primary antagonist in Warner Bros‘ upcoming Aquaman film. Black Manta has had various origins…
Photo A woman dressed as Harley Quinn at Anime Friends, an anime, gaming and comics event in Buenos Aires. Credit Agustin Marcarian/Associated Press Backed by a meticulously executed marketing campaign, “Suicide Squad” pushed through abysmal reviews to set box office records for Warner Bros. over the weekend. Ticket sales for that violent PG-13 film totaled…
The anti-superhero film scored the top August opening of all time, but there could be trouble on the horizon for the supervillains. The news couldn’t have been better for Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe as Saturday morning dawned over the Aug. 5-7 weekend. Despite horrible reviews, director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad took in a mighty $65.1…
Still, the anti-superhero film beats ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ to nab the top August domestic debut of all time while opening to $132 million overseas; elsewhere, ‘Nine Lives’ — featuring award-winning actor Kevin Spacey as a feline — doesn’t have much of a meow. David Ayer’s Suicide Squad may have opened to an August-best $135.1…