It really is going from bad to worse for Suicide Squad and Warner Bros.
It's bad enough that Suicide Squad is facing into crushing reviews (currently sitting at 29% on Rotten Tomatoes), but now it appears that Mexico's second-largest cinema chain has pulled Suicide Squad from each and every one of its screens after negotiations broke down between Warner Bros. and Cinemex.
Meanwhile, a report in THR has detailed a litany of on-set troubles and power struggles between the director and the studio. According to the report, Suicide Squad went through a number of different cuts and a range of editors, including one version done by Trailer Park, the team of editors who created the Suicide Squad trailers. Just last night, Jared Leto confirmed that a lot of his scenes as Joker were cut from the final theatrical version of the film, saying that "hopefully they will see the light of day. Who knows."
Insider sources have said that Suicide Squad needs to clear $750 to $800 million to break even and, if they get that far, they'll "consider it a win." As it stands, Suicide Squad is tracking a big opening weekend, but the deciding factor will be how it stays on in the second and third week. As with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the film had a strong opening but ultimately dropped close to 80% by its second weekend and came up short of its projected $1 billion box-office.
Is the same fate in store for Suicide Squad? Only time will tell.
