'Suicide Squad' takes a **sedive at the box ****** Suicide Squad's $465 million at the global box ****** might make Warner Bros. bean counters very happy, but audiences have had e**ugh.
The DC Comics anti-hero action movie is on top in its second weekend at the domestic box ******. But what a Pyrrhic victory it is, with a lowly $43.8 million take (estimated). That's down 67 percent from the movie's $133.7 million debut last weekend.
The big debut, coupled with a continuing strong performance overseas — the estimated cumulative outside the U.S. is **w at $242.5 million — are keeping Suicide alive. But Warner Bros. is in an increasingly tough spot with its Hollywood investment in DC Comics. Read more...