The studio said in parts of Southeast Asia, fears of coronavirus are impacting moviegoing. The film also opened overseas, generating a soft $48 million from 78 international markets. Sources at rival studios estimate it needs to make around $100 million at the domestic box office to break even. “Birds of Prey,” which cost roughly $80 million before accounting for global marketing and distribution fees, could rebound over the coming weeks, since there’s not much direct competition.
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Since it was the only new movie to open this weekend, it still easily dominated domestic box office charts.
“Birds of Prey” wasn’t expected to reach those figures because it’s rated R and stars lesser known antiheroes, but it was on course to make around $50 million heading into the weekend. However, “Suicide Squad” - which debuted with $133 million - was rated PG-13 and boasted higher profile comic-book characters like the Joker. That’s somewhat of a surprise, since reviews for “Birds of Prey” were much stronger than its predecessor.
Prior to “Birds of Prey,” the PG-13 “Shazam” had the lowest launch with $53 million. The sequel to 2016’s “Suicide Squad” - seeing Margot Robbie reprise her role as Harley Quinn– now holds the ignominious distinction as the worst opening for any film in the DC Extended Universe. “ Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” flew much lower than expected at the box office, collecting just $33.25 million when it debuted in 4,236 U.S.
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