Sausage party is higher. Does that mean that that’s a good film? I thought everyone agreed that Jared Leto was annoying and, as such, his opinions don’t matter. And box office drops mean very little. CA: CW dropped 74 percent in it’s second weekend. 

I thought everyone’s complaint was that They were trying to be different than Marvel. I lose track. It seems like people go back and forth on that depending on what the news is. I also thought people didn’t like how long it took Them to make a movie, what with that whole meme about how Marvel make more movies and are therefore better. They’re doing Their own thing in case you hadn’t noticed. Some people not liking doesn’t mean that They’re not. And I haven’t seen any characters butchered so far. 

Because I have too much free time on my hands, I decided to dig a little deeper.  So far in 2016, a total of 17 films have debuted at number one.  I will list them below, along with their second weekend percentage drop:

1) Ride Along 2, 64.7%
2) Kung Fu Panda 3, 48.5%
3) Deadpool, 57.4%
4) Zootopia, 31.6%
5) Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, 69.1%
6) The Boss, 57.8%
7) The Jungle Book, 40.4%
8) Captain America: Civil War, 59.5%
9) Angry Birds, 50.8%
10) X-Men: Apocalypse, 65.3%
11) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, 59.3%
12) The Conjuring 2, 63.2%
13) Finding Dory, 46.0%
14) The Secret Life of Pets, 51.3%
15) Star Trek Beyond, 58.2%
16) Jason Bourne, 62.2%
17) Suicide Squad, 67.3%

Now, as you can see, of those 17 films, only 6–or slightly more than one-third of them–have dropped more than 60% in their second weekend.   Only four of them have dropped more than 64%–the two DCEU releases, X-Men: Apocalypse and Ride Along 2, both of which have also been reported on in the press as financial disappointments.

Now, does ANY of this make Suidcide Squad a bad film?  Absolutely not.  Neither does it mean that DCEU is destined to fail.  But 67% drops are absolutely NOT some new normal that should just be waved off and dismissed as meaningless.

It’s something that needs to be viewed in its proper context, which rests somewhere between “It’s the end of the (cinematic) universe as we know it!” and “Nothing to see here, folks!”

Civil War fell 74% on it’s second weekend. I know people would prefer to pretend it didn’t happen but it did, you may want to correct your figures.

I’ve checked the figures.  Captain America dropped 59.5% from its opening Thurs-Sunday weekend on its second Fri-Sunday weekend.  The 74% that you’re referring to was from the initial Thur-Friday opening in comparison to the second Friday.

For comparison, both BvS and Suicide Squad had Friday to Friday drops of 79% but higher overall weekend percentages.

I also checked, Civil War dropped 74% like you said, opening to second weekend, and BvS dropped 69% opening to second weekend.

A statement from variety: “The superhero film earned $51.8 million, a 69% drop from its $166 million debut.” Here’s the article: http://variety.com/2016/film/news/batman-v-superman-box-office-second-weekend-drop-1201744845/ For Civil War, a statement from Forbes: “That’s a drop of 74.1% from last Friday’s mammoth (and Thursday-infused) $75.253m opening day, which is par for the course of late.” The article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/05/14/box-office-captain-america-civil-war-drops-74-still-tops-800m-worldwide/#6b5cc9382698

Check the links again.  The 69% drop for BvS is for the weekend totals, it dropped 79% Friday to Friday.  Civil War dropped 59.5% weekend to weekend but 74% Friday to Friday.

The article was written on a Monday, 4th of April, when the weekend was over. From it’s opening weekend to close of second weekend, BvS dropped 69%. Civil War’s article was written on Saturday May 14th, before the weekend was even up. From opening weekend to that Saturday, it fell 74%.