"Suicide Squad" on Course For $125 Million U.S. Opening

CBR

By Kevin Melrose

Published Jul 14, 2016

Early projection peg the David Ayer film to open with a larger domestic box office haul than Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy."

With three weeks to go until the debut of "Suicide Squad," the "World's Worst Heroes" appear poised to pull off a box-office heist.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, pre-release tracking indicates the Warner Bros. film could open domestically next month to a colossal $125 million -- with some indicating the weekend haul could climb to north of $135 million.

That would surpass the $94.3 million opening of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" in August 2014, and could even best the $132.4 million raked in by Fox's "Deadpool" in its February debut.

That said, those predictions will likely fluctuate between now and the Aug. 5 opening of the David Ayer film.

Rated PG-13, "Suicide Squad" stars Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood and Cara Delevingne.