DC's
Suicide Squad may have not been a hit with critics, but audiences seemed to love it as it went on to gross over $700 million worldwide. The profit a movie studio makes from a blockbuster depends on a variety of things. Deadline Hollywood has studied the numbers from industry insiders to find out the exact profit that
Suicide Squad made.
The film ended up grossing a whopping
$325 million domestic and
$745 million worldwide. From that, the studio will pocket
$329.50 million. In addition, the movie earned the studio another
$288.80 million from Home Entertainment and Television Revenue. This brings
Suicide Squad on overall revenue of
$618.30 million.
How much did the film cost? It had a production cost of
$175 million, and another
$156 million was spent on marketing. Add in
$40 million from video release and another
$88.85 million in fees to the actors and producers.
Suicide Squad had total cost of
$459.85 million. In comparison,
Batman v Superman cost the studio
$575 millon and
Guardians of the Galaxy cost Disney
$520.28 million.
Using basic subtraction, Deadline came up with the total profit of
Suicide Squad:
$158.95 million. That means the movie is the most profitable film in the DCEU.
Here is how it compares to recent comic book movies:
Iron Man 3 - $391.8m
Avengers Age of Ultron - $382.3m
Guardians of the Galaxy - $204.2m
Big Hero 6 - $187.3m
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $166.2m
Suicide Squad - $158.95 million
Thor The Dark World - $139.4m
Doctor Strange -
$122.65 million
Batman v Superman -
$105.7m
Ant-Man - $103.9m
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - $81.31m
X-men Days of Future Past - $77.4m
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $70.4m
Man of Steel - $42.7m