Despite its R rating, 'Suicide Squad' opens to a strong PHP 161 million; beats 'Deadpool'
Suicide Squad For WB, It feels good to be bad. Suicide Squad opened to a strong PHP 161 million. It's admittedly lower than this year's superhero pics Batman v Superman, Captain America 3, & X-Men: Apocalypse, thanks to its R-13 rating here in the country, but the fact that it still managed to collect that amount is remarkable despite its rating and has also beaten Deadpool 's PHP 120-130 million opening. This huge opening is largely due to the interesting concept of the movie and a great marketing campaign executed by Warner Bros. Also, this marks the first appearance of Jared Leto's Joker which attracted a lot of people. We can also add the movie debut of Harley Quinn (portayed by Margot Robbie) and Deadshot (portrayed by Hollywood Superstar, Will Smith). In the marketing department, the trailers are selling this movie as DC's Guardians of the Galaxy showing the fun interactions, slo-mo action scenes and catchy songs of the movie. Like BvS...
