James Gunn says TheSuicideSquad is the most-streamed DC project on HBO Max, meaning it beat out the likes of Zack Snyder's Justice League for the top spot.
According to director James Gunn, The Suicide Squad is the best-performing DC film on streaming. The film, which is a follow-up to the similarly titled Suicide Squad from 2016, provides a largely new team of DC villains to wreak havoc while on an important mission on the island nation of Corto Maltese. The star-studded cast also includes Idris Elba as Bloodsport, Sylvester Stallone as King Shark, Peter Capaldi as Thinker, John Cena as Peacemaker, and Joel Kinnaman returning as Colonel Rick Flag.
The Suicide Squad was released in theaters and simultaneously on HBO Max on August 6, 2021, during a time that pandemic-era audiences were especially slow to return to theaters for anything other than Marvel movies. Although HBO Max isn't transparent about their streaming numbers, The Suicide Squad underperformed at the box office and was generally considered to be a failure, especially by the standards of a big-budget superhero movie.
Some might say that the existence of the new HBO Max spinoff series Peacemaker, which stars John Cena reprising his role, would prove that the film was doing well on streaming. However, that show was produced during the pandemic after the film's release date was delayed and concluded filming in July 2021, a month before The Suicide Squad premiered. It would be less of a financial risk to air the series than bury it.
On the other hand, it wouldn't be wise for James Gunn to lie about something that HBO could easily refute, so it seems likely that he's telling the truth. This spells good news for fans of The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. If the streaming numbers continue to be strong, there's a chance that the franchise will live on, though they'll either have to give the next Suicide Squad project an exclusive theatrical window or perhaps just pivot it entirely to streaming from now on. .
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