Birds of Prey units an undesirable DC report

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) has struggled to mild up the field workplace over its opening weekend.

Boasting principally optimistic opinions from the worldwide critics – we right here at Digital Spy referred to as it “chaotically fun” in our 4-star overview – this blockbuster failed to remodel that reward into monetary acquire.

Unfortunately, its home takings of $33.25 million means it now holds the report for the weakest opening of a Worlds of DC launch.

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The earlier incumbent of this undesirable title was Shazam!, which opened to $53 million domestically, however these figures all of a sudden do not look so unhealthy now.

Birds of Prey opened with “a soft” $48 million internationally in response to Variety, and it additionally price significantly lower than DC stablemates Aquaman ($160-200 million) and Wonder Woman ($120-150 million).

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Most importantly, Margot Robbie’s new film has a large launch forward of it, so there’s nonetheless loads of time to reel within the punters and safe some severe income.

And whereas we’re on the topic, do you know that Birds of Prey was preceded by a TV present of the identical title again in 2002?

Birds of Prey is out now in UK and US cinemas.

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