Every DCEU Movie Ranked By Box Office Success

10. The Suicide Squad - $162.5 Million

The DECU has been playing catch up with the MCU for years and, between trying to rush into a shared universe, producing nightmares, and studio interference, the franchise has been a mess for a while. There are, however, a few bright spots, one of which is The Suicide Squad.

The most recent addition to the DCEU, directed by James Gunn, is easily the best of the bunch. It’s loud, outrageous, and above all else, it’s fun. Though not perfect, it is everything you could want from a comic book movie.

Despite critical acclaim and minimal interference from Warner Bros., the movie comes in dead last in terms of ticket sales. There are lots of different factors that have gone into this, not least a worldwide pandemic that shut the entire world down for the best part of 18 months.

Pair this with a simultaneous release in both cinemas and on HBO Max, and the sour taste still left from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad five years earlier, what should have been a roaring franchise debut success for Gunn fizzled into a box office bomb. This hasn’t stopped WB reportedly eying the director for more projects in the future, though.