Suicide Squad suffers big Box Office hit as Sausage Party comes up top

The DC film is expected to drop 68% weekend-to-weekend at the US box office

(Clay Enos)

For many DC fans, Suicide Squad was supposed to set Warner Bros' cinematic universe back on track following the negative critical response to Batman v Superman.

Unfortunately, the villainous team-up received similar reviews, many criticising the film’s editing while praising Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and Will Smith’s Deadshot.

Like how the aforementioned Batman v Superman dropped a disappointing 69% weekend-to-weekend at the North American box office, Suicide Squad is suffering a similar fate.

On its second Friday in cinemas, the film earned $13.4M from 4,255 locations, just behind Seth Rogan’s R-Rated animated comedy Sausage Party, which took $13.5 from 3,103 cinemas.

Suicide Squad is expected to outgross Sausage Party as the weekend progresses, with an expected overall taking of $43 million - a 68% drop from the previous week.

However, things are much worse for Disney; the studio’s CG/live-action hybrid Pete’s Dragon made just $7 million on Friday from 3,702 locations, with expected final earnings at $21 million-$22 million, way behind what analysts expected.

Meanwhile, Margot Robbie has explained why dozens of Harley Quinn/Joker scenes were cut from the final film, while Die Antwoord have claimed the film ‘jacked’ their style.