Birds of Prey started much worse than expected
The adaptation of DC comics "Birds of Prey: The Fabulous Story of Harley Quinn" started at the American box office much worse than the most pessimistic forecasts promised it, and what Warner Bros. According to Deadline, on its premiere weekend, the movie grossed only $ 33.8 million in American theaters. For comparison, preliminary forecasts promised it from 50 to 55 million dollars, and the studio adhered to a more conservative scenario - 45 million dollars. The movie was not helped by sufficiently high ratings of Western movie critics (at the time of publication of this article, the rating in the Rotten Tomatoes portal system exceeded 80 percent), and an impressive number of screens - 4200. For rental outside of North America, that the main market for "Birds of Prey" was the USA one. Here the movie kicked off at $ 1.6 million. It is noteworthy that the story of Quinn interested domestic viewers more than viewers in the UK, where the tape showed a more modest result - $ 1.2 million. The same number of "Birds of Prey" gathered in Mexico and Brazil. Recall that the main role was played by Margot Robbie. The Topic of Article: Birds of Prey started much worse than expected. |
