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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Suicide Squad

Theatrical recovery release This film was released during the post-COVID theatrical recovery period (July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021), which may affect comparisons to normal market conditions.

2021 · James Gunn · Charles Roven | Peter Safran · 2 hr 12 min

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

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Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Margot Robbie 2021 $4,273,337 $5,075,967 (est)
Idris Elba 2021 $8,000,000achieved another $8 million payout.source $9,502,583 (rep)
John Cena 2021 $1,833,585 $2,177,974 (est)
Joel Kinnaman 2021 $1,496,826 $1,777,964 (est)
Sylvester Stallone 2021 $6,104,344 $7,250,879 (est)
Viola Davis 2021 $2,367,601 $2,812,291 (est)
Box Office

Box Office Reported grosses are direct imports. Inflation-adjusted values use imported adjusted totals when available, otherwise they use the yearly U.S. CPI table you maintain in WordPress.

Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.

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Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. 2021 $55,817,425 $66,301,214
International International theatrical box office gross. 2021 $112,900,000 $134,105,203
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2021 $168,717,425 $195,301,314
Earnings / Profitability

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated revenues and expenses for films based on currently imported reported and estimated fields. Inflation-adjusted values use the CPI table when direct adjusted values are not present in the export.

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Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $73,068,713 (est) $86,792,688 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $12,547,137 $14,903,776
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $8,756,265 $10,400,892
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $669,057 $794,721
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $1,091,763, BluRay $930,020 2021 $2,021,783 $2,401,520
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $9,835,002 (est) $11,682,240 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2021 $106,897,956 $126,975,838
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2021 $185,000,000 $214,149,446
Print & Advertising (P&A) Estimated prints and advertising cost. sourceSource: 185 million dollar budget for suicide squad with 100 million in marketing : r/boxoffice - RedditURL: https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/p14bxy/185_million_dollar_budget_for_suicide_squad_with/185 million dollar budget for suicide squad with 100 million in marketing : r/boxoffice. 2021 $100,000,000 $118,782,288
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $0 (est) $0 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $1,496,571 (est) $1,777,662 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $22,200,000 (est) $26,369,668 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2021 $308,696,571 $361,079,064
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2021 $-201,798,615 $-234,103,226
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