While $43.8 million isn’t the best second weekend we’ve seen this summer, especially from a juggernaut as huge as Suicide Squad was in its first weekend, it did manage one small, but important victory: it recorded a better second weekend than Batman v.
Percentage wise, this weekend’s 67.3% drop for Suicide Squad was better than the 69.1% drop that Batman v.
It’s not a huge difference, but it’s closer to Man of Steel’s 64.6% slide in its second weekend, which could indicate that the DC Cinematic Universe is on the mend.
This estimate was reported by Variety, which puts the film above would-be contenders Sausage Party and Pete’s Dragon, which came in second and third at the box office, respectively.