Suicide Squad defies critics to smash North American box office record.

Date: 9th August 2016

Suicide Squad defies critics to smash North American box office record.

All-star supervillain escapade Suicide Squad has shrugged off dire reviews to earn an estimated $135m (£103m) in North America in its first weekend.

That is the biggest ever August box office opening, beating Guardians of the Galaxy's $94m (£56m) record.

Cinemagoers ignored critics who dismissed it as "boring and unfunny" and "the worst of the worst".

In the film, Will Smith and Margot Robbie team up with a gang of villains from the DC comic stable.

Jared Leto, Cara Delevingne, Karen Fukuhara and Viola Davis play other anti-heroes.

Source: Press Release

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