This week, The Suicide Squad sank all the way to the fifth spot, behind two other debuts, horror sequel Don’t Breathe 2 and Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, and also Jungle Cruise, which has been out for a while. It had projections as high as $40 million. Last week, The Suicide Squad, which is available to stream with no additional charge on HBO Max, earned roughly the same amount as Free Guy at domestic box offices, but this was seen as a considerable disappointment. This is relevant because people who like to analyze the box office-and are following Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against Disney over whether she lost income on Black Widow because it moved to day-and-date streaming-are looking for any indicator as to whether movies that are released simultaneously at home do better or worse than those released only in theaters. (Indeed, it’ll be on HBO before it’s ever on Disney+.) Though distributed by Disney, Free Guy is a holdover from 20th Century Fox, which Disney previously acquired, and as such isn’t available for streaming on Disney+ and its Premiere Access program. Ryan Reynolds and his Truman Show-meets- Tron video game film Free Guy came away with a high score at this weekend’s box office: Variety predicts a win with $26 million in domestic earnings.
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