Suicide Squad Projected To Win Second Weekend In Row At Box Office

After pulling in $133.7 million in its first weekend, breaking the record for opening weekend box office in the month of August, Suicide Squad is expected to win its second weekend with $51-$54 million.

That's a 60%-61% decline from last week's figure; however, that's not as steep of a fall as the 69% drop Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice experienced in its second frame. Suicide Squad's drop will be less severe than Batman v. Superman because it bringing in a younger demographic -- 76% of the crowd under the age of 35 -- and those that saw it gave it an A- CinemaScore.

Meanwhile, Disney's reboot of Pete's Dragon should finish in a distant second with a debut in the mid-$20 million range. Sony's R-rated animated Sausage Party, starring Seth Rogen, is expected to open in third with $20 million. That would be on par with the openings of two other Rogen-led films: Neighbors 2 ($21.8 million) and This Is the End ($20.7 million).

It feels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world's most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren't picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it's every man for himself?

Written and directed by David Ayer based on the characters from DC Comics, the film stars Will Smith ("Ali"), Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club"), Margot Robbie ("The Wolf of Wall Street"), Joel Kinnaman ("RoboCop") and Viola Davis ("The Help"). The cast also includes Jai Courtney ("Insurgent"), Jay Hernandez ("Takers"), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ("Thor: The Dark World"), Ike Barinholtz ("Neighbors"), Scott Eastwood ("Fury"), Cara Delevingne ("Paper Towns"), Adam Beach ("Cowboys & Aliens"), and Karen Fukuhara in her feature film debut. It is produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, with Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers.

Suicide Squad is now playing in 3D, and in 2D, and in select IMAX 3D theaters.