The Suicide Squad has opened to impressive box office numbers. James Gunn's DC movie grossed $4.1 million in the US on its opening Thursday night.

　　As reported by Variety, this is the biggest opening night gross of an R-rated movie in the pandemic era. The movie is projected to make more than $30 million in its first weekend. The number is particularly impressive given that, like all of Warner's movies this year, it's also available on HBO Max for subscribers to watch at no extra cost.

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　　The Suicide Squad has also been a hit with critics, and it currently has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 93%. In GameSpot's Suicide Squad review, Michael Rougeau described it as "one of the most fun, heartfelt, and surprising modern DC movies we've seen yet."

　　For more Suicide Squad coverage on GameSpot check out Gunn's comments about review bombing, an explainer on who lives and dies in the movie, and find out who Taika Waititi plays in the film.

　　The decision of studios to give some of their movies simultaneous theatrical and streaming releases remains a controversial one. Warner received a lot of criticism from the filmmakers affected by the decision to put all of their movies onto HBO Max this year and reportedly had to work out deals to keep various stars and production companies happy. More recently, Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson has sued Disney, claiming that by releasing the film onto Disney+ on the same day as theaters the studio breached her contract and has lost her millions in additional earnings.