I was referring more to the general appeal. I think the ticket sales actually did well.
I'm one of the few "nerds" who thought Suicide Squad was okay. It was a fun date night movie when it was my turn to pick. Not great, but definitely not terrible. I don't have much attachment to DC characters outside of Batman though. I like the Dead Shot character from what I remember as a kid and his role in the movie. Will Smith did well.
I agree with the general concensus it was an odd choice to basically make a spin off that early in the DC Universe movies. Then cutting Leto's scenes and him speaking out on it publicly... that was a mess. The Joker was a secondary character in a villain spin off. Just a weird road map.
I just looked at Will Smith's IMDB... wow, yeah I'm stuck in 2003
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