Suicide Squad HBO Max Viewership Down 26% From Mortal Kombat

The more information we get about The Suicide Squad‘s performance at both the box office and on streaming, the bleaker things seem to become, with Mortal Kombat being used as the benchmark. That’s completely understandable when they’re R-rated Warner Bros. reboots of well-known properties aimed at roughly the same target audience, but the video game adaptation has edged ahead on a couple of major counts.

James Gunn’s DCEU blockbuster may have set an R-rated record for an opening weekend during the pandemic era with a $26 million haul, but it was only $3 million above Mortal Kombat, which opened when many more theaters were still closed, not to mention the fact it cost $130 million less to produce.

Not only that, but WarnerMedia touted The Suicide Squad as having the second most-watched debut for a hybrid release behind Simon McQuoid’s martial arts fantasy actioner, and the latest data from Samba TV indicates that there’s a pretty hefty gap between numbers one and two.

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As per the third-party aggregator, 2.8 million HBO Max subscribers with Samba TV enabled checked out The Suicide Squad between Friday and Sunday. While that’s not a bad number at all, and it’s much higher than the 1.8 million of Zack Snyder’s Justice League and Wonder Woman 1984‘s 2.2 million, it’s well behind the 3.8 million drawn in by Mortal Kombat.

That’s a hefty 26% drop, even though The Suicide Squad comes boasting some of the DCEU’s best-ever reviews. If somebody had told you this time last month that the movie would have barely beaten Mortal Kombat at the box office and not even managed to come close to its HBO Max viewership, chances are that you wouldn’t have believed them.

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Bam Margera Now Suing Jackass 4 Team For Psychological Torture

After the last 18 months, I can’t wait for the dumb fun of Jackass 4. Introspective dramas about emotions and junk can wait: I want to see Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and the gang getting whacked in the nuts. But there’s a cloud hanging over the production, with former Jackass Bam Margera very unhappy after being fired from the movie.

Margera has had a high-profile struggle with addiction, though his friends managed to convince the studio that he should appear in Jackass 4. Paramount’s condition was that he sign a ‘Wellness Agreement’: consenting to frequent breathalyzer tests, twice-weekly urinalysis, hair follicle testing, and that his medication be monitored by a doctor via Facetime. But it appears that Margera broke this contract and was subsequently fired in early 2021.

Since then there’s been bad blood between Margera and the production team, leading to him being slapped with a restraining order after reportedly threatening director Steve Tremaine’s wife and children. Now Margera has responded with legal action of his own, filing a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures, MTV Networks, Jeff Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, and others involved in Jackass 4.

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Margera’s legal team claims he was “coerced” into the agreement, which is described as “psychological torture” and compared to Britney Spears’ controversial conservatorship. It argues that his firing was unjust, with his attorney Eric George saying:

“Margera did not slip up. He followed the provisions of the Wellness Agreement to a tee, at great personal cost. Defendants’ treatment of Margera exacerbated his mental health issues and led to suicidal thoughts. But still, Margera persevered — only to have the rug pulled out from under him.”

The suit specifically claims Margera was fired after testing positive for Adderall, which the studio was reportedly aware he had been prescribed to treat his ADHD. The suit claims that this Wellness Agreement was in breach of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, a civil rights violation, a wrongful discharge of public policy, and unlawful retaliation.

Margera is also claiming that he deserves full credit for creating Jackass, saying that the show wouldn’t exist without his original CKY videos and that he’s entitled to a share of the profits.

All of this seems like a fairly long shot legally speaking, though if Margera really was fired for taking a prescribed medication then he may have a chance at compensation. Even so, it looks like he’s burning a lot of bridges with his former friends right now and I have to wonder who’s paying for these lawyers.

Jackass 4 hits theaters on October 22nd, 2021.

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