>>212147914 (OP)WB is the Square Enix of movies. I have no doubt the movie will make between 700-800 million, and it'll be critically liked. Audiences will also like it. However, WB wants a sure billion with this movie. They have restarted the DCEU like three times now and they desperately need the win. Their videogame division is in the shitter with Rocksteady and Netherrealm delivering hot garbage, and they've had to cancel games when it comes to DC properties. Their most profitable ventures haven't even been DC. Barbie, Minecraft, Dune, and Harry Potter have.
Anything less than a billion, and Gunn is fucked. Suicide Squad was a flop, Creature Commandos was a mixed bag. Then he goes and makes Superman with the same team of misfits formula that he has done with every movie he's made since the first GotG. I don't think WB is willing to "trust the process" and will panic when Superman struggles to hit 700 million. It barely could when theaters were at their height with capeshit.