R-rated sequel?

[Doctor Octopus]

They not world's most wanted anyway.

 

[JKKS085]

I do not think you can afford an R-rated sequel when your first movie skews younger than most movies in the genre. They need a broader audience for an eventual sequel, not a smaller one. Unless they decide to go in a different direction and greenlight a sequel with a much smaller budget.

 

[metaphysician]

If they didn't do it this time, I can't imagine they'd do it next time.

 

[Doctor Octopus]

Agreed. They expect parents to take kids to see movies.

 

[Guts]

Agreed. They expect parents to take kids to see movies.

Kids can still see R rated movies.

 

[metaphysician]

Kids can still see R rated movies.

Yeah, but a lot fewer of them actually will. This isn't the 90s anymore, where theaters almost deliberately looked the other way to allow as many teenagers into R-rated showings as they could manage.

 

[Doctor Octopus]

Agreed. That what I mean parents more reluctant to take them if r rated.

 

[metaphysician]

Honestly, I think its less "parents not taking the family" and more "teenagers not able to go alone" that's the issue. Suicide Squad didn't really sell itself as a family movie, but it did sell itself as the kind of thing that tons of 16 year olds would want to see.

 

[ManWithNoName18]

Considering Suicide Squad's BoxOffice was really driven by younger people, which in includes teenagers in the 13-18 range I'd say WB are probably going to keep it PG-13