We have to remember time and again that China produces inflated box office numbers which do not translate into the same revenue as numbers from, for example, Russia. 700m without China is a lot stronger than 700m with China.
As an example:
Study the chart for Star Wars The Force Awakens, the biggest film of the year.
http://deadline.com/2016/03/star-wa...ovie-profit-2015-lucasfilm-disney-1201726142/
What we see here is a box office gross of over 2 billion
with only 125 million dollars profit from China. That's astronomical. Anyway:
Deadline converts "Box Office" to "Rental", i.e. "revenue." With this movie (released in 2016 so it gives us a general idea how the "whizzes" see it,)
Domestic BO: 932.58m, Rental: 512.92m (55.00%)
International non-China BO: 1002.00m, Rental: 400.80m (40%)
China BO: 125.40m, Rental: 31.35m (25%)
It should be noted these are estimates on the part of Deadline, and different movies may have different contracts, but it gives us a blueprint to work off. In this context it becomes very clear how well Suicide Squad has performed.
Man of Steel international revenue: $141,284,000
Suicide Squad international revenue: $141,480,000
As you see SS has already surpassed Superman's international revenue and that's using outdated numbers.
They aren't reported until Sunday.
May not happen today because of vacation. Let's see!