It doesn’t matter if you loved it or hated it, there is no denying thatSuicide Squadwasincredibly popular. It absolutely crushed at the box office and has been a nearly constant topic of conversation ever since the first trailer debuted. Even the soundtrack for the movie sold more than 500,000 copies. So it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that IMDB has named it the most popular movie of the year.
IMDBrecently released their list of the most popular movies of 2016 andDavid Ayer’sSuicide Squadcame out on top, beating out the likes ofBatman V. Superman: Dawn of JusticeandCaptain America: Civil War. The rankings were based entirely on how popular the movies were with the IMDB user base and not at all on critical reception or box office. Here is how the site explained how they determined the top 10 list.
“This list comprises the top 10 movies released in 2016 that were most consistently popular with IMDb users according to MovieMeter. These rankings are not based upon critical assessments or box office performance, but on pageviews by our combined web and mobile audience of more than 250 million unique monthly visitors.”
Despite getting trashed by critics upon arrival,Suicide Squadhas managed to bring in $745 million worldwide. Considering the movie featured a lot of largelyunknown charactersand was following in the footsteps of the much-malignedBatman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, that is pretty impressive. Since the movie wound up being divisive, that actually helped to fuel the popularity and havingMargot Robbiein the movie didn’t hurt anything, since she was also ranked as IMDB’s most popular star of 2016. That is evidenced by the fact that her two big movies bookended this list, withThe Legend of Tarzancoming in at number 10, despite the fact that itunderperformed at the box office.
It is maybe a tiny bit surprising thatSuicide Squadbeat out some of these movies, but it isn’t necessarily surprising that the top five entries on IMDB’s list were allcomic book movies.Captain America: Civil Warcame in at number two, but in terms of box office, the movie came in at number one worldwide, having grossed $1.15 billion.Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justicewasn’t far behind at number three which also may have been helped by the fact that the fan response was very divided. Coming in at four and five respectively wereDeadpoolandX-Men: Apocalypseand the only perhaps surprising thing about that is the fact thatDeadpooldidn’t place a little higher.
The rest of the top 10 list from IMDB featured a couple of movies one would expect to see, likeThe Jungle BookandGhostbusters(mostly because of the controversy surrounding it), but there were also a few surprises. Somewhat inexplicably,The Magnificent Sevencame in somewhat fittingly at number seven on the list, withWarcraftandThe Legend of Tarzanrounding it out.Warcraftmakes some sense given how popular it was overseas. That said, it is shocking some of these movies made it on the list and others likeDoctor Strangeand most shockinglyRogue One: A Star Wars Storydidn’t make it. You can check out the entire list for yourself below.
1.Suicide Squad
2.Captain America: Civil War
3.Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
4.Deadpool
5.X-Men: Apocalypse
6.The Jungle Book
7.The Magnificent Seven
8.Ghostbusters
9.Warcraft
10.The Legend of Tarzan
