Birds of pray movie director is disappointed from the movie's box office collection

director, Cathy Yan, expresses her disappointment at the narrative surrounding the film's box office performance. Releasing earlier this year when movie theaters were still open for business, the Margot Robbie-starring picture had the lowest box office opening of any DC Comics movie in the past decade. Birds of Prey has since gone on to earn more than double its budget, but that hasn't done anything to dispel the impression the movie was a box office disaster.Following her stand-out performance as Harley Quinn in 2016's Suicide Squad, it was only a matter of time before Robbie reprised the role again. Though there were many different vehicles in the works for Robbie's Harley, she opted to pursue Birds of Prey, recognizing it would showcase more of DC's lesser known characters, like Black Canary and Huntress.

 Cathy Yan was hired as director and Christina Hodson as screenwriter, rounding out the predominately female-driven movie, both in front of and behind the camera. Yet, while critics praised Birds of Preyand, in particular, the representation of its women protagonists, the movie's apparent failure at the box office was taken by some as more proof that superhero movies starring women just aren't successful.In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Cathy Yan discussed the expectations placed on Birds of Prey 

Yeah, I think that if you actually look at the details of the budget breakdown… I know that the studio had really high expectations for the movie — as we all did. There were also undo expectations on a female-led movie, and what I was most disappointed in was this idea that perhaps it proved that we weren’t ready for this yet. That was an extra burden that, as a woman-of-color director, I already had on me anyway. So, yes, I think there were certainly different ways you could interpret the success or lack of success of the movie, and everyone has a right to do that. But, I definitely do feel that everyone was pretty quick to jump on a certain angle.

Box office earnings are only one way to judge a film's success, but they're often used as the earliest indicator.

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