Zac Snyder’s Sucker Punch starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung and John Hamm failed to connect with audiences theatrically after earning a disappointing $36.2 million domestically. Next the fantastical CGI-action flick will shoot for bigger returns when it heads to home video this summer.

Warner Home Video has announced a June 28 release date for Sucker Punch on Blu-ray and DVD combo format, packing a new 127-minute R-rated director’s cut that adds almost 18 additional minutes to the theatrical cut (also included). Both versions will be presented in 1080p video and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.

A partial list of supplemental features include Maximum Mode Mode with Snyder and the Sucker Punch animated prequel stories shorts, and more. Additional features will be passed along when they’re revealed.

Click here to pre-order Sucker Punch on Blu-ray for $24.99 at Amazon.com, 31% off the $35.99 list price.

Source: The HD Room

Haven’t seen Sucker Punch yet? Here are the first five minutes from the Zack Snyder-directed film, which has earned $21.8 million so far in theaters since opening last Friday. The clip features more footage from the film towards the end.

Oliver Stone’s Savages now has both its male leads, with Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch both signing on to play the marijuana drug dealing best friends Ben and Chon. But Stone is still looking for his female lead, and after Jennifer Lawrence dropped out to do The Hunger Games instead, names such like Olivia Wilde were thrown in to the mix. Deadline is now reporting that Abbie Cornish, along with Blake Lively and Teresa Palmer, is reading for the role of O, a friend of Ben and Chon who is kidnapped and held for ransom by drug lords.

Production is due to start in June, and also stars Benicio Del Toro and Salma Hayek. However, Abbie is due to start filming The Girl in April so I do wonder if there would be a conflict of schedules between these two projects. We’ll keep you posted on what happens!

Fox 2000′s sequel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules easily won the weekend box office race, grossing a hearty $24.4 million and delivering Fox a new franchise. Warner Bros.’ Sucker Punch wasn’t as lucky, grossing $19 million in a soft start for the femme powered action-fantasy, from director Zack Snyder.

Rodrick Rules, based on the beloved childrens’ book series and playing in 3,167 theaters, came in ahead of the original Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which opened a year ago to $22.1 million. Its standout performance reinforces the success that family films can enjoy, even while the rest of the box office suffers.

Sucker Punch, costing at least $75 million to produce, was co-financed by Warners and Legendary Pictures. Internally, Warners had expected the fanboy pic — about a rough-and-tumble group of girls trying to escape from a mental institution — to clear $20 million.

Snyder is incredibly important to Warners, having now directed four films for the studio. His 300 was by far the most successful. Next up for the filmmaker: Superman: Man of Steel.

Warners exec vice president of distribution Jeff Goldstein said Snyder’s core followers turned out for Sucker Punch, but beyond that, the film wasn’t as broad as his other movies. The movie opened in 3,033 theaters.

“Sucker Punch was more narrow. But when you are talking about something as broad as Superman: Man of Steel, the support for Snyder will be colossal,” Goldstein said.

Males made up almost 65% of those buying tickets for Sucker Punch, while a majority of the audience was between the ages of 18 and 35. If any key demo was soft, it was teen boys.

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… And it isn’t pretty! It has been difficult to find critics comments on Abbie’s performance but I’ve updated the Sucker Punch page with a handful related to the film itself. Thompson on Hollywood has links for plenty more so check it out if you wish to read more.

Sucker Punch will be released in regular as well as IMAX cinemas in North America today.