The highly anticipated Deadpool & Wolverine soared to box office records with $205 million in receipts.
The Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman – who were hailed as the ultimate duo – vehicle is the eighth biggest opening of all time and the biggest opening for an R-rated film by far. The first two spots on that list are held by the previous installments in the franchise.
The third installment in the Deadpool series also shattered worldwide box office records with $233.3 million internationally for a total worldwide start of $438.3 million.
That makes the Marvel Cinematic Universe film the biggest global opening since Avatar: Way of the Water in 2022. Deadpool & Wolverine was expected to bring in $160 million to $175 million prior to its opening.
The X-Men universe film is also the biggest opening of Reynolds’ and Jackman’s careers, the biggest July opening of all time and the biggest opening of 2024 so far.
The highly anticipated Deadpool & Wolverine soared to box office records with $205 million in receipts
The Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman vehicle is the eighth biggest opening of all time and the biggest opening for an R-rated film by far
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Deadpool & Wolverine is also the biggest box office opening since 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Disney acquired the X-Men intellectual property during its merger with 20th Century Fox in 2019.
Prior to Deadpool & Wolverine, Disney’s highest R-rated release was 1990’s Pretty Woman starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere with $178.4M (before being adjusted for inflation).
The movie had good reviews, was chock full of cameos and Easter eggs that energized audiences and garnered a 97% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The third installment in the Wade Wilson/Deadpool saga built on the success of the first two films which raked in $133.7 million domestically in February 2016 and $125.5 million in 2018.
Director Shawn Levy was ecstatic Sunday morning with the results of Deadpool & Wolverine and gushed: ‘All of us who made Deadpool & Wolverine are completely gob smacked and thrilled by the way our movie has been embraced by audiences all over the world.
‘So many people put their very best into this movie, and to see its heart embraced as much as its humor is everything we hoped for. Special shoutout to Asad Ayaz and the entire marketing and PR team at Disney worked tirelessly and relentlessly to spread the word and mount a campaign that was every bit as audacious as the movie we tried to make. Truly a dream team effort on this one.
‘Making this movie has been the privilege and thrill of my career, and this astonishing weekend is one we’ll never forget,’ Levy said, per Deadline.
The third installment in the Deadpool series also shattered worldwide box office records with $233.3 million internationally for a total worldwide start of $438.3 million
That makes the Marvel Cinematic Universe film the biggest global opening since Avatar: Way of the Water in 2022
Twisters, now in its second weekend of release, dropped to the second spot at the box office with $36 million for a 10-day domestic take of $155.6 million
The Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones starrer churned up $80.5 million in its debut last weekend, which far exceeded expectations
Twisters, now in its second weekend of release, dropped to the second spot at the box office with $36 million for a 10-day domestic take of $155.6 million.
The Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones starrer churned up $80.5 million in its debut last weekend, which far exceeded expectations.
Despicable Me 4 took the third spot on the weekend’s box office winners list with $14.4 million, bringing its total to $290.9 million after four weeks.
Elsewhere at the box office, Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 grabbed the 4th spot on the weekend list and passed another Pixar title – Incredibles 2 – to become the biggest animated film of all time with $613.4 million domestically and $1.5 billion worldwide after seven weeks in theaters.