‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Writes History With Several Box Office Records Broken, So Far Has Biggest R-Rated Opening of All Time
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ was released over a week ago. The movie had an extensive marketing campaign that focused on cameos, humor, and goofs, and pretty much everybody expected it to be a massive financial hit for both Disney and Marvel Studios, following several years of mediocrity.
The movie was expected to be the most profitable Disney movie this year, and while it’s too early to conclude whether this is true, considering that it’s still in theaters and still needs to outearn ‘Inside Out 2’ some major records have already been broken.
By Friday, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ was expected to surpass $300 million in North America, exceeding the lifetime domestic earnings of ‘Deadpool 2’ ($318.5 million). With ‘Deadpool’ earning $363.1 million domestically and $782.6 million globally, and ‘Deadpool 2’ totaling $734.5 million worldwide, the latest film will surpass the combined lifetime earnings of the previous two films in both domestic and global markets within just two weeks.
Its worldwide total is projected to reach between $785 million and $800 million by Sunday, positioning it as the third highest-grossing R-rated film worldwide. ‘Joker’ currently holds the top spot at $1.064 billion, with ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ expected to eventually challenge it, potentially reaching around $1.2 billion.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is currently the movie with the biggest R-rated opening of all time both domestically and globally beating the previous two franchise installments with $211.4 million.
It has the sixth-biggest domestic opening of all time among any film, and it’s the fourth-biggest superhero opening of all time.
- ‘Avengers: Endgame’ — $355.1 million
- ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ — $355.1 million
- ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ — $257.7 million
- ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ — $248 million
- ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ — $220 million
- ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ — $211.4 million
The movie also broke the record for the biggest July opening of all time domestically and has now surpassed the $619 million earned by Hugh Jackman’s standalone ‘Logan’ in 2017.
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