The third entry in the Deadpool series is expected to set series and box office records this weekend.
What’s Happening:
- Deadline reports that Deadpool & Wolverine is predicted to end its second weekend with $380 million at the domestic box office.
- The film, which ended its opening weekend with $205 million domestically, secured its spot as the best opening weekend for an R-rated movie ever. The film grossed an additional $233.3 million internationally, bringing its opening weekend sum to $438 million world-wide.
- If the film reaches the expected $380 million this weekend, the film will not only become the highest domestic B.O. grossing Deadpool film, but the highest domestic B.O. grossing R-rated film ever.
- Deadpool finished its domestic run with $363M and Deadpool 2 finished with $235M.
- Currently, Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ holds the record for highest grossing R-rated movie at the domestic box office with $370.7M.
- With today’s expected gross, Deadpool & Wolverine should be at about $279.1M domestically, outperforming the domestic totals of all previous X-Men movies in less than a week.
- Deadpool & Wolverine is playing now in theatres everywhere.
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