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For blockbusters, it is customary to keep track of how it will perform the week after Opening Weekend -- to gauge the customary fall from the first weekend.

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Breaks Another R-Rated Box Office Record On Tuesday, Holds Steady With $24M

By Anthony D'Alessandro

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Breaks Another R-Rated Box Office Record On Tuesday, Holds Steady With $24M
July 30, 2024 5:51pm

Who said theatrical is broken? Who said theatrical doesn’t work? Behold the fact that Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine is making another estimated $24M today, essentially even with Monday’s $24.4M. This takes the running domestic total for the Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman R-rated movie to $259.8M.

Deadpool & Wolverine keeps breaking R-rated records, this time topping the $13.9M Tuesday take of 2019’s The Joker.

Among all Tuesdays in July, D&W is sixth behind Spider-Man: Far From Home ($39.2M), The Amazing Spider-Man ($35M), The Lion King ($30.3M), Transformers ($27.8M) and Barbie ($26M). Among all Tuesdays, D&W is currently 15th best.


It’s a great thing to hold even at the daily box office. Barbie did it last year grossing $26M on its first Monday and Tuesday. However, Spider-Man: No Way Home was -15% in its Monday-to-Tuesday, while Avengers: Endgame eased -10% and Avengers: Infinity War was -5% over those two days.

How does weekend 2 for D&W look? The first Deadpool eased -57% in weekend 2 with $56.4M while Deadpool 2 did $43.4M, -65%. Given the momentum of this Shawn Levy-directed title, D&W has to be stronger than those previous chapters, especially since this is a pinnacle moment of the franchise being incorporated into the greater MCU.

The top 5 MCU weekends are as follows: Avengers: Endgame ($147.3M, -59%), Avengers: Infinity War ($114.7M, -56%), Black Panther ($111.6M, -45%), The Avengers ($103M, -50%) and Spider-Man: No Way Home ($84.5M, -68%). Don’t be surprised if D&W break their way into that batch.

What is amazing is that all the other movies it is being compared to are all not Rated R (while D&W is R-rated).

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Variety's prediction for the 2nd weekend --

Despite two newcomers, “Deadpool & Wolverine” will continue to rule the box office in its second weekend of release. Ticket sales could decline anywhere from 55% to 65% from its stellar $211 million debut, which would result in roughly $75 million to $95 million in its sophomore outing. After less than one week on the big screen, the superhero sequel is already one of the biggest movies of the year with $235.8 million domestically and $496 million globally. Soon, “Deadpool & Wolverine” will overtake “Despicable Me 4” ($679 million) and “Dune: Part Two” ($711 million) to stand as the second-biggest film of 2024. Disney’s “Inside Out 2” with $1.5 billion worldwide currently ranks as the year’s top film.

These figures do not include overseas receipts.

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Variety updates --

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Crossing $550 Million Globally

By Rebecca Rubin

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DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, (aka DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE, aka DEADPOOL 3), from left: Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, 2024. ph: Jay Maidment /© Marvel / © Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
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“Deadpool & Wolverine” continues to electrify the box office.

The superhero sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as their comic book personas, is crossing the $550 million mark at the global box office. Ticket sales stand at $261 million in North America and $284 million internationally, bringing its worldwide tally to $545.8 million after just five days of release.

After notching a record-breaking start for an R-rated film, “Deadpool & Wolverine” keeps breaking new ground with daily grosses. Domestically, the movie landed the biggest Tuesday haul for an R-rated film (and 13th biggest of all time) with $25.3 million. A day prior, the tentpole posted the highest Monday for an R-rated film with $24.4 million. So far, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is the fourth-biggest domestic release of 2024 behind “Inside Out 2” ($615 million), “Despicable Me 4” ($293 million) and “Dune: Part II” ($282).

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DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE delivers nearly $50M worldwide on Tuesday, $545M total.

$1B locked ‘n loaded!
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According to the Disney bookkeepers only four hundred million more before it becomes profitable. 🤞🤞🤞

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Absol-hugh-tely smashing global box office records.

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Deadline.com --

SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU: Refresh for chart and more analysis ….At $395.5M Deadpool & Wolverine is the highest grossing R-rated movie ever at the domestic box office surpassing Passion of the Christ ($370.7M) as well as the previous two Deadpools this weekend (Deadpool at $363M and Deadpool 2 at $324.6M). This is after a phenomenal second weekend of $97M, -54%, the 8th best second weekend ever, besting Barbie‘s $93M second frame a year ago, but also the fifth best second frame ever for an MCU movie. Currently, it’s not expected for D&W to ride past $100M. Running global cume is $824.1M; this movie is headed to a billion even without Russia. Final industry projection for the Shawn Levy directed, Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman starring title stateside is half billion.

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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Closing In On $900M Global Box Office; Will Have $1B Licked At Weekend

By Nancy Tartaglione

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International Box Office Editor/Senior Contributor

August 7, 2024 11:38am

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(L-R) Hugh Jackman, Peggy and Ryan Reynolds in 'Deadpool & Wolverine'
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Deadpool & Wolverine is nearing the $900 million global box office mark as it enters its third week of worldwide play. With Tuesday’s grosses included, the current total on the Shawn Levy-directed smash is $879.2M, of which $421M comes from domestic and $458.2M from the international box office. When today’s figures are tallied, the global total is expected to cross that nine-century milestone.

As for the next notch in the Merc with the Mouth’s belt, $1B is expected to hit this weekend. When that benchmark is crossed, Deadpool & Wolverine will become only the second U.S. R-rated movie ever to get there — after 2019’s Joker — and will overtake Oppenheimer as the second-biggest R-rated title of all time, adding to its list of records. D&W will reach $1B faster than Joker, though that film did not have a China release. It will also be Disney’s second billion-dollar grosser this year after Inside Out 2, as well as only the second movie of 2024 to the post.


Yesterday saw the Marvel/Disney juggernaut move up the domestic ranks, passing both Iron Man 3 ($409M) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411M) to enter the Top 10 MCU films ever. D&W currently sits at No. 9 behind Captain Marvel, which it will pass today.


Tuesday’s breakdown was $13.2M domestic (14% of the sophomore weekend) and $13.9M international (12% of the sophomore weekend).

Overseas, the top 10 markets through Tuesday are as follows: China ($48.3M), UK ($46.4M), Mexico ($34.3M), Australia ($25.9M), Germany ($20.2M), France ($19.9M), Brazil ($18.7M), India ($16.4M), Spain ($15.7M) and Italy ($14M).

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Feige is willing to pay, supposedly, $40 Million to Robert Downey for each DOOM movie ( Avengers 5 & 6).

But the reactions to Downey in a role that is not Iron Man is mixed --

so why be stingy in paying Hugh Jackman something not too far off -- if he has recently proven he is a MAIN attraction for D&W?

I am sure Feige's staff are busy monitoring social media on how HJ has been received. They even floated Cavill as the MCU Wolverine - but did they get an overwhelming support for it?? Nah!!!

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From Deadline --

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Tops $900M Global Box Office; Will Have $1B Licked At Weekend – Update

By Nancy Tartaglione

Nancy Tartaglione
International Box Office Editor/Senior Contributor

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August 8, 2024 9:46am

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(L-R) Hugh Jackman, Peggy and Ryan Reynolds in 'Deadpool & Wolverine'
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THURSDAY UPDATE: With Wednesday’s business included, Deadpool & Wolverine has now crossed the $900M global box office mark. The worldwide cume through yesterday is $903.3M. As previously noted (see below), BFFs Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman will carry the Marvel/Disney hit across the coveted $1B threshold this weekend.

The current international box office cume is $472.3M, with domestic at $431M. Yesterday added $14.1M overseas while North America logged another $9.8M.

Domestically through Wednesday, D&W passed Captain Marvel ($427M) to become the No. 8 all-time MCU release.


Internationally, the Shawn Levy-directed smash has now topped Deadpool 2 ($461M), making it the 3rd biggest R-rated release ever offshore. D&W’s cume has also now exceeded the final totals of both Deadpool and Deadpool 2 domestically, internationally and globally. It had already passed them on a domestic and worldwide basis.

Here’s the updated Top 10 overseas through Wednesday: China ($49.6M), UK ($48M), Mexico ($34.9M), Australia ($26.4M), Germany ($21M), France ($20.6M), Brazil ($19.2M), Spain ($16.9M), India ($16.6M) and Italy ($14.4M).

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'DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE' has officially crossed $1B at the Box Office. ⚔️

This is the 2nd highest grossing film of 2024.

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CONGRATULATIONS !!

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On August 14, 2022, Hugh Jackman made that unexpected phone call to let Ryan Reynolds know that he is game for a movie team-up with Deadpool.

Today, August 11, 2024, a few days before 2 years from that date -- they have realized the dream of giving audiences the yearned-for team-up... reaching a milestone at the box office of receipts of $ 1 Billion!!

Again -- CONGRATULATIONS - BILLIONAIRES


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From Variety --

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Crosses $1 Billion at Global Box Office

By Rebecca Rubin


DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, (aka DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE, aka DEADPOOL 3), from left: Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, 2024. ph: Jay Maidment /© Marvel / © Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
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“Deadpool & Wolverine” is the newest member of the billion-dollar club.

The superhero sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as their comic book alter egos, has grossed $494.3 million in North America and $535.1 million internationally for a grand total of $1.029 billion at the global box office. It’s the second release of 2024, following Disney’s Pixar smash “Inside Out 2” with $1.558 billion, to surpass the billion-dollar mark.

Notably, it’ll soon overtake 2019’s “Joker” ($1.07 billion, the only other R-rated film to cross the coveted milestone) as the highest-grossing R-rated film in history.


“Deadpool & Wolverine” has been a needed win for Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. The once-untouchable comic book giant has shown signs of wear and tear with recent misfires like “Eternals,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and “The Marvels.” Though post-pandemic installments such as “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” ($956 million), 2022’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” ($859 million) and 2023’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” ($846 million) neared the $1 billion mark, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is only the second MCU movie to surpass the benchmark since 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.” Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was the first with $1.9 billion in 2021.



Shawn Levy directed “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which is the first MCU movie to be headlined by comic book characters that were previously licensed to 20th Century Fox. Reynolds and Levy assembled a who’s who of Fox-era heroes, including Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Chris Evans as Human Torch from “Fantastic Four,” Wesley Snipes as Blade, to accompany Deadpool and Wolverine on a universe-saving mission.

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Drink a toast to the Brotherhood!

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Due to its Box office success, Marvel Studios is supposedly now discussing the possibility of a sequel!

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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Becomes Biggest R-Rated Movie Ever Worldwide As It Snatches Crown From ‘Joker’

By Nancy Tartaglione

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August 16, 2024 9:09am
Deadpool & Wolverine highest-grossing R-rated movie worldwide

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Jay Maidment /© Marvel / © Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine has added to its list of records, now becoming the highest-grossing U.S. R-rated movie ever on a global basis. Getting there, the franchise snatches back the title from 2019’s Joker ($1.079B). Through Thursday, the Merc with a Mouth and the adamantium-clawed X-Man have grossed $1,085.6M (or $1.086B) worldwide. The breakdown is $516.8M from domestic and $568.8M from the international box office.

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From the desk of Kevin Feige.

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Congratulations on Deadpool&Wolverine becoming the Box Office Champs for R-Rated Films!
Here are Wolverine roses for you!

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Some people are very jealous of the success of Deadpool & Wolverine -- not just for its box office success but also for the public regard for the movie itself!

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“So it’s just become a party time for certain actors to do this stuff,” Cox added.

“When you know that Hugh Jackman can do a bit more, Ryan Reynolds… but it’s because they go down that road and it’s box office. They make a lot of money. You can’t knock it.”

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Brian Cox Says Cinema Is in "a Very Bad Way," Cites Marvel, 'Deadpool & Wolverine': "It's Box Office" hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/brian-cox-cinema-deadpool-wolverine-succession-eiff-marvel-1235977671/

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He knows Hugh Jackman DOES a bit more (not just "he can do a bit more") -1 of the most versatile actors around -for film & stage! Last Marvel film was LOGAN in '17(nod for Screenplay). After that-GShowman/ FrontRunner/ BadEducation (EmmyBestTV Movie)/ Reminiscence/ The Son & Music Man on Bway!

Also, one of the side benefits of new fans discovering Hugh Jackman was the ongoing review of Jackman films from 2000! Those cited include Bad Education/ Reminiscence/ Oklahoma!/ The Son/ Eddie The Eagle / Real Steel, etc.

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This is the article from The Hollywood Reporter re Brian Cox remarks --

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Brian Cox Says Cinema Is In “a Very Bad Way”, Cites Marvel, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’: “It’s Become Party Time”
The 'Succession' star spoke about the MCU on a panel at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Saturday: "They go down that road and it's box office. They make a lot of money. You can't knock it."

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Cox spoke at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Saturday.

Brian Cox thinks cinema is “in a very bad way,” with the Marvel and DC Universes partly to blame.

The legendary actor of stage and screen – who most recently garnered critical acclaim for his award-winning role in HBO’s Succession – spoke at an Edinburgh International Film Festival panel on Saturday. When asked about the recent successes of globally popular TV shows, Cox cited the latest MCU installment Deadpool & Wolverine as a great example of cinematic “party time”.

“What’s happened is that television is doing what cinema used to do,” Cox told the audience of television’s originality. “I think cinema is in a very bad way. I think it’s lost its place because of, partly, the grandiose element between Marvel, DC and all of that. And I think it’s beginning to implode, actually. You’re kind of losing the plot.”


He discussed Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman of Deadpool & Wolverine while referencing how films are “making a lot of money that’ll make everybody happy, but in terms of the work, it becomes diluted afterwards. You’re getting the same old… I mean, I’ve done those kind of [projects].”

Cox starred as William Stryker Jr. in X2: X-Men United (a military scientist who persuades Logan to become Wolverine), and admittedly said he “forgets” about the fact he “created” Wolverine. “Deadpool meets the guy… Wolverine, who I created, but I’ve forgotten. Actually,” he jokes, “When those films are on, there’s always a bit of me [as Stryker] and they never pay me any money.”

“So it’s just become a party time for certain actors to do this stuff,” Cox added. “When you know that Hugh Jackman can do a bit more, Ryan Reynolds… but it’s because they go down that road and it’s box office. They make a lot of money. You can’t knock it.”

Television is pulling ahead, he continued, with incredible shows like Jesse Armstrong’s Succession and Netflix’s Ripley, starring Andrew Scott. “There’s so many [shows] and you’ve got the honor of telling the story over a period of time.” The actor said movies of his childhood such as On the Waterfront are what made him want to “be the actor I’ve become,” but it’s partially eradicated.

Cox spoke briefly about growing up in Dundee where there were 21 theaters in the Scottish city. “From the ages of six to eight, I visited all of them.” He contrasted the filmmaking of his day with the challenges of modern casting processes for actors now.


“Now, they want every young actor or actress to make their own self-tapes. They’ve got to make it without actually meeting anybody, and sometimes they never even get the fucking result, because they get ignored. They spend three days making a self-date, which goes nowhere.” Casting directors and actors used to “have a rapport”, Cox said, so budding professionals in the industry had a sense of where things were going. “Whereas now young actors are in limbo and it’s disgusting, quite frankly, because it actually stops what an actor can do or who an actor is.”

“It’s a terrible, terrible system. I wish it stopped. I wish we could get back to the individual relationship and that’s what art is about. It’s about relationships.”

The panel Cox was speaking on was moderated by Rowan Woods, director of the Edinburgh TV festival, and included panelists Alex Walton of WME, producer Afolabi Kuti, ventriloquist-turned-director Nina Conti, and director Daniel Reisinger, who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter on Friday. The theme was how those in live performance and television can successfully transition to filmmaking.

Cox even revealed he is working on his own directorial debut, a piece of work he described as “a love letter to Scotland.” He said he has a lot of respect for directors, such as Mark Mylod, who worked on Succession. But being a good director requires the relinquishing of control, Cox added. “When you’re thinking about 50 million things, and someone says, ‘What do you want for her to wear? This or this?’ I don’t give a shit. Whatever she’s wearing. It’s fine, you know? That’s the thing about allowing people to do their job.”


“If you’ve got a production designer, don’t get in their way. If you’ve got a makeup artist, don’t get in their way. They’re there for a reason, and they’re there to join the community and offer what their skill is. I think there’s too much control that goes on. Because control is the death of any art form, because it’s not about control, it’s about things that flow, things that move, you know?”