“Dead Pool & Wolverine” had a better Sunday than expected. The comic book film grossed $211 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, Disney said Monday.
That’s $6 million more than Sunday’s estimate, putting “Deadpool & Wolverine” in a different league. It had already broken the record for the most censored film. But the Directed by Shawn Levy The film starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman now boasts the sixth biggest opening weekend of all time, surpassing “Jurassic World,” which debuted with $208.8 million in 2015.
can now claim five of the six biggest box office openings of all time, without taking inflation into account, including two “Avengers” films, “Endgame” and “Infinity War”, and two “Star Wars” films, “The Force ”. Awakens” and “The Last Jedi”. The only exception is second-placed “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which was released by Sony and produced by Marvel Studios.
“Dead Pool & Wolverine’s superior performance also boosted its global tally to $444.3 million, surpassing “Avatar: The Way of Water.”
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