“Deadpool & Wolverine” on presale for $8 million, ideal for an R-rated film: Box Office

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The first R-rated release from Disney Marvel Studios, Deadpool and Wolverine, is already buzzing eight weeks before its debut, having already collected some $8 million in ticket sales on its first day. $8 million is pretty remarkable for a film rated R two months before its release. The trio starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman directed by Shawn Levy debuts July 26.

Although there are no direct compensations on Deadpool and Wolverine ticket sales in post-Covid history, its current cash flow exceeds 24-hour advance ticket sales on Warner Bros/DC. The Batman ($6.5 million), Disney Marvel Studio Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ($6 million) and Lionsgate’s R rating John Wick: Chapter 4 ($1.4 million). The Batman And GOTG3 opened to the respective 3-day weekends of $134M and $118.4M.

Deadpool and Wolverine was planned as one of the few mainstays that will really work this summer and bring mass audiences back to theaters. Other titles include Inside Out 2, Despicable Me 4 And Tornadoes.

AMC boss Adam Aron was over the moon on Twitter about the news Deadpool and Wolverine, writing: “Some 200,000 moviegoers have already purchased their AMC tickets. That’s more first-day ticket sales at AMC than for any other R-rated film.”

Combined, the two previous dead Pool the films grossed $1.56 billion at the worldwide box office. This part of the Marvel franchise was previously handled by 20th Century Fox, before the Disney merger.

The first one dead Pool in February 2016, it opened to $132.4 million in the United States, while the second film opened to $125.5 million in early May 2018.