Deadpool and Wolverine Stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, along with director Shawn Levy, have been awarded membership cards to the billion-dollar box office club.
The Marvel Studios and Disney summer blockbuster accomplished that feat on Saturday and will end the weekend with an estimated $1.029 billion in worldwide ticket sales, including $494.3 million in the U.S. and $535.2 million overseas.
The third bold outing of the dead Pool The series that debuted at 20th Century Fox is a huge win for franchise mastermind Ryan Reynolds, as well as Marvel Studios and the superhero genre in general. It’s the first superhero movie to top $1 billion since Sony and Marvel Spider-Man: No Way Home two and a half years ago, and the first Marvel/Disney MCU film to cross the billion-dollar threshold since Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
Moreover, Deadpool and Wolverine is days away from overtaking Warner Bros. and Todd Phillips Joker ($1.079 billion) and becomes the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time at the worldwide box office, excluding inflation. It now ranks second after surpassing OppenheimerIn North America, it already holds the record for an R-rated film.
In addition, it was linked to The Avengers to become the fourth-fastest MCU title to surpass $1 billion (19 days). Avengers: Endgame at the top of the list (5 days), followed by Avengers: Infinity War (11 days) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (12 days).
Deadpool and Wolverine is the 55th film to cross the billion-dollar mark; the 31st Disney title to do so (this includes three 20th Century Fox films inherited from the Disney-Fox merger); and the 11th MCU film, including two from Sony Spider-Man movies, Back home And No way home.
Other notable facts: It’s the second film of the year to join the billion-dollar club after Disney/Pixar’s sister film Inside Out 2which now tops the list of highest-grossing animated films of all time with nearly $1.6 billion in worldwide revenue. Disney is the only studio to have produced two consecutive $1 billion films in a given year.
Deadpool and Wolverine has broken one record after another since its debut on the weekend of July 26-28, including quickly surpassing the records of the first two dead Pool films, both nationally and internationally, after only two weekends in theaters. dead PoolThe second film’s domestic grosses were $363.1 million, for a worldwide total of $782.6 million; the second film’s domestic grosses were $318.5 million, for a worldwide total of $734.5 million.
As for potential grosses, most people predict the film will gross between $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion, which lends credence to Reynolds’ theory and the fact that he and the filmmakers have managed to make the first four-quadrant R-rated film.
