That makes it the fourth largest global release in history, behind Avatar, Titanic and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The R-rated saga of the sarcastic Marvel superhero matched its domestic record-breaking total with an eye-popping 150 million internationally. Deadpool is on fire.Fox’s breakout Marvel blockbuster delivered a massive 150 million in record breaking overseas box office debut.
The superhero blockbuster has in four weekends of release earned $595 million domestic and $1.2 billion international for a $1.8 billion global total. Deadpool is the number one movie in the world.
Fee's 10 Best Movies & TV Shows, According To IMDb. Lets compare that one weekend haul to the franchise box office totals to date: 296,339,527 X-Men (2000) 407,711,549 X2: X-Men. And thats three movies in each with bigger budgets and bigger brand appeal.
It also was Fox’s second-best opening weekend of all time.Īvengers: Infinity War fell to second place with a $29 million weekend at the domestic box office. The record weekend helped Fox bounce back from Augusts Fantastic Four, one of the biggest bombs of last year as well as wiped away Reynolds panned. (& 7 Lowest-Grossing) Tim Burton Movies, According To Box Office Mojo. In fact, the only solo Marvel characters to beat Deadpools number are Iron Man 3 and Spider-Man 3. That makes it the second-largest grossing R-rated film of all time after the original Deadpool’s $132 million opening in February 2016.
It took one Marvel to topple another: Fox’s Deadpool 2, featuring the comic publisher’s hit merc with a mouth, took the top spot at the domestic box office in its opening weekend from Marvel Studio’s Avengers: Infinity War with $125 million in ticket sales.ĭeadpool 2 also took in $176 million in foreign ticket sales for a $301 million worldwide debut weekend. ‘Deadpool 2’ topped the domestic and foreign box office with a worldwide opening weekend gross of $301 million.