Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and director Shawn Levy have officially joined the billion-dollar box office club with Deadpool & Wolverine.
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| Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman's 'Deadpool & Wolverine' joined the billion-dollar box office club this weekend. Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios/Marvel |
Marvel Studios and Disney’s summer blockbuster hit this milestone on Saturday, with global ticket sales projected to finish the weekend at approximately $1.029 billion. This total includes $494.3 million from domestic sales and $535.2 million from international markets.
This bold third installment in the Deadpool series, which originated at 20th Century Fox, marks a significant achievement for Ryan Reynolds and the superhero genre.
It’s the first superhero film to surpass $1 billion since Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home two and a half years ago, and the first Marvel/Disney MCU film to reach the $1 billion mark since Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
Deadpool & Wolverine is on the verge of surpassing Warner Bros. and Todd Phillips’ Joker ($1.079 billion) to become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time at the global box office, not adjusted for inflation. It currently holds the No. 2 spot, having already surpassed Oppenheimer. In North America, it has already claimed the R-rated record.
The film has also matched The Avengers as the fourth-fastest MCU title to cross $1 billion, achieving the milestone in 19 days. The top three fastest MCU films are Avengers: Endgame (5 days), Avengers: Infinity War (11 days), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (12 days).
Deadpool & Wolverine becomes the 55th film to reach the $1 billion mark, the 31st Disney title to do so (including three 20th Century Fox films acquired through the Disney-Fox merger), and the 11th MCU film (including two Sony Spider-Man films, Homecoming and No Way Home).
Notably, it is the second film of the year to join the billion-dollar club, following Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2, which now holds the record for the highest-grossing animated film of all time with nearly $1.6 billion in global ticket sales. Disney remains the only studio to deliver back-to-back $1 billion films within a single year.
Deadpool & Wolverine has shattered records since its release over the July 26-28 weekend, surpassing the total lifetime earnings of the first two Deadpool films both domestically and globally within just two weekends.
The original Deadpool earned $363.1 million domestically and $782.6 million worldwide, while the sequel grossed $318.5 million domestically and $734.5 million globally.
Predictions suggest the film could ultimately reach between $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion, supporting Ryan Reynolds' theory that the movie successfully established the first four-quadrant, R-rated film.
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