Behold the box office feats of Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine this past weekend, bursting though records like claws through spinal cords. Take a look at this incredibly impressive… just stack of record that this film’s opening record now has.
Highest R-rated opening of all time both worldwide and domestic: At $444.1M worldwide and $211M domestic, Deadpool & Wolverine beats previous record holder Deadpool from 2016 ($264M WW in like-for-like markets excluding China, $132.4M domestic).
Biggest global opening since Avatar: The Way of Water ($439M in like-for-like markets at current rates).
Biggest Domestic Opening Ever for Ryan Reynolds beating Deadpool‘s $132.4M.
Biggest Domestic Opening Ever for Hugh Jackman beating 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand‘s $102.7M.
Biggest Domestic Opening Ever for filmmaker Shawn Levy beating 2009’s Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian at $54.1M.
Highest July opening weekend of all-time at domestic box office, surpassing The Lion King ($191.8M).
Marvel Cinematic Universe is the highest-grossing film franchise of all time with $30 billion spanning 34 titles.
The 34th consecutive MCU release to debut at No. 1 at the domestic box office.
Highest domestic opening weekend of 2024 and highest since Spider-Man: No Way Home in December 2021($260.1M).
No. 6 highest domestic opening weekend of all time.
6th Highest Opening Day at the Domestic Box Office at $96M.
No. 4 highest superhero opening weekend of all time (behind Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Avengers: Infinity War).
No. 2 highest opening weekend for a third instalment of all time (behind Avengers: Endgame).
As of this post, Walt Disney is responsible for 16 of the top 20 opening domestic weekends of all time – with the MCU responsible for 11 of the top 20.
Walt Disney also owns five of the top six opening weekends of all-time at the domestic box office.
Highest opening weekend ever for a U.S. R-rated release with $233.1M international, surpassing Joker ($147M) on a like-for-like basis at current rates.
Highest opening weekend abroad since Avatar: The Way of Water, surpassing Inside Out 2 ($223M) on a like-for-like basis at current rates.
Highest opening weekend of 2024 in Germany, UK, Australia and Japan (non-local) as well as many smaller markets.
AND to date this year, Walt Disney has released the No. 1 title of May (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), June (Inside Out 2) and now July (D&W).
And on a side note, the award for ‘Ugliest Dog’ goes to Peggy Lee, Ryan Reynolds ACTUAL dog… This could have been an entire little sub-post in itself, but we figured we’d blend the money with the cute and cuddly.
