The most recent Marvel Cinematic Universe entry, Deadpool & Wolverine, has grow to be the highest-grossing R-rated movie in historical past after lower than 25 days on the field workplace.
Deadpool & Wolverine is the most recent entry in Ryan Reynolds’ R-rated Marvel trilogy and the primary one to be formally a part of the MCU. The motion comedy additionally stars Hugh Jackman, returning to play a brand new model of Wolverine following the character’s dying in Logan. There was a whole lot of hype surrounding the comedian e book flick and due to largely optimistic critiques and competitors like Borderlands flopping arduous, the most recent Deadpool film has made historical past.
On August 15, Deadpool & Wolverine formally turned the highest-grossing R-rated film in historical past, beating out WB and DC’s Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix. Deadpool & Wolverine’s field workplace whole now sits at $1,085,529,057, which simply beats out Joker’s $1,078,751,311.
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see if—in an effort to retake the highest spot—WB re-releases Joker in theaters forward of this 12 months’s sequel starring Girl Gaga as Harley Quinn.
“Now think about if Hugh [Jackman] had finished full frontal. With the cowl on in fact,” tweeted Reynolds on August 16 together with a video celebrating the report.
So, what different R-rated flicks has the brand new Deadpool film beat out on the field workplace? Right here’s the complete prime 10 record as of August 2024. You’ll discover that three spots within the prime 10 are held by Deadpool films.
1. Deadpool & Wolverine – 2024 – $1,085,529,057
2. Joker – 2019 – $1,078,751,311
3. Oppenheimer – 2023 – $976,968,205
4. Deadpool 2 – 2018 – $785,896,609
5. Deadpool – 2016 – $782,612,155
6. The Matrix Reloaded – 2003 – $741,847,937
7. IT – 2017 – $704,242,888
8. Detective Chinatown 3 – 2021 – $686,257,563
9. Logan – 2017- $619,021,436
10. The Ardour of the Christ – 2004 – $612,054,428
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