‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Breaks Another R-Rated Box Office Record On Tuesday, Holds Steady With $25M+ – Update

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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Breaks Another R-Rated Box Office Record On Tuesday, Holds Steady With $25M+ – Update

WEDNESDAY AM UPDATE: Disney is calling Deadpool & Wolverine‘s Tuesday at $25.3M ,+4% over Monday. Of course, that’s another R-rated record at the box office. It’s also the sixth-best Tuesday in July at the domestic B.O. and the 13th-best Tuesday overall. The running total is $261.1M.

TUESDAY UPDATE: Who said theatrical is broken? Who said theatrical doesn’t work? Behold the fact that Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine is making another estimated $24M today, essentially even with Monday’s $24.4M. This takes the running domestic total for the Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman movie to $259.8M.

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Deadpool & Wolverine keeps breaking R-rated records, this time topping the $13.9M Tuesday take of 2019’s The Joker.

Among all Tuesdays in July, D&W is sixth behind Spider-Man: Far from Home ($39.2M, 2019), The Amazing Spider-Man ($35M, 2012), The Lion King ($30.3M. 2019), Transformers ($27.8M, 2007) and Barbie ($26M, 2023). Among all Tuesdays, D&W is currently 15th best.

It’s a great thing to hold even at the daily box office. Barbie did it last year, grossing $26M on its first Monday and Tuesday. However, Spider-Man: No Way Home was -15% in its Monday-to-Tuesday, while Avengers: Endgame eased by 10% in 2019 and Avengers: Infinity War was -5% over those two days the year before.

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How does Weekend 2 look for D&W? The first Deadpool in 2016 eased by 57% in Weekend 2 with $56.4M, while Deadpool 2 did $43.4M, -65%, in 2018. Given the momentum of this Shawn Levy-directed title, D&W has to be stronger than those previous chapters, especially since this is a pinnacle moment of the franchise being incorporated into the greater MCU.

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The top 5 MCU second weekends are Avengers: Endgame ($147.3M, -59%), Avengers: Infinity War ($114.7M, -56%), 2018’s Black Panther ($111.6M, -45%), 2012’s The Avengers ($103M, -50%) and Spider-Man: No Way Home ($84.5M, -68%). Don’t be surprised if D&W break their way into that batch.

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