DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Claws Its Way To Huge $205 Million Opening And Breaks Several Box Office Records

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Claws Its Way To Huge $205 Million Opening And Breaks Several Box Office Records

Updated box office numbers are in for Deadpool & Wolverine and, after earning a massive $205 million in North America, the first R-Rated Marvel Studios movie has sailed past $400 million worldwide...

By JoshWilding - Jul 28, 2024 12:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine

There was no stopping Deadpool & Wolverine this weekend as the Marvel Studios movie opened to a massive $205 million.

This is the biggest opening weekend for an MCU movie since 2022's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, meaning the Merc with the Mouth has well and truly earned his "Marvel Jesus" title. 

This domestic debut is the biggest R-Rated opening ever, the eighth biggest opening in history, and the fifth biggest opening for a superhero movie. Deadpool & Wolverine also serves as a high point in the careers of filmmaker Shawn Levy and actors Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman because this is by far the biggest opening weekend of their respective careers as well. 

While we'll get final figures tomorrow, we know that Deadpool & Wolverine's weekend currently looks like this:

  • Thursday previews: $38.5 million
  • Friday: 57.5 million ($96 million including previews)
  • Saturday: $61.5 million
  • Sunday: $47.5 million 

The movie has also topped Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice for the twelfth biggest global bow as it's earned $233.3 million over five days. As a result, the threequel sits at a jaw-dropping $438.3 million worldwide. 

The Marvel Studios movie is only the fourth movie since COVID to debut with over $400 million and the thirteenth in history to do so. $1 billion is surely guaranteed in the coming weeks. 

"This isn’t just Deadpool saying ‘Oh, Hello’ to the MCU," Reynolds recently said on X"It’s Deadpool – and Hugh, Shawn and me – saying farewell to a place and an era that literally made us. We are forever grateful to the fun, weird, uneven and risky world of 20th Century Fox."

"It was our origin story and we wouldn’t trade it for anything. And thank you to Kevin Feige and Disney for allowing us to share it."

How many times did you watch Deadpool & Wolverine this weekend?

You can read our full review of Deadpool & Wolverine here, but we concluded by saying, "A contender for the best superhero movie ever, Deadpool & Wolverine is two hours of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman proving they were born to play these roles and, crucially, be part of the MCU. It’s a f***ing masterpiece."

Shawn Levy directs Deadpool & Wolverine, which stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Matthew Macfadyen, and Dafne Keen. The movie is written by Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy.

Kevin Feige, Reynolds, Levy and Lauren Shuler Donner produce with Louis D’Esposito, Wendy Jacobson, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Dewey, Simon Kinberg and Jonathon Komack Martin serving as executive producers.

Deadpool & Wolverine is now playing in theaters. 

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Spoken
Spoken - 7/28/2024, 12:07 PM
Deserved
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 7/28/2024, 2:27 PM
@Spoken - Great to see but the article needs a correction as $205M OW is way more than MoM and highest since Spider-man No Way Home for the MCU. In fact there has only been four MCU movies with more than that OW

Endgame $357M (final WWBO 2.8B)
SM:NWH $260M (final WWBO 1.9B)
Infinity War $257M (final WWBO 2B)
The Avengers $207M (final WWBO 1.5B

DP & Wolverine $205M (final BO TBA)

Black Panther $202M (final WWBO 1.35B)
Avengers AoU $191M (final WWBO 1.4B)
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Heck Spider-Man FFH only had a domestic OW of $92M and went on to make over a billion, sure nothing is a given but joining the billionaires club is as near certain as it gets already which I did not think would be determined before the end of the second weekend let alone by provisional numbers on the first Sunday (which could yet be adjusted upwards).
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 7/28/2024, 2:38 PM
Side note, and this isn't to cast shade, just to show how nuts these numbers are considering how HUGE a couple of the top five A list characters are compared to where these two characters listed in terms of public awareness/popularity prior to FoxMen...

Highest ever opening weekend for DC was Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with $166,007,347 Domestic, Dark Knight Rises was $161M and Man of Steel under $117M OW domestic and Wonder Woman around $103M.

I AM a DC fan too, not just Marvel (as well as loving a number of other comic brands) but I NEVER thought Deadpool, even alongside Wolverine would ever open to bigger box offices than the top three at DC as well as (outside of NWH) all prior films for Hulk and Spider-Man (the other two typicaly rounding out the top 5 A list solo characters).
PantherKing
PantherKing - 7/28/2024, 12:09 PM
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MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 7/28/2024, 12:11 PM
Audience love it. Genuinely a great time in the theaters. Congrats to all parties involved. Chris Evans can’t keep carrying the MCU though
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 7/28/2024, 1:03 PM
@MyCoolYoung - was about to say the same about RDJ, yet here we are. Think it's fun to see them in more douche-y roles though. Let's get Hemsworth there in as well.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 7/28/2024, 1:18 PM
@bkmeijer1 - im just kidding about Chris. He was barely in the movie lol
MrShow
MrShow - 7/28/2024, 5:58 PM
@MyCoolYoung - love seeing the wokest of all movies crushing it. Suck it regressives.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 7/28/2024, 6:44 PM
@MrShow - lol nobody will call this movie woke watch
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 7/28/2024, 12:11 PM
Deadpool and Wolverine going down as an iconic duo after this one.
Spoken
Spoken - 7/28/2024, 12:14 PM
@YouFlopped - LMFAO! What a joke
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 7/28/2024, 12:16 PM
@Moriakum
Hahahaha, i had that mf blocked, so thanks for this! XD
Spoken
Spoken - 7/28/2024, 12:20 PM
@Doomsday8888 - LOL YouFlopped right now
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Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 7/28/2024, 12:22 PM
@Spoken
Time to tell him Bye Bye Bye! :P
Spoken
Spoken - 7/28/2024, 12:35 PM
@YouFlopped - From Doomsday8888
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SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 7/28/2024, 1:35 PM
@Spoken - Maybe he'll flop off the site.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/28/2024, 1:42 PM
@Moriakum - he's always wrong about everything. You wasted your energy even screen shotting it.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 7/29/2024, 11:08 AM
@Spoken - And you can BET that I'm also, I don't even bother to check it out LMFAOOOOO!!!!
OmegaDaGr0dd
OmegaDaGr0dd - 7/28/2024, 12:16 PM
Absolutely stunning

Marvel's had some rough spots as they worked through the pandemic and dealt with some really bad breaks beyond their control, but they're actually in a really great spot to get back into a groove over the next few years, and this is a heck of a launch point.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 7/28/2024, 12:18 PM
What a Marvel.

Marvel's Messiah, should i say. :)
MadThanos
MadThanos - 7/28/2024, 12:18 PM
The CinemaScore is so high that will give this movie some big legs.
braunermegda
braunermegda - 7/28/2024, 12:30 PM
@Moriakum - I [frick]ing love how you printed all these haters and have proof now even if they delete their comments
DTor91
DTor91 - 7/28/2024, 12:31 PM
@Moriakum - LMAO the one I knew I’d see!
theprophet
theprophet - 7/28/2024, 12:22 PM
Looks like the MCU is back, let's hope Cap 4 keeps the hype going
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/29/2024, 7:56 AM
@theprophet - let’s not jump ahead of course marvel all ready is trailers and teasers look good but finsished product remain questionable people where excited for she hulk and moon knight I read some bad stuff from moon knight same people was excited for shows
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/28/2024, 12:29 PM
@Moriakum - Keep these comments coming. 😂
Spoken
Spoken - 7/28/2024, 12:30 PM
@Moriakum - Some of these mfers I swear use their negative feelings towards a movie and try to use baseless controversy from other sites to assert their argument as factual.

Some of them gotta stop openly predicting this shit lol. Especially when try to act like their some BO/social analyst for movies.
comicfan100
comicfan100 - 7/28/2024, 1:29 PM
@Moriakum - the legit biggest hater on here.
Spoken
Spoken - 7/28/2024, 12:25 PM
I honestly expected ballpark to be around $170-$180 million domestically. Lucky for $190 million was my thoughts a week before release. Like the movie, way above my expectations!
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 7/28/2024, 12:25 PM
Daumn. Bet this gets to $1.15B or so. Crazy good.

Also, damn am I the only person pumped for Doomsday??
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