Box Office Report: Deadpool & Wolverine Tops Charts

Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine delivered $54.2m in its third weekend as the newly crowned $1bn global smash surged to $494.3m in North America, staying top ahead of a spectacular $50m debut for Sony’s romantic drama It Ends With Us.

Weekend Box Office Results

It was a great weekend for the Ryan Reynolds-Blake Lively household that maintained an encouraging summer season and for the first time saw two films earn $50m or more in the same weekend in the traditionally slow month of August. Studios will confirm numbers on Monday.

Active in 4,330 locations, Deadpool & Wolverine overtook Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on $454m and Avengers: Age Of Ultron on $459m to rank as the sixth highest Marvel Cinematic Universe release of all time.

It Ends With Us Opens Strong

Meanwhile Columbia Pictures/Wayfarer Studios’ romance It Ends With Us opened strongly in second place on the back of solid reviews and a strong approval rating by theatre-goers, who gave it an A-CinemaScore and a 4.5 star PostTrak rating.

The feature about a budding romance overshadowed by generational trauma was also produced by Lively, while Justin Baldoni directed and co-stars. At a reported cost of $25m, It Ends With Us opened in 3,611 sites to produce one of the best debuts by a romantic drama.

Other Notable Releases

Lionsgate’s video game adaptation Borderlands misfired with an $8.8m number four opening weekend from 3,125 sites. Directed by Eli Roth, the film reportedly cost $115m and stars Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Ariana Greenblatt in the story of a team of misfits on a quest.

Summer hit Twisters, released by Universal in North America, ranked third on $15m from 3,644 sites resulting in a $222.3m tally after four weekends. Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones star and Lee Isaac Chung directed. Universal/Illumination’s Despicable Me 4 in fifth added $8m for $330.1m after six.

Pixar’s Inside Out 2 in seventh place earned $5m after an impressive 27% drop to reach $636.5m after nine sessions. Based on estimates at this stage, the highest-grossing animation of all time has overtaken last year’s smash Barbie, which finished on $636.2m, to rank as the 11th highest-grossing release of all time in North America.

Upcoming Releases

Pixar head Pete Docter announced at Disney’s D23 fan convention in southern California on Friday that the studio will debut a spin-off series next year.

Conclusion

The weekend box office results show that Deadpool & Wolverine continues to dominate, while It Ends With Us had a strong opening. Other notable releases, such as Borderlands and Twisters, had mixed results. As the summer season comes to a close, it will be interesting to see how these films perform in the coming weeks.

FAQs

Q: What was the top-grossing film of the weekend?
A: Deadpool & Wolverine

Q: What was the second-highest grossing film of the weekend?
A: It Ends With Us

Q: What was the total gross for Deadpool & Wolverine in North America?
A: $494.3m

Q: What was the total gross for It Ends With Us in North America?
A: TBA

Q: What was the total gross for Borderlands in North America?
A: $8.8m

Q: What was the total gross for Twisters in North America?
A: $222.3m

Q: What was the total gross for Inside Out 2 in North America?
A: $636.5m