Deadpool On The Way to $500m

Marvel’s Mouthy Merc Dominates Current Box Office

♦Our friends over at Variety have news that Fox’s Deadpool has had another impressive weekend at the box office

Deadpool dominated the box office for a second consecutive weekend, racking up $55 million.

That’s roughly what Fox, the studio behind the $58 million comic-book adaptation, had predicted that the film would open to a week ago. Of course, it shattered those projections, destroying February records with a $152.2 million President’s Weekend launch.

After two weeks, Deadpool has now earned $235.4 million domestically, re-established Ryan Reynolds as a major Hollywood star, and created a new superhero franchise to rival the likes of Iron Man and the X-Men. The picture, a very R-rated affair, centers on a mercenary with accelerated healing abilities and a penchant for bawdy humour.

“It’s one of those times where a movie becomes a touchstone in culture,” said Chris Aronson, Fox’s domestic distribution chief. “It just becomes part of the zeitgeist and one of those movies you just have to see. That’s due to its uniqueness. People have never seen anything like this before.”

Variety