Deadpool & Wolverine opens in theaters this weekend, and it’s expected to be a smashing success commercially. According to tracking estimates, Deadpool & Wolverine is tracking to earn between $160 million-$170 million at the domestic box office for its opening weekend and between $180 million-$190 million from international markets for a global start of as much as $360 million.
Deadpool & Wolverine would become the biggest opening weekend for an R-rated movie, surpassing the current record-holder, which is the original Deadpool ($132.4 million).
For comparison, Inside Out 2–which is 2024’s highest-grossing movie so far by leaps and bounds–made $154.2 million over its opening weekend in the US. Barbie, meanwhile, made $162 million for its opening weekend stateside in July 2023.
As relayed by Deadline, the top five North American opening-weekend box office results in history are:
- Spider-Man: No Way Home — $260.1 million
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — $187.4 million
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — $181.3 million
- Barbie — $162 million
- Inside Out 2 — $154.2 million
Another element that could help Deadpool & Wolverine at the box office is the fact that the movie is opening in China at the same time as other international markets. The first Deadpool movie was never released in China, while the sequel came to China through the toned-down PG-13 version Once Upon a Deadpool.
GameSpot’s Deadpool & Wolverine review scored the film a 4/10. Other reviews from different outlets called the movie “awful,” while others said it’s a hilarious return to form for the MCU.
