July 30, 2024 08:42 AM IST
Deadpool and Wolverine box office collection Day 4: Shawn Levy’s buddy superhero film had an impressive opening weekend, but Monday tells a different story.
Deadpool and Wolverine Box Office Collection Day 4: Shawn Levy’s buddy Marvel film, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as Deadpool and Wolverine respectively, opened to a massive opening in India and performed well throughout the weekend. However, as per reports, the film was the first film to release in 2018 to do so. SaconilcOn Monday, a different story emerged. (Also read: Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds create sad Wolverine meme celebrating the success of Deadpool and Wolverine)
Deadpool and Wolverine will be released on Monday
The Marvel film’s earnings dropped to single digits on its first Monday as it only managed to earn The film earned Rs 7 crore at the Indian box office. This is much less than its Sunday collection. 22.30 crores. Though the collections dropped on Sunday, the drop from Saturday’s collections was negligible as the superhero film earned Rs 22.30 crores. It earned Rs 22.65 crore on the second day, which is a slight increase from the first day’s collection. 21 Crore. Total Indian box office collection of Deadpool and Wolverine is now 21 Crore. Rs 73.65 crore
Broken Records
Deadpool and Wolverine earned $211.4 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada this weekend, marking the biggest domestic opening of the year, comScore Inc. reported Monday.
The film also had the best opening ever for an R-rated picture, earning more than double Joker’s ticket sales in its first weekend. Upon its release in 2019, Joker became the highest-grossing R-rated film in history, earning over $1 billion at the box office.
Deadpool and Wolverine, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman reprising their roles as the foul-mouthed superhero and X-Men mutant, is the third installment in the Deadpool series. Disney acquired the film and television rights to the characters following its $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019, and considers them some of the most important intellectual property to come with the deal, along with Avatar.
The success of Deadpool and Wolverine has energized the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a slate of 34 interconnected films that make up the most successful movie franchise in Hollywood history, grossing over $30 billion at the box office. After overloading audiences with a large number of films, the broad superhero genre has fared poorly in recent years, with releases such as Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels, as well as DC’s The Flash and Shazam! Fury of the Gods, failing to recover their production budgets.
Deadpool and Wolverine have accelerated the pace of turnaround at Disney’s film division, which hasn’t turned a profit since April 2022. Globally, the film sold $444.1 million worth of tickets, Disney said. Previously, Inside Out 2 had the biggest opening weekend of the year in the US and Canada. It has grossed $1.51 billion at the box office since its release in June.
