Deadpool & Wolverine ($395 million) just became the highest-grossing R-rated film domestically, passing Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ ($370.7M), Deadpool ($363M), and Deadpool 2 ($324.6M) after a strong 97M (-54%) sophomore frame. Worldwide, Shawn Levy’s comic book team-up has amassed a whopping $824.1M and shows no signs of slowing down. At this rate, D&W should easily top $1 billion at the box office and wind up in the MCU’s top 10 highest-grossing pics.
Elsewhere, M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap earned $15.6M on its opening weekend, which is a decent debut for an August thriller but on the lower end of the director’s efforts. As it stands, only Wide Awake ($95K) and Knock at the Cabin ($14M) opened with less. Remember when Signs debuted with $60M? Yeah, those days seem long ago. Trap likely finishes with Knock at the Cabin-like numbers as a result of a meh C+ CinemaScore.
Sony’s family comedy Harold and the Purple Crayon opened to $6M from 3,325 theaters. The moral of the story? We don’t need big-screen adaptations of every children’s book on the market.
D&W should clean up again this weekend, as Eli Roth’s Borderlands is the only wide release on the schedule. The action comedy is projected to reach between $10M and $20M. Things get juicier a week later when Fede Alvarez unleashes Alien: Romulus, which could earn as much as $43M in its opening frame.
Box Office Results: Domestic Top 10
1.) Deadpool & Wolverine (Dis) 4,230 (+20) theaters, Fri $28.3M Sat $38.3M Sun $30.4M 3-day $97M (-54%), Total $395.5M/Wk 2
2.) Twisters (Uni/WB) 4,009 (-161) theaters, Fri $6.5M Sat $9.1M Sun $6.8M 3-day $22.6M (-35%), Total $195.5M/Wk 3
3.) Trap (WB) 3,181 theaters, Fri $6.7M Sat $5.1M Sun $3.8M 3-day $15.6M /Wk 1
4.) Despicable Me 4 (Uni) 3,369 (-241) theaters, Fri $3.3M Sat $4.3M Sun $3.5M 3-day $11.2M (-23%), Total $313.9M/Wk 5
5.) Inside Out 2 (Dis) 2,615 (-535) theaters Fri $2M (-23%) Sat $2.7M Sun $2M 3-day $6.7M (-22%) Total $626.8M/Wk 8
6.) Harold and the Purple Crayon (Sony) 3325 theaters, Fri $2.4M Sat $1.98M Sun $1.5M 3-day $6M/Wk 1
7.) Longlegs (NEON) 2,150 (-582) theatres, Fri $1.3M Sat $1.6M Sun $1.2M, 3-day $4.1M (-39%), Total $66.9M/Wk 4
8.) A Quiet Place: Day One (Par) 1,039 (-893) theaters, Fri $427K Sat $583K Sun $390K 3-day $1.4M (-55%), Total $137.4M/Wk 6
9.) The Firing Squad (Atlas) 803 theaters, Fri $330K Sat $330K Sun $250K 3-day $910K/Wk 1
10) Ponyo – Studio Ghibli Fest (Fath) Sat $250K, Sun $550K, 2-day $800K/Wk 1
Source: Deadline
