Deadpool & Wolverinestarring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, gave another boost to the box office, grossing a stellar sum of 97 million dollars in its second weekend premiere.
These ticket sales, which They fell by only 53% compared to their powerful debut of 211 million dollars, they are ranked as the eighth best second weekend in American box office history.
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Only the billion dollar giants Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($149 million), Avengers: Endgame ($147 million) and Infinity War ($114 million), Black Panther ($111 million), Jurassic World ($106 million), The Avengers ($103 million) and Inside Out 2 of this June ($101 million) have enjoyed Biggest releases in their second weekend.
Deadpool & Wolverine surpassed last year’s sensation Barbiewhich previously ranked number 8 with $93 million in its second weekend.
Until now, Deadpool & Wolverine has raised $395 million in North America and $824 million worldwidesurpassing the first two deliveries of Deadpool (with 783 million and 786 million respectively) after two weekends of release.
The sequel to the comic It is now the second highest-grossing film of 2024in back of Inside Out 2 ($1.555 billion worldwide) and the third highest-grossing R-rated film of all timeafter Joker ($1.07 billion) and Oppenheimer ($975 million). It is expected to exceed the coveted billion dollar mark in a matter of days.
Other releases this week
While Deadpool and Wolverine continue to dominate, two new films have arrived failed to break through at the box office. Trapby M. Night Shyamalan, a thriller starring Josh Hartnett as a father who works as a serial killerpremiered in third place with 15 million dollars.. Meanwhile, Harold and the Purple Crayona children’s film from Sony, is came in sixth placeraising $6 million.
Trap, the film by Night Shyamalan
Trap is one of the softer debuts of Shyamalan’s career. His previous two films, Knock at the Cabin from 2023 and Old 2021 also started off slow with $14.1 million and $16.8 million, respectively.
While Olda mystery about a beach that rapidly ages its inhabitants, managed to recover with $48 million domestically and $90 million worldwide“Knock at the Cabin,” a thriller about a family taken hostage while vacationing in a remote cabin, grossed just $35 million domestically and $54 million worldwide.
Tornadosthe second place on the hit list
Universal’s epic disaster film, Tornados, secured second place on the charts with $22 million for its third installment. The film, directed by Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos, has been a box office success with $194 million in the United States and $274.4 million worldwide to date.
“July was a spectacular month, with strong results and breaking the $1 billion mark domestically,” said Comscore senior analyst Paul Dergarabedian. He doesn’t expect the next few weeks to be as strong, adding that “July’s blockbuster films will now bear the burden of driving the month of August as we approach the finish line of the summer season.”
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