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With a US$97M second weekend, 'Deadpool & Wolverine' sets a new high mark for R-rated films

This image released by 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios shows Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson, left, and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in a scene from 'Deadpool & Wolverine.' (20th Century Studios) This image released by 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios shows Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson, left, and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in a scene from 'Deadpool & Wolverine.' (20th Century Studios)
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After 10 days in theatres, 鈥淒eadpool & Wolverine鈥 is already the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever, not accounting for inflation.

In its second weekend, the Marvel Studios blockbuster starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman continued to steamroll through movie theatres, collecting US$97 million according to studio estimates Sunday. That raised its two-week total to $395.6 million, pushing it past the long-reigning top R-rated feature, 鈥淭he Passion of the Christ,鈥 which held that mark for 20 years with $370 million domestic.

Worldwide, the Shawn Levy-directed 鈥淒eadpool & Wolverine" has quickly amassed $824.1 million in ticket sales, a total that already surpasses the global hauls of the first two 鈥淒eadpool鈥 films. The 2016 original grossed $782.6 million worldwide; the 2018 sequel collected $734.5 million.

This image released by 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios shows Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in a scene from "Deadpool & Wolverine." (20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios via AP)

The weekend鈥檚 primary challengers both struggled.

M. Night Shyamalan鈥檚 latest thriller, 鈥淭rap,鈥 managed a modest opening of $15.6 million at 3,181 theatres for Warner Bros. The film, starring Josh Hartnett as a serial killer hunted by police at a pop concert, didn鈥檛 screen for critics before opening day and scored lower in reviews (48 per cent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) than Shyamalan鈥檚 films typically do. Audiences gave it a C+ CinemaScore.

With a budget of about $35 million that Shyamalan largely finances himself, 鈥淭rap鈥 didn鈥檛 need a huge opening. But it may struggle to break even.

鈥淭his is a soft opening for an M. Night Shyamalan suspense crime thriller,鈥 wrote David A. Gross, a film consultant who publishes a newsletter for Franchise Entertainment. 鈥淭he writer/director鈥檚 movies out-earn other original thrillers by a wide margin, and that鈥檚 true here, but this start is not on the level of recent Shyamalan films.鈥

The live-action 鈥淗arold and the Purple Crayon,鈥 adapted from the classic kids book, also didn鈥檛 make much of a mark in theatres. Th,e Sony Pictures release debuted with $6 million. It, too, got dinged by critics (28 per cent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), though audiences (an A- CinemaScore) liked it more. 鈥淗arold and the Purple Crayon," which stars Zachary Levi, cost about $40 million to make.

鈥淭wisters," the Universal Pictures disaster film, continues to kick up a storm at the box office. It held in second place with $22.7 million in its third weekend. Lee Isaac Chung's sequel to the 1996 original, starring Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos, has racked up $195.6 million domestically. While it has made less of an impression overseas, 鈥淭wisters鈥 is holding particularly well in North American theatres, down just 35 per cent from the week prior.

Hollywood closed July with its best month in a year and its first $1 billion month since July 2023. While comparisons to last year aren't favorable 鈥 July was when 鈥淏arbie鈥 and 鈥淥ppenheimer" launched 鈥 a pair of Walt Disney Co. releases in 鈥淚nside Out 2鈥 and 鈥淒eadpool & Wolverine鈥 (the two top films of the year) powered a banner month for the movie industry.

There will still reminders, though, of harder times in cinemas earlier in the spring and early summer, when a sparse release calendar and a few notable flops put the box office at a deficit. On Friday, AMC Theatres, the largest North American chain, posted a $32.8 million loss for the second quarter of 2024.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at Canadian and U.S. theatres, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

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