Now roughly two-and-a-half months into its theatrical cycle,Shawn Levy’sDeadpool & Wolverinehas been aruthless collector of records at the global box office. Whether it’s as thehighest-grossing domestic R-rated movie of all timeor the best-selling movie in the franchise,Deadpool & Wolverinehas been a tour de force at the 2024 box office and isn’t ready to settle just yet with more impressive milestones ready to be achieved. Officially, the threequel is now part of another remarkable list, namely thetop 50 movies of all time at the international box office. So far, the film hasaccumulated $671 million in the rest of the world and now places 49th on the list.
Making way forDeadpool & Wolverine’s arrival in the prestigious ranking is the 2016 animated movieZootopia, which now sadly places outside the top 50 with a total international haul of $661 million. In between the pair is the 2018Freddie MercuryandQueenbiopicBohemian Rhapsodyat $662 million.Deadpool & Wolverine’s international success has been largely thanks to the UK, with$73 million accumulated in British ticket sales alone in 4,760 theaters. Other countries to have indulged inRyan Reynolds' sarcastic antihero include China with almost $60 million, Mexico with $43 million, Australia with $42 million, and Germany with $37 million.
BothDeadpoolandDeadpool 2fared better overseas than domestically, with considerably more than half of their box office totals coming from international ticket sales. AlthoughDeadpool & Wolverinecan say the same, that gap is much smaller, with just over $50 million separating domestic and international figures. Nonetheless, both of these figures are larger than those of their two predecessors, withDeadpool & Wolverineby far the most widely successful installment in this hugely popular franchise.
Another 2024 Movie Made the Top 10 of the Very Same List
Despite the huge praise that must go the way ofDeadpool & Wolverinefor cracking the aforementioned prestigious top 50 list, another 2024 flick has risen all the way to the top 10 of the very same ranking. That movie isInside Out 2, which currently sits intenth place at $1.018 billion.Inside Out 2has beenDeadpool & Wolverine’s biggest competitor at the 2024 box office, with the Pixar sequel standing between Reynolds,Hugh Jackman, and co and an unstoppable year of financial dominance - althoughDisney certainly won’t mind whichever earns the most.Inside Out 2’s over $1.6 billion worldwide total was once in the sights ofDeadpool & Wolverine, but ultimately proved just too big a benchmark to match.
Deadpool & Wolverineis officially in the top 50 movies of all time at the international box office. You can catch the movie in theaters right now.
Deadpool & Wolverine
Wolverine joins the “merc with a mouth” in the third installment of the Deadpool film franchise.
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