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Deadpool and Wolverine has not only dethroned Oppenheimer as the second-highest-grossing R-rated film of all time but is also the second title this year to earn $1 billion at the box office. To no one’s surprise, Deadpool and Wolverine came out of its third weekend as the esteemed member of 2024’s billion-dollar club, joining the ranks of Inside Out 2, the only other film this year to manage this magnificent feat.
Disney’s Marvel sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, is now also the 11th MCU film to cross the billion-dollar mark, proving a Merc with a Mouth and a grouchy mutant were all fans needed to get over superhero fatigue. Deadpool and Wolverine proved a much-needed salve for the studio, which sustained a heavy blow after recent misfires in “Eternals,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quintumnia”, and “The Marvels.”
While “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” ($956 million), 2022’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” ($859 million), and 2023’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” ($846 million) mopped up the box office embarrassment, they shied away from reaching the $1 billion mark that could have helped the MCU regain its mojo after losing it following the astounding success of 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.”
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