'Deadpool and Wolverine' Opening Weekend Box Office Records

Mumbai, July 31 - It was a record-breaking weekend for Marvel Studios' R-rated superhero comedy Deadpool and Wolverine which is the 34th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not long before, MCU scored the biggest disaster of its history in Brie Larson-fronted The Marvels with just $206 million worldwide.

Deadpool & Wolverine, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, had a monstrous opening weekend which saw it shattering many records at the domestic and worldwide box office. The third Deadpool instalment grossed mighty $211 million in North America in its 3-day opening weekend and $233 million overseas over the 5-day weekend for a massive $444 million worldwide cume.



Here are some of the major box office records created by Deadpool 3 -

Biggest North America opening for Ryan Reynolds at $211 million, beating $132.4 million of Deadpool.

Biggest North America opening for Hugh Jackman, beating $102.7 million of 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand.



Biggest opening weekend in North America since Spider-Man: No Way Home's $260 million in December 2021.

Highest R-rated opening of all-time both North America and worldwide at $444 million (3720 crores), beating the previous record of 2016 Deadpool's $264 million (including $132.4 million in North America).

Biggest worldwide opening weekend since Spider-Man: No Way Home's $601 million



Biggest July month opening weekend of all-time in North America, surpassing The Lion King's $191.80 million.

Biggest opening weekend ever for an R-rated movie internationally, beating Joker's $147 million on a like-for-like basis.

The 34th consecutive MCU film to debut at No. 1 at the North American box office

Biggest opening weekend for an A-rated (equivalent to R-rating) Hollywood movie in India with 84 crores gross ($10 million).

Biggest opening weekend for an X-Men film in India

(few states via Deadline).

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