This is an amazing box office weekend.. We went to see DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE for an afternoon show–it was sold out. As a matter of fact, the theater was playing the movie about 10 times both Saturday and Sunday to sold out shows.
Something has struck a chord .. midsummer night dreams mixed with horror/comedy/Marvel..
Here are the mid-weekend numbers.
This may be a movie with mid-2000 numbers.. maybe between $195 to $200 mil opening weekend in the United States.. $420 million worldwide.
At $195M-$205M, that will put D&W as either the eighth- or ninth-best opening at the domestic B.O. of all-time, behind Avengers: Endgame ($357.1M), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($260.1M), Avengers: Infinity War ($257.6M), Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($247.9M), Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($220M), Jurassic World ($208.8M), The Avengers ($207.4M), and Black Panther ($202M).
The end of July appears to be an amazing time to debut a summer blockbuster movie..