Deadpool & Wolverine Box Office Breaks Huge R-Rated Record Previously Held By 2004 Mel Gibson Movie [Full Chart Update]

UPDATE: 2025-07-04 08:37 EST BY BRENNAN KLEIN

Deadpool & Wolverine Pulls $3 Million Ahead of Projections

This article was originally written Saturday AM and has been updated Sunday AM with altered box office projections (in bold), a full chart, and further analysis.

Summary

Deadpool & Wolverinehas shattered an R-rated domestic box office record. The new movie is the first time that either titular superhero has appeared in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie as well as the first time that any installment in the franchise has been rated R. Despite this, theDeadpool & Wolverinebox officekickedoff with a record-breaking opening weekend of $211.4 million, which was the best R-rated debut of all time in addition to the fourth-best debut for the MCU ever, behindAvengers: Infinity War,Spider-Man: No Way Home, andAvengers: Endgame.

PerDeadline, as of Sunday morning,Deadpool & Wolverineis projected to claim the No. 1 spot on the domestic box office Top 5 yet again in its second weekend with a 3-day total of$97 million. Combined with its opening week, this will bring its cumulative domestic haul to a record-smashing total of$395.5 million,outgrossing the previous highest-grossing R-rated movie in North America, which was Mel Gibson’sThe Passion of the Christ. The originalDeadpoolpreviously came closest to beating that movie’s $370.7 million gross by earning $363 million in domestic theaters.

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Deadpool & Wolverine Continues To Dominate The Top 5

Trap Is The Only New Release To Break Into The Chart

Given its record-breaking status,Deadpool & Wolverinehas prevented much movement from happening on the Top 5 chart in its second weekend. The same is the case worldwide, asthe movie’s global box office has reached a whopping cumulative total of $824.1 million, making it the second highest-grossing movie of 2024 behindInside Out 2. Naturally, there wasn’t much room on the chart for any new August releases to make waves, thoughM. Night Shyamalan’sTrapmanaged to debut at No. 3 with a solid gross of $15.6 million. Below, see the full domestic Top 5 chart for the weekend:

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$97 million

$395.5 million (weekend 2)

$22.6 million

$195.5 million (weekend 3)

$15.6 million

$15.6 million (weekend 1)

$11.2 million

$313.9 million (weekend 5)

$6.7 million

$626.8 million (weekend 8)

The formation of the chart is almost exactly what it was the previous week,failing to show the extreme movement that has characterized the rest of the summer as the blockbuster season begins to slow down. WhileDeadpool & WolverineandTwistersmaintained their positions at No. 1 and No. 2,Trapsimply knockedDespicable Me 4andInside Outfrom No. 3 to No.4 and from No. 4 to No.5 respectively.Both animated hits have maintained spots on the chart for weeks on endand are among the four highest-grossing movies of the year so far.

Inside Out 2is the No. 1 movie of 2024 with a cumulative global total exceeding $1 billion, whileDespicable Me 4trails behindDeadpool & WolverineandDune: Part Two, landing at No. 4.

Outside the Top 5, the most notable release is the new Zachary Levi comedyHarold and the Purple Crayon, a sequel to the classic children’s book of the same name that sees the iconic characters coming into the real worldà la2023’sBarbie. The movie, which comes with a price tag of $40 million, opened to a paltry $6 million, causing it to debut off the chart at No. 6. Itseems unlikely that the movie will break even by the end of its run, especially considering its poor critical reception, which has earned it 28% on Rotten Tomatoes.

How Deadpool & Wolverine Compares To North America’s Other Biggest R-Rated Hits

The MCU Movie Is Breaking The Scale

By the end of the weekend, the new movie will already be more than $100 million above the No. 10 title on the chart, the smash hit comedyThe Hangover, which itself spawned a three-film franchise.

TheDeadpool & Wolverinereleasebreaking this record in week 2 is a substantial accomplishment, and it is only getting started. In fact, early projections show that itcould earn as much as half a billion dollars at the domestic box office aloneby the end of its run. However, even just ten days after its debut, it has taken a huge lead over many of the highest-grossing domestic R-rated movies. Below, see how it compares to the North American R-rated Top 10:

~$395.5 million

$370.7 million

$363 million

$350.1 million

$335.4 million

$329.9 million

$328.8 million

$324.6 million

$281.6 million

#10

The Hangover(2009)

$277.3 million

By the end of the weekend, the new movie willalready be more than $100 million above the No. 10 titleon the chart, the smash hit comedyThe Hangover, which itself spawned a three-film franchise. If it made half a billion, it would not be entirely far off from outgrossing that movie and the No. 9 title,The Matrix Reloaded, put together. On top of that, the gap between it andThe Passion of the Christis already $20 million and could eventually extend by an additional $100 million and beyond.

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There is a chance thatDeadpool & Wolverinecould be seeing some competition before too long, asJoker: Folie à Deuxis due on October 4. As the sequel to another billion-dollar R-rated superhero movie, it could very well also be a record-breaker. However, it has less of a legacy behind it than the threeDeadpoolmoviesand the nineX-Menmovies featuring Wolverine, so it may ultimately pale in comparison.