News culture Between Marvel and DC Comics, it’s once again the MCU that wins: Deadpool & Wolverine just surpassed the Joker movie’s achievement!
A record held by DC since 2019, specifically the film “Joker” by Todd Phillips, was recently surpassed by a Marvel production, its direct competitor. Less than a month after its theatrical release, “Deadpool & Wolverine” was a box office hit – but not just any box office hit.
Deadpool & Wolverine break DC record
The third part of the saga Dead Pool was released on July 24th and Deadpool and Wolverine has probably met the expectations of superhero fans, as it broke a box office record set five years ago with a film inspired by the characters DC Comics. In 2019 Todd Phillips (Very bad trip) suggested the feature film jokerThe focus is on the character of the same name, played by Joaquin Phoenix (Napoleon). This R-rated work managed to collect the modest sum of 1.078 billion US dollars at the worldwide box office and won the title of the highest R-rated film Deadpool 2 and Dead Pool the first of the name.
But the loudmouthed mercenary has not yet said his last word, and by achieving this 1.085 billion US dollars in sales Barely 23 days after its release in the USA (July 26, 2024), he takes revenge Direct current regain first place in the ranking. Good news for Wonderwhich now has 4 films in the top 10 highest grossing R-rated films, namely all 3 films Dead Poolbut also Logan. It just shows that Deadpool and Wolverine really are a great team!
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In recent years, the quality of work has increased Wonder was often questioned by fans and many viewers blame the too fast production pace for it Stage 4. With as many TV series as feature films, this period of the MCU was saturated with content, but not all projects were necessarily in the same boat. Since then, many people have grown tired of superhero films and series, but Deadpool and Wolverine had the idea of relying on nostalgia to guarantee his success, and it paid off – as you can see in the thank you message from the Marvel big boss below.
“Thank you for making Marvel Studios’ first R-rated movie the biggest hit of all time.
It’s fantastic to see that audiences love this film as much as we loved making it.
All these conversations were worth it!”
Kevin Feige
By returning Hugh Jackman in the role of wolverineas well as many actors from old Marvel movies in cameo appearances, which we do not want to spoil for you here, but also by choosing an R rating, Shawn Levy has piqued the curiosity of long-time fans and a generally more mature audience. The results are in and the numbers will no doubt continue to rise until then Deadpool and Wolverine will be in theaters in a few weeks.
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