#AVENGERS INFINITY WAR MOVIE FOX RUN MOVIE#
#AVENGERS INFINITY WAR MOVIE FOX RUN UPDATE#

#AVENGERS INFINITY WAR MOVIE FOX RUN MOVIE#

The filmвЂ™s take was boosted by an enormous screen count of 4,349, a record for both an R-rated movie and 20th Century Fox.ДЄs standalone superhero sequels go, Deadpool 2В is somewhat unusual in that it it grossed less than the first film did in its opening weekend. Its Thursday night preview gross of $18.6 million was the highest-ever for an R-rated film (and only a shade behind more family-friendly blockbusters like The Avengers and Jurassic World), and its gross on Friday was also the highest R-rated opening day take in history, topping ItвЂs $50.4 million (as well as the first DeadpoolвЂs $47.3 million). While itвЂ™s an impressive opening, the R-rated superhero sequel came in at the lower end of expectations and failed to unseat its predecessor for the title of top R-rated opening of all time in North America.ДЇrom its opening day, the 20th Century Fox release was already making its way into the record books.

#AVENGERS INFINITY WAR MOVIE FOX RUN UPDATE#

Our table of weekend actuals is below, after our Sunday update featuring fuller analysis.Дeadpool 2 reigned supreme this weekend at the North American box office, dethroning three-time champ Avengers: Infinity War with a sizzling $125 million debut. ItвЂ™s also the highest percentage that 2018вЂ™s box office has stood relative to 2017 since mid-March. ThatвЂ™s an improvement from the +5.3 percent that the YTD box office stood after last weekend. Total year-to-date box office stands at $4.56 billion, or 6.9 percent above this same date last year. ItвЂ™s also 68.3 percent above this same weekend last year, when Alien: Covenant led with $36.1 million. Total box office this weekend was $204.9 million. Global Road EntertainmentвЂ™s family-friendly Show Dogs started a bit behind expectations, with $6.0 million and sixth place.ParamountвЂ™s counter-programmer Book Club, aimed primarily at women over 40, debuted in third place with $13.5 million.The top film for the past three straight weekends,В fellow superhero sequel Avengers: Infinity War, drops to second place with $29.4 million.(Adjusted for ticket price inflation, the original remains #1, but the sequel falls to #4 behindВ also The Matrix Reloaded and last yearвЂ™s It.) The two DeadpoolВ films now take both the top two slots in the ranking of higher R-rated opening weekends of all time. While that was about 5 percent behind the original DeadpoolВ from 2016, that film had the benefit of both the PresidentвЂ™s Day holiday and ValentineвЂ™s Day, rendering comparisons somewhat inexact. FoxвЂ™s superhero sequel proved the franchise was hardly вЂњdead,вЂќ as Deadpool 2 opened atop the box office with $125.5 million.

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