Deadpool & Wolverine is about to hit $1 billion at the box office, but that’s not its biggest achievement: it’s finally dethroned one of the longest-standing record holders in American cinema.
Let’s take stock of every recordDeadpool & Wolverinehas broken so far: it achieved the sixth biggest domestic opening of all time, the biggest opening ever for an R-rated movie (in the US and internationally), and it’s already passed its predecessors’ lifetime runs in less than two weeks.
To put its success into further context, it’s beaten a box office record held for two decades, one that Joker couldn’t even top. After its second weekend in cinemas,Deadpool 3 is officially the biggest R-rated movie of all time in the US, taking the top spot from The Passion of the Christ.
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Only six other R-rated films have gone past the $300m barrier: bothDeadpoolmovies, Joker, It: Chapter One, Oppenheimer, and American Sniper.
“Deadpool is now BIGGER than Jesus,” MyTimeToShineHellojoked, while One Take Newstweeted: “By passing The Passion of the Christ at the box office, Deadpool has LITERALLY become Marvel Jesus.”
“The Passion of the Deadpool reigns supreme. And there is also the Wolverine guy, he’s pretty good too,” a third userwrote, while anotherposted: “America wants graphically violent movies about men who cannot die.”
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As others have pointed out, Deadpool 2 even references Gibson’s movie. “Now I’m even talked about in the same sentence as Jesus… The Passion of the Christ, then me, at least domestically – we beat them overseas, where there’s no such thing as religion,” he quips.
Check out our full rundown ofDeadpool & Wolverine’s box officehaul so far,all of its cameos, andour ranking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s movies.
Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
