NEW YORK (AP): After 10 days in theatres, Deadpool & Wolverine is already the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever, not accounting for inflation. In its second weekend, the Marvel Studios blockbuster starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman continued to steamroll through movie theatres, collecting $97 million according to studio estimates Sunday. That raised its two-week total to $395.
6 million, pushing it past the long-reigning top R-rated feature, The Passion of the Christ , which held that mark for 20 years with $370 million domestic. Worldwide, the Shawn Levy-directed Deadpool & Wolverine has quickly amassed $824.1 million in ticket sales, a total that already surpasses the global hauls of the first two Deadpool films.
The 2016 original grossed $782.6 million worldwide; the 2018 sequel collected $734.5 million.
The weekend’s primary challengers both struggled. M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, Trap , managed a modest opening of $15.
6 million at 3,181 theatres for Warner Bros. The film, starring Josh Hartnett as a serial killer hunted by police at a pop concert, didn’t screen for critics before opening day and scored lower in reviews (48 per cent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) than Shyamalan’s films typically do. Audiences gave it a C+ CinemaScore.
With a budget of about $35 million, Trap didn’t need a huge opening, but may struggle to break even. The live-action Harold and the Purple Crayon , adapted from the classic kids book, also didn’t make much of a mark in .