The year 2024 has seen an unusual occurrence at the box office. While there are several occasions of two films sharing the honours in terms of earnings and even cases of films helping each other (Barbenheimer was just last year), but it does not happen too often that a married couple headlines two films that are the top two grossers on the same weekend. This just happened last week with some unexpected headliners The only married couple to top the box office in 34 years Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are truly Hollywood royalty.
Reynolds has been riding high this year with the success of Deadpool & Wolverine. The fourth wall-breaking superhero extravaganza co-starring Hugh Jackman is the highest-grossing film of the year, having crossed $1 billion (Rs 8300 crore) at the global box office. Deadpool & Wolverine remains the best-performing film in the world, having grossed over $80 million (Rs 650 crore) in the weekend of August 9-11.
However, it was challenged by an unexpected source. The drama It Ends With Us opened with a worldwide haul of over $75 million (Rs 600 crore). It Ends With Us stars Blake Lively, Ryan’s wife and an actress of note herself.
With this, Ryan and Blake have topped the global box office, the first time a married couple has done this in years. The last time this happened was in 1990 when Bruce Willis’ Die Hard 2 and Demi Moore’s Ghost ruled the charts. Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s impressive record Reynolds and Blake Lively are both hugely su.