The spouses faced off in theaters with their new movies 'Deadpool & Wolverine' and 'It Ends with Us,' respectively Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios/MARVEL; Nicole Rivelli It was the battle of the box office for and ! The spouses' newest movies — for Reynolds, 47, and for Lively, 36 — faced off in theaters this weekend, as the latter film made its premiere and Reynolds' Marvel flick enjoyed continued success since its July 26 opening. The winner? , which raked in $54.2 million in global ticket sales, while made $50 million, reported.
The outlet added that the occasion marks the first time in over three decades that a married couple had their films top the box office. The last to do it was in and in , which earned the No. 1 and No.
2 spots, respectively, in 1990. So far, has topped the box office for three weekends in a row, garnering $494.3 million domestically and over $1 billion globally to date, per .
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Related: Despite their playful competitiveness surrounding their films, Reynolds and Lively, who and share , have supported one another wholeheartedly as they have celebrated both and . For the New York City premiere of Reynolds' movie, Lively wore a custom, second-skin, inspired by her own character in the Marvel film, Lady Deadpool. After his wife rocked Deadpool red at the latter event, Reynolds in support of in the Big Apple on Tuesday, Aug.
6, wearing an olive-green suit with a white floral boutonniere — a nod to his wife's protagonist Lil.