DEADPOOL 2 Slices Past $700 Worldwide To Become The Third Highest-Grossing R-Rated Movie Ever

DEADPOOL 2 Slices Past $700 Worldwide To Become The Third Highest-Grossing R-Rated Movie Ever

21st Century Fox's Deadpool sequel crossed the $700 million worldwide mark this weekend, making The Merc With a Mouth's second solo adventure the #3 highest-grossing R-rated movie ever at the global BO...

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By MarkCassidy - Jun 25, 2018 01:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool 2
Source: Via Deadline
The latest box office numbers for Deadpool 2 place the X-Men spinoff at $705 million worldwide ($304.1M domestic and $400.9M international), making 21st Century Fox's second solo outing for Ryan Reynolds' motormouth mutant mercenary the third highest-grossing R-rated film ever.

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Director David Leitch's sequel surpassed the It remake to claim the #3 spot, though it hasn't quite managed to catch its predecessor, and it's also coming in just under The Matrix Reloaded.

Just like the first Deadpool, the sequel was never released in China, which makes this feat all the more impressive.

Star Ryan Reynolds has suggested that this will be the end for The Merc With a Mouth's solo adventures, but money talks, and the studio may well decide to rethink that.
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MarvelnDCLover
MarvelnDCLover - 6/25/2018, 1:19 PM
First... I need to still see this movie, maybe tomorrow.
Solarkalel85
Solarkalel85 - 6/25/2018, 2:47 PM
@MarvelnDCLover - its brilliant
Dabs
Dabs - 6/25/2018, 3:18 PM
@MarvelnDCLover - ...and second?
dracula
dracula - 6/25/2018, 3:31 PM
@MarvelnDCLover - not as good as the first film
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 6/25/2018, 1:22 PM
Bong bong
Magus
Magus - 6/25/2018, 1:23 PM
I bet these films will have diminishing returns with each sequel, like most comedies do.
grif
grif - 6/25/2018, 2:14 PM
@Magus - this one cost twice as much as the first.
ThePott
ThePott - 6/25/2018, 1:37 PM
I guess I'm the only one who preferred the second one to the first one.
Solarkalel85
Solarkalel85 - 6/25/2018, 2:48 PM
@ThePott - nope i did too
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 6/25/2018, 1:38 PM
Still haven't seen this
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 6/25/2018, 1:38 PM
Liked it more that the first film and I liked the first film a lot.
bigdannymac
bigdannymac - 6/25/2018, 2:00 PM
@Mercwitham0uth - Same
BigDriggs
BigDriggs - 6/25/2018, 1:41 PM
Wait... The matrix reloaded was rated r? That seems kinda crazy to me.
bigdannymac
bigdannymac - 6/25/2018, 2:01 PM
@BigDriggs - I'm pretty sure all 3 Matrix movies are Rated R in the US

They aren't in Canada. I can't remember if the first one was PG14 at the time for 18A
Skrull
Skrull - 6/25/2018, 8:23 PM
@BigDriggs - It's totally crazy. There was no blood, no gore and the violence was PG-13 level in all of the Matrix films. The only things that might justify an R-rating are language and a decidedly non-graphic sex scene.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 6/25/2018, 1:43 PM
JEREMY CONRAD - Famous Last Tweets

“An R-rated solo movie has no chance againsg Star Wars.”

“Deadpool made a TON of money because Fox released it in February. Releasing Deadpool 2 a week after Star Wars is sending it to die.”

“Solo is fine. They moved Deadpool so Solo wouldn’t kill it.”
TheCoonII
TheCoonII - 6/25/2018, 1:44 PM
It’s puzzling that xforce starts filming this October but has no release date
bigdannymac
bigdannymac - 6/25/2018, 1:44 PM
I've seen it 3x .. with three different groups of friends.

I now like it more then the first film. There are many jokes I missed the first time around due to laughing etc

Also knowing the cameos going into it again made it even better.

The blink and you miss it major A Lister is so much more obvious upon multiple viewings and it was even funnier when you know who it is

Also .. and this isn't a spoiler .. Matt Damon and Alan Tudyk are the red necks if you all didn't know or notice. It took 3 viewings for me to realize it was Damon. Matty D is the one talking about the real way to use the toilet lol

I really enjoyed it. Already pre-ordered it on Amazon
bcom
bcom - 6/25/2018, 2:22 PM
So if it had released in China it could've been a billion dollar movie.

It's funny to think that it went from a franchise that Fox had zero interest in making to becoming a global hit.
bigdannymac
bigdannymac - 6/25/2018, 2:24 PM
@bcom - Exactly!

I still don't totally understand why Logan got released in China but China won't allow DP1 or 2 to be released
bigdannymac
bigdannymac - 6/25/2018, 3:10 PM
@hwayobi83 - According to sources familiar with the matter, 20th Century Fox, which has successfully released several R-rated films, including Logan, Alien: Covenant, and The Shape of Water, in China, hasn’t managed to make the film pass the Chinese censorship.
bcom
bcom - 6/25/2018, 3:20 PM
@bigdannymac - Yeah, I think it purely came down to trying to get the films rated. The first film would've had to of cut a lot of the movie or re-record some of the dialogue to tone it down so they decided not to spend the time and money on it. I guess they decided to do the same with the second one too.
Kyos
Kyos - 6/25/2018, 2:27 PM
Haven't seen it yet (and likely won't until home release), but going by the pretty damn impressive numbers I wasn't missed. Another $40m and it'd pass DoFP, to further cement Deadpool's rule over the X-franchise.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 6/25/2018, 2:36 PM
Saw it last week. I pretty much liked it just as much as the first. Pretty funny to see how nearly identical the two scores are on RT:
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