The first Deadpool film did a massive $132 million in its opening weekend in North America back in February 2016 but that same kind of energy didn’t feel like it took hold in the lead-up to this one. The debut of Deadpool 2 still was a strong opener, however, as it did $125 million domestically with another $176 million overseas for a $301 million take total – the largest for Fox International distribution. The film got an “A” CinemaScore domestically and skewed a bit older in demographics than the previous one did. It had a great start to the weekend with Thursday previews and Friday’s take coming up with a $53 million opening day but it wasn’t able to bring that through the entire weekend, though I wouldn’t be surprised to see it adjust up a bit when all is said and done and final full numbers come in.
This release is seeing more competition than the first film did as Avengers: Infinity War had another good weekend with over $28 million to bring it to $595 million domestic while its worldwide is at $1.81 billion so far, which makes it the fourth largest global release. The debut of Book Club landed in third with $12.5 million take, which is on expectations and should hit $40 million going by the usual formula.
Next week, Deadpool 2 gets more competition right away with the debut of Solo: A Star Wars Story hitting 4,200 screens. There’s a lot of independent films going into a handful of theaters as well but nothing else wide.
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deadpool 2 | 20th Century Fox | $125,000,000 | 4,349 | $28,742 | $125,000,000 |
| 2 | Avengers: Infinity War | Disney | $28,672,000 | 4,002 | $7,164 | $595,032,959 |
| 3 | Book Club | Paramount | $12,500,000 | 2,781 | $4,495 | $12,500,000 |
| 4 | Life Of The Party | Warner Bros. | $7,725,000 | 3,656 | $2,113 | $31,036,507 |
| 5 | Breaking In | Universal | $6,470,000 | 2,537 | $2,550 | $28,749,710 |
| 6 | Show Dogs | Open Road | $6,034,770 | 3,212 | $1,879 | $6,034,770 |
| 7 | Overboard | Lionsgate | $4,725,000 | 1,820 | $2,596 | $36,973,570 |
| 8 | Quiet Place, A | Paramount | $4,040,000 | 2,327 | $1,736 | $176,176,313 |
| 9 | Rampage | Warner Bros. | $1,500,000 | 1,466 | $1,023 | $92,423,329 |
| 10 | I Feel Pretty | STX Entertainment | $1,200,000 | 1,505 | $797 | $46,538,457 |
| 11 | Super Troopers 2 | 20th Century Fox | $1,100,000 | 478 | $2,301 | $28,912,356 |
| 12 | Black Panther | Disney | $823,000 | 935 | $880 | $697,784,785 |
