“These are summer numbers,” Dergarabedian said.
Audiences seem less enthusiastic this time around, though.ĭergarabedian thinks that both “How to Be Single” and “Zoolander 2” could see a healthy uptick from the Valentine’s Day crowd Sunday.īut overall, the box office is healthy, up an estimated 3.2 percent from last year and it’s all thanks to the snarky, fourth-wall-busting “Deadpool” and its historic debut. It found a second life on home video, though and has become a quotable cultural staple. 11 attacks, to a meek $15.5 million and went on to gross only $45.2 million in North America. The first film, “Zoolander,” opened in 2001, just weeks after the Sept. The Paramount film, which Stiller directed, cost around $50 million to make. The dismally reviewed Ben Stiller comedy “Zoolander 2,” meanwhile, debuted in fourth place to only $15.7 million. film cost $38 million to produce and provided some counter programming to the hyper violent “Deadpool.” In third place, the R-rated Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson rom-com “How to Be Single” didn’t make any big waves with its $18.8 million out of the gates. The DreamWorks Animation film has earned $93.9 million in just three weeks in theaters. 1 film “Kung Fu Panda 3” with $19.7 million, which fell only 7 percent. The debut is also a bit of a superhero redemption story for Reynolds whose costly “Green Lantern” adaptation disappointed audiences and at the box office in 2011.Ĭoming in a distant second was last weekend’s No. “Deadpool” also had a massive showing internationally, bringing in an estimated $125 million from 62 territories for a $260 million global total. The film, notably, was not released in 3D. IMAX screens accounted for an estimated $16.8 million of “Deadpool’s” total. You’ve got to sometimes take risks and go against conventional wisdom to come out a winner.” “It doesn’t feel like a cookie-cutter superhero movie. Nobody saw this coming,” said Paul Dergarabedian, comScore’s senior media analyst. “This movie is the very definition of an expectation-buster. As recently as Thursday, “Deadpool” was expected to pull in only $80 million across the three days, but the Marvel comic, often a best-seller, proved its popular appeal and then some - and it didn’t have to compromise with a PG-13 rating either. The Fox film, which stars Ryan Reynolds as the foul-mouthed superhero, easily trounced last year’s record-setting $85.2 million February debut of the erotic drama “Fifty Shades of Grey.” It also became the biggest R-rated opening ever, surpassing “The Matrix Reloaded,” which opened to $91.8 million in May of 2003.Īnalysts are predicting that the Tim Miller-directed film, which cost a mere $58 million to produce, could go on to make $150 million by the end of the holiday weekend. She competed in EliteXC and Strikeforce from 2006 to 2009, where she compiled a 71 record. theaters, according to comScore estimates Sunday. Gina Joy Carano (born April 16, 19821) is an American actress, television personality, fitness model, and former mixed martial artist. LOS ANGELES - The R-rated “Deadpool” has taken the box office by storm, annihilating records with an eye-popping $135 million from its first three days in U.S.
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