“Deadpool & Wolverine” remains a box office force with $824 million globally after two weekends of release.
The comic book sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as their antihero alter egos, has already surpassed the entire theatrical runs of 2016’s “Deadpool” ($783 million) and 2018’s “Deadpool 2” ($786 million). “Deadpool & Wolverine” is now the second-highest grossing movie of 2024 behind “Inside Out 2” ($1.555 billion) and the third-biggest R-rated movie in history after “Joker” ($1.07 billion) and “Oppenheimer” ($975 million). It’s expected to cross the $1 billion mark in a matter of days.
After this weekend, Disney became the first studio of 2024 to surpass $3 billion in worldwide ticket sales. And the Magic Kingdom managed to hit that milestone with only four nationwide releases, including “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Inside Out 2,” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” ($397 million) and “The First Omen” ($53 million). Disney will attempt to keep the momentum with “Alien: Romulus” (Aug. 16), “Moana 2” (Nov. 27) and “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Dec. 20).
At the international box office, “Deadpool & Wolverine” added $110.5 million from 52 territories in its sophomore outing. Outside of the U.S. and Canada, top-earning markets are China ($45.2 million), the United Kingdom ($42.4 million), Mexico ($32.8 million) and Australia ($24.6 million). The tentpole continues to score with premium formats like Imax, which contributed $17.5 million in global weekend ticket sales. So far, Imax has raked in $64.5 million for “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
Elsewhere at the international box office, two new releases — M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap” and Sony’s family film “Harold and the Purple Crayon” — failed to resonate with audiences.
“Trap” collected a paltry $4.4 million from 38 territories, bringing its global opening weekend tally to $20 million. The twisted thriller, featuring Josh Hartnett as a serial killer who takes his teenage daughter to a pop concert, only to realize the event is a ploy by the police to catch him, is yet another muted result for horror in a year that’s been so-so for the genre. Scary movies are usually among the most reliable in terms of box office draws, yet recent offerings like “The First Omen,” Blumhouse’s haunted “Night Swim” ($54 million globally), the vampire-inspired “Abigail” ($42 million globally) and Lionsgate’s sinister “Imaginary” ($39 million globally) didn’t quite strike a nerve with moviegoers.
Meanwhile, “Harold and the Purple Crayon” flopped with $3 million from 32 overseas markets amid the mega success of two other kid-friendly flicks, “Inside Out 2” and “Despicable Me 4,” which have been box office mainstays for several weeks. “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” adapted from the children’s book of the same name, also struck out at domestic box office with a dismal $6 million to start. The film, starring Zachary Levi as a man who uses a magical marker to bring his drawings to life, cost $40 million to produce, so Sony needs the film to stick around for the rest of summer to salvage its theatrical run.