‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Breaks Another R-Rated Box Office Record On Tuesday, Holds Steady With $25M+ – Update

WEDNESDAY AM UPDATE: Morning estimates have Deadpool & Wolverine at $25.3M for Tuesday, +4% over Monday. Of course, that’s still a R-rated record at the box office. In addition, it’s the sixth best Tuesday in July at the domestic B.O., but moves up to be the 13th best Tuesday overall. Disney will have their official number soon.

TUESDAY UPDATE: Who said theatrical is broken? Who said theatrical doesn’t work? Behold the fact that Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine is making another estimated $24M today, essentially even with Monday’s $24.4M. This takes the running domestic total for the Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman R-rated movie to $259.8M.

Deadpool & Wolverine keeps breaking R-rated records, this time topping the $13.9M Tuesday take of 2019’s The Joker.

Among all Tuesdays in July, D&W is sixth behind Spider-Man: Far From Home ($39.2M), The Amazing Spider-Man ($35M), The Lion King ($30.3M), Transformers ($27.8M) and Barbie ($26M). Among all Tuesdays, D&W is currently 15th best.

It’s a great thing to hold even at the daily box office. Barbie did it last year grossing $26M on its first Monday and Tuesday. However, Spider-Man: No Way Home was -15% in its Monday-to-Tuesday, while Avengers: Endgame eased -10% and Avengers: Infinity War was -5% over those two days.

How does weekend 2 for D&W look? The first Deadpool eased -57% in weekend 2 with $56.4M while Deadpool 2 did $43.4M, -65%. Given the momentum of this Shawn Levy-directed title, D&W has to be stronger than those previous chapters, especially since this is a pinnacle moment of the franchise being incorporated into the greater MCU.

The top 5 MCU weekends are as follows: Avengers: Endgame ($147.3M, -59%), Avengers: Infinity War ($114.7M, -56%), Black Panther ($111.6M, -45%), The Avengers ($103M, -50%) and Spider-Man: No Way Home ($84.5M, -68%). Don’t be surprised if D&W break their way into that batch.