Box Office Battle: “Deadpool & Wolverine” wins Labor Day weekend, crosses $600M

“Box Office Battle” is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.

Disney (DIS) and Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” won the North American box office in a slow moviegoing weekend, as Labor Day usually is, with most people marking the end of summer with other more outdoorsy activities. For the four-day weekend, the movie grossed about $19.5M in its sixth outing as it crossed the $600M mark domestically, the 16th film in history to do so.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Disney and 20th Century’s “Alien: Romulus” placed number 2 with a four-day gross of $11.5M for a domestic tally of $90.6M. Behind it was Sony‘s (SONY) “It Ends With Us,” directed by Justin Baldoni and starring and produced by Blake Lively, with $9.5M. “Reagan” placed number 4 with a $9.2M debut. Rounding out the top five, Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal’s “Twisters” earned an estimated $8.8M over the four-day weekend.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “Deadpool & Wolverine” – $19.5M
2. “Alien: Romulus” – $11.5M
3. “It Ends With Us” – $9.5M
4. “Reagan” – $9.2M
5. “Twisters” – $8.8M

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