Box Office Battle: “Deadpool & Wolverine” wins weekend with record $205M

“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” opened to an impressive $205M at the domestic box office, making it the 8th biggest debut recorded and by far the most for an R-rated movie. Overseas, “Deadpool and Wolverine” opened to $233.3M for a worldwide total of $438.3M. The threequel has a 97% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, the second-best score ever for a Marvel title behind Sony (SONY) and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal’s “Twisters” placed number 2 with $36M for a 10-day domestic cume of $155.6M. Behind it was Universal’s “Despicable Me 4” with another $14.5M for a domestic total of $290.9M. Disney (DIS) and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” placed number 4, with $8M domestically as it passed the $1.5B mark at the global box office to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide. Rounding out the top five, the serial killer chiller “Longlegs” grossed an estimated $6.8M.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “Deadpool & Wolverine” – $205M
2. “Twisters” – $36M
3. “Despicable Me 4” –$14.5M
4. “Inside Out 2” – $8M
5. “Longlegs” – $6.8M

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