(San Diego) Actors Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman kicked off Comic-Con in California on Thursday, the world’s largest pop culture gathering, with a special screening of Deadpool & Wolverinetheir superhero film that is expected to break a box office record.
” A movie Deadpool and Wolverine “It’s literally something I’ve been waiting for my whole life,” Ryan Reynolds, who plays Deadpool, told the audience before the screening.
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“We’ve been around the world with this movie, but the cherry on the cake is here and now,” added Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman.
The Hollywood stars took the stage in front of 6,000 screaming fans – many dressed as spandex heroes and villains – who had won a lottery to attend opening night in San Diego, where tickets are highly sought after.
Between its particularly bloody fights, the more than crude jokes and the tendency to address the audience of the character of Deadpool, the film makes a smashing entrance into the Marvel universe.
It has been “rated R” in the United States: those under 17 must be accompanied to see it.
Released in theaters worldwide last weekend, Deadpool & Wolverine could gross as much as $200 million in North American theaters in its opening weekend alone, the trade magazine suggested. Variety.
The previous record in the “R” category is held by the first Deadpool movie, which grossed $132 million in its first weekend in 2016, after also benefiting from exposure at Comic-Con.
Comic-Con, one of the world’s largest pop culture events and now a celebrity draw, began fifty years ago as a modest comic book-themed gathering in a hotel basement.
This year’s Comic-Con is expected to draw 135,000 people. The 2024 edition contrasts with last year’s, where strikes in Hollywood kept actors out of attendance and dampened fan interest.
Alongside the premiere of the new Marvel blockbuster, a round table discussion for the animated film was also held. Transformers One with Chris Hemsworth, while director Roland Emmerich promoted his new series Those About To Die (Those who are going to die), a peplum boosted by chariot races and gladiatorial combats.