(Los Angeles) Deadpool & Wolverine once again topped the North American box office this week, taking in some $15.2 million in its sixth weekend in theaters, according to projections Sunday from specialist firm Exhibitor Relations.
The Marvel superhero comedy, driven by the popularity of stars Ryan Reynolds (Dead Pool) and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), is now approaching the $1.3 billion mark earned worldwide.
The film is also on the 16the in the history of cinema to exceed $600 million in North American box office receipts, 11 of which were produced — as Deadpool & Wolverine — by Walt Disney Studios, Exhibitor Relations noted.
For its third weekend of operation, Alien: Romulusthe latest installment in the sci-fi horror saga, is back in second place with $9.3 million, after briefly dethroning Deadpool & Wolverine when it was released.
The film tells the story of space colonists who, while exploring an abandoned space station, encounter a face-eating alien.
Based on the best-selling novel by American writer Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us (Sony), starring the star of Gossip Girl Blake Lively takes third place with $7.4 million in revenue.
Next comes Reagana biopic about the eponymous American president, also grossed $7.4 million. Good release figures “for a political biography,” according to analyst David A. Gross, despite mixed reviews.
The film, which is a stalwart of the conservative leader’s cause, is being released just over two months before the US presidential election. In the lead role, Dennis Quaid plays Ronald Reagan, whose story is told from his childhood to the White House.
Like a hurricane, Twisters comes back in the top 5 with $7.2 million in revenue after dropping to sixth place the previous weekend.
In this remake In the 1996 disaster film about the devastating Oklahoma tornadoes, Daisy Edgar-Jones plays a meteorologist forced to team up with a daredevil storm chaser played by Glen Powell.
The North American summer box office season had gotten off to a slow start, due to a surge in COVID-19 and the aftermath of last year’s Hollywood strikes. But strong results for Deadpool & Wolverine, Alien: Romulus, Inside Out 2And Twisters helped turn the situation around.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuicethe sequel to Tim Burton’s film, should also provide a boost when it is released next weekend.
The rest of the top 10
- 6. Blink Twice ($4.7 million)
- 7. The Forge (4.6 million)
- 8. Despicable Me 4 (4.1 million)
- 9. AfrAId (3.7 million)
- 10. Coraline (3.2 million)