Deadpool & Wolverine‘s record-smashing box office streak hit another milestone this weekend when Marvel Studios and Disney’s R-rated film surpassed Barbie to rank No. 12 on the list of all-time top-grossing films at the domestic box office, not adjusted for inflation.
Over the weekend, Deadpool & Wolverine took in another $679,000 after Disney upped the film’s theater count from 990 locations to 1,500 theaters nationwide in a final push before the pic’s theatrical run ends. The Ryan Reynolds–Hugh Jackman crowd-pleaser finished Sunday with a domestic total of $636.3 million, compared to the $636.2 million haul of Greta Gerwig and Warner Bros.’ acclaimed meta-comedy.
Barbie, however, still out-ranks the Deadpool threequel globally with a worldwide haul of $1,446 billion. The PG-rated, family-friendly pic is No. 15 on the all-time list of top-grossing films at the global box office.
Deadpool & Wolverine is likewise a worldwide sensation, and is the top-grossing R-rated film of all time. Last weekend, Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi was knocked out of the top 20 when Deadpool & Wolverine took its place. As of this weekend, its global gross stands at $1.336 billion.
It’s just one of the many box office records the meeting of Marvel’s most misanthropic superheroes broke since its summer release, including the biggest opening weekend for an R-rated movie ($211 million). As for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Deadpool & Wolverine is the seventh-highest-grossing film out of 31 releases at the worldwide box office, and fifth-biggest domestically.
Deadpool & Wolverine is also the second-biggest film of 2024 to date behind Pixar and Disney’s Inside Out 2, which has earned $652.9 million domestically and and $1.694 billion globally.
