Disney is on a roll in 2024, topping $3 billion in worldwide ticket sales as its latest Marvel Studios release Deadpool & Wolverine sits at around $850 million today and heads toward $1 billion box office by its third weekend of release.
Deadpool & Wolverine should reach roughly $900 million headed into its third weekend. So, by end of business next Sunday, the Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman starring blockbuster sequel from director Shawn Levy, who cowrote with Reynolds, should easily top $1 billion.
Meanwhile, Pixar’s chart-topping Inside Out 2 continues to defy even bullish expectations, and actually managed to drop a mere 25% last weekend despite losing 17% of its screens. The sequel, from director Kelsey Mann with screenwriters Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein, is already the highest-grossing animated film in cinema history, Pixar’s highest earner of all time, and easily the biggest film of 2024 — so far.
At its present trajectory, and assuming continued strong holds but still the inevitably drop-offs, Inside Out 2 should top $1.62 billion if it stays in release long enough — which there’s every reason to expect at this point in the summer box office season.
Disney is doing the bulk of the heavy lifting so far this summer, including Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ $397 million cume, Inside Out 2’s $1.55 billion, and Deadpool & Wolverine’s $850 million. Overall receipts are still way down, however.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Heads Toward $1 Billion Box Office By Third Weekend
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