Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have created their own Barbenheimer moment at the box office with their very different films, Deadpool and Wolverine and We end up.
Marvel and Disney Studios Deadpool and Wolverine – In addition to crossing the $1 billion mark at the global box office on Saturday – it remained atop the North American chart with $54.2 million in its third weekend. The record-breaking blockbuster ended Sunday with an estimated $494.3 million domestically and $535.2 million overseas for a worldwide total of $1.029 billion.
The movie is a huge win for Marvel, and there’s more to come. The movie is just days away from surpassing Warner Bros. joker becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time at the worldwide box office (a record it already holds domestically).
Sony’s New Female Powered Smartphone We end up“The Last Hour,” starring and produced by Lively, came in second with $50 million, beating most expectations and giving Lively her biggest opening yet as a lead actress.
The film also impressed critics overseas, grossing $30 million in its first 42 markets, for a worldwide opening of $80 million. When compared to other female-led titles, the film was more than twice as likely to anyone but you And four times in front of where the crayfish sing (Both are also produced by Sony.) Europe had a strong $13.5 million, led by $5.7 million from the U.K. It also did well in Latin America and parts of Asia-Pacific, led by Australia ($4.7 million).
Heading into the weekend, the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel was expected to make $23 million domestically, though exhibitors had projected a $40 million to $50 million haul based on advance sales and social media metrics. The film’s performance, buoyed by an A- CinemaScore and a 95% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, underscores the pent-up demand for a female-focused film (mixed reviews didn’t seem to hold it back).
This combination of films represents a huge win for the August box office, with the domestic total expected to be up 35 percent compared to the same weekend last year, and more importantly, up 19 percent from 2019, the last year before the pandemic. What’s more, this is believed to be the first time in history that a pair of August films has grossed $50 million or more in the same weekend.
Ticket buyers for We end up 84% of all adult age groups were female; 60% were between the ages of 18 and 34, and 33% were 35 or older. This study also has the notable advantage of attracting a racially diverse audience.
We end up Lively stars as Lily Bloom, a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to start a new life in Boston and pursue her dream of opening her own practice. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) ignites a powerful connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, Lily begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ relationship. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar), suddenly returns to her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realizes she must learn to harness her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.
It is Hoover’s first novel to be adapted into a film. The film was directed by Baldoni and cost $25 million to produce before marketing.
Some have suggested that Reynolds and Lively’s competing films would be a showdown, but the opposite is true, according to insiders. Reynolds, a marketing guru, and Lively were hoping that the two very different films would lead to a Barbenheimer moment where both films would become top of mind.
Reynolds and Lively have been huge supporters of each other’s films, and it may not be entirely a coincidence that they opened their films so close together. We end up The film was originally supposed to hit theaters on June 21 but was pushed back to August 9. As a producer on the film, Lively likely had some influence when the new date was chosen.
Earlier this week, Reynolds posted, Funny clip from Instagram About himself and his mother (Tammy Reynolds) and Deadpool and Wolverine Co-star Hugh Jackman separately grills Sklenar during a recent press day to announce Lively’s new movie.
Jackman and Reynolds, who are best friends, also stood by Lively as she walked the pink carpet. We end upWorld premiere Tuesday.
As we noted earlier this week, the last time a couple’s films topped the domestic box office was 34 years ago. In 1990, Bruce Willis’s hit hit the domestic box office. Die Hard 2 The film remained at the top of the charts in its second weekend with $14.5 million, and Demi Moore’s film ghost The film opened in second place with $12.2 million.
One of the new national entries was Lionsgate’s big-budget Border areasThe Last Hope flopped at the box office with $8.8 million, despite already poor expectations and a star-studded cast including Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, Ariana Greenblatt and Florian Montpetino.
The video game adaptation, directed by Eli Roth and costing more than $110 million to produce, was panned by critics, and audiences felt the same way when it received a D+ rating. Lionsgate insiders say the studio’s losses will be minimized by selling off international rights.
Several films also opened this week, albeit in far fewer theaters, and they are niche horror films. CuckooNeon’s release started at $3 million.
August 11, 10amUpdated with foreign numbers.