‘Deadpool 2’ Box Office Tracking Suggests A Bigger Hit Than The First Film
By Chris Evangelista/April 26, 2018 2:00 pm EST
You probably could’ve guessed this, but Deadpool 2 is going to be a hit. Just how big a hit? Well, let’s just say it’s currently tracking for a big opening weekend. Bigger than the first Deadpool, even. Per Deadline, Deadpool 2’s opening weekend “could reach $150M; at least $100M+ over three-days.” This would put the sequel ahead of the original Deadpool, which landed an impressive $132M opening weekend.
As the Forbes piece states:
Still, Deadpool 2’s box office success will all but garauntee even more Deadpool films, which will make Deadpool fans very happy, and which will make me continue to scratch my head and ask, “What am I missing here?”
“It’s on track to play more like a comic book superhero sequel (which surpass or get darn close to their initial installments) than a comedy sequel (which often takes a major downturn the second time at bat). And the immortal question remains how Walt Disney feels about this. Presuming fears of a monopoly would make it harder for the Fox/Disney deal to go through, it may not be in Disney’s best interest (or Fox’s presuming a sale is in their interest) for the biggest movies of the summer to be Disney’s Avengers, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Incredibles 2 and Fox’s Deadpool 2.”
