20th Century Fox’s newest film featuring Marvel Comics superhero Deadpool achieved more than $12m in earnings over the weekend, taking over from Avengers: Infinity War as Australia’s most popular movie.
Deadpool 2, which stars Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin and New Zealander Julian Dennison, took $12.619m across 602 screens on its first weekend at the Australian box office.
Reynolds plays Wade Wilson, an everyday man turned superhero, doing battle with time-traveling mutant, Cable.
The film it didn’t earn as much as the first Deadpool, which made $15m on its first weekend.
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According to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia report, Deadpool 2 took $10m more than Avengers over the weekend. Avengers, which stars the majority of Marvel’s other superheroes, made an additional $2.358m across 481 screens.
Since its premiere, it has taken $57.228m.
Making just under $1m in earnings this week was Life Of The Party, starring Melissa McCarthy. The film entered its second weekend at box office with $885,503 in earnings, half of its opening weekend’s $1.995m.
The Tim Winton novel adaptation Breath added almost $400,000 to its total earnings and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society made an extra $326,790.
|
| Title (Distributor) |
Weekend B/O |
Screens |
Total B/O |
|---|
| Deadpool 2 (Fox) |
$12,619,836 |
602 |
$15,242,416 |
| Deadpool 2 (Fox) |
$12,619,836 |
602 |
$15,242,416 |
| Avengers: Infinity War (Disney) |
$2,358,483 |
481 |
$57,228,421 |
| Avengers: Infinity War (Disney) |
$2,358,483 |
481 |
$57,228,421 |
| Life Of The Party (Wb) |
$885,503 |
261 |
$3,390,316 |
| Life Of The Party (Wb) |
$885,503 |
261 |
$3,390,316 |
| Breath (Roadshow) |
$385,292 |
242 |
$3,061,159 |
| Breath (Roadshow) |
$385,292 |
242 |
$3,061,159 |
| The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society (Studiocanal) |
$326,790 |
239 |
$5,511,196 |
| The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society (Studiocanal) |
$326,790 |
239 |
$5,511,196 |
| I Feel Pretty (Eone) |
$284,518 |
213 |
$8,875,912 |
| I Feel Pretty (Eone) |
$284,518 |
213 |
$8,875,912 |
| Tully (Studiocanal) |
$198,212 |
182 |
$754,059 |
| Tully (Studiocanal) |
$198,212 |
182 |
$754,059 |
| Quiet Place, A (Paramount) |
$184,832 |
152 |
$12,177,007 |
| Quiet Place, A (Paramount) |
$184,832 |
152 |
$12,177,007 |
| Peter Rabbit (Sony) |
$115,432 |
165 |
$26,340,203 |
| Peter Rabbit (Sony) |
$115,432 |
165 |
$26,340,203 |
| Crooked House (Roadshow) |
$105,368 |
199 |
$424,397 |
| Crooked House (Roadshow) |
$105,368 |
199 |
$424,397 |