New Deadpool film knocks Avengers: Infinity War out of box office top spot

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. 

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.

Zoe Samios

Zoe Samios worked at Mumbrella between 2016 and 2019, finishing up as senior media reporter in March 2019. She completed her degree at the University of Sydney in Media and Communications. She's previously travelled overseas for internships, including to South Korea, where she worked as a reporter for The Korea Herald.

topics 20th Century FoxDeadpool 2MarvelMotion Picture Distributors Association of AustraliaWeekend Box Office

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