It’s a Marvel-ous run.
In its fifth week in theaters, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is still leading at the box office.
The Marvel flick raked in just over $3.6 million on Friday, according to The Numbers.
It is expected to take in up to $20 million during Labor Day weekend, which would mean it would then be surpassing the $600 million milestone in sales, according to Deadline.
“Reagan” came in second, with earnings of $2.6 million on its first day in theaters.
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“Alien: Romulus,” which was released on Aug. 16, fell down a notch to third, with a just over $2.2 million-dollar take.
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“It Ends With Us,” moved down one spot to fourth, with $2.1 million in revenue.
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“Twisters,” which was released on July 19, returned to the top five this week, landing in fifth, with sales of just over $1.8 million.
BOM has D&W doing slightly better internationally for a total of $1.2B so far.
See what can happen if you leave a movie in theaters instead of shunting it on to a streaming service immediately?
And if you have faith in your creative team, so you let them get on with making the movie they want to make rather than Franchise Content 18. Weird.