‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ breaks global box office record

‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ continues to enthrall many with the Marvel Studios film a huge success at the global box office, with the film now setting a new record.

The action movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman has managed to surpass the takings made by Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker’, thus becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film (Restricted and aimed only at adults) of all time.

With a box office income of over $1.085 billion, to date, ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ has surpassed the $1.079 billion generated by ‘Joker’.

Will the second part of Joaquin Phoenix’s film be able to compete with the latest from Marvel Studios? We will have to wait until its release next October to find out but, in the meantime, the bar will have been set high as ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ continues to pack in audencies around the world leading to continued box-office income.

The success of ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’

It was an open secret that the return of the loudmouth mercenary alongside a figure like Hugh Jackman’s ‘Wolverine’ was a recipe for guaranteed success for Marvel. To no one’s surprise, that’s what happened, and to celebrate the historic success they’ve released a new trailer that, in case you haven’t seen the film yet, it’s recommended that you don’t watch it because of all the spoilers that appear.

There are other competitors around for ‘Deadpool and Wolverine and the release of ‘Alien: Romulus’ appears set to be a late summer smash success. The most successful films of the year to date in terms of box-office generated revenue continues to be ‘Inside Out 2’, Pixar’s huge hit still leads the way with more than $1.5 billion already made in box-office income.