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UPDATED: “Deadpool & Wolverine” notched a major box office milestone, surpassing $600 million in domestic ticket sales. It’s one of 16 films in history to reach that benchmark.
The Marvel superhero sequel hit this achievement during the otherwise desolate Labor Day weekend, in which “Deadpool & Wolverine” ruled over the box office in its sixth outing. The R-rated film, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, collected $15.1 million over the weekend and $19.4 million from 3,630 theaters through Monday’s holiday. “Deadpool & Wolverine” has claimed the No. 1 spot for five out of the past six weekends and ranks as the second highest-grossing movie of the year with $603.8 million in North America and $1.25 billion globally.
A rather slow Labor Day weekend marks a quiet end to what turned out to be the comeback kid of summer seasons,” says senior Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “June and July delivered a monumental string of hits.”
Although several movies opened nationwide — the Dennis Quaid-led biopic “Reagan,” Sony and Blumhouse’s AI horror fable “Afraid,” Lionsgate’s R-rated crime thriller “1992″ and Roadside’s human trafficking drama “City of Dreams” among them — only one of those newcomers managed to crack the top five.
“Reagan” opened in third place with $7.65 million over the weekend and $10 million from 2,754 theaters through Monday. Critics hated the film (18% on Rotten Tomatoes), but audiences were fonder (“A” on CinemaScore), so there’s a chance that “Reagan” could stick around at the box office.
Sean McNamara (“Soul Surfer”) directed the movie, adapted from Paul Kengor’s 2006 book “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism.” Told through a conversation between former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich (Jon Voight) and upstart Russian politician Andrei Novikov (Alexey Sparrow), the film charts the life of Ronald Reagan, from his childhood to his years as President of the United States. ShowBiz Direct, an independent distributor, released the film.