Marvel Studios, trying to move past a pair of box office humiliations, deployed two of its most popular characters over the weekend and hit a mother lode.
The potty-mouthed Deadpool and hard-drinking Wolverine — packaged together for the first time on movie screens — were on pace to sell roughly $200 million in tickets in the United States and Canada, box office analysts said on Saturday.
“Deadpool & Wolverine” will easily set a record for the largest R-rated movie opening in Hollywood history, even when adjusting for inflation.
The current record-holder, “Deadpool” (2016), arrived to more than $175 million in today’s dollars.
Directed by Shawn Levy, “Deadpool & Wolverine” cost an estimated $320 million to make and market worldwide.
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