An R-rated superhero movie is always a bit of a gamble, for while many find their audiences in cult appeal long after the fact, few of them prove bankable at the box office, and even fewer prove hits with critics. However, Deadpool upped the bar with not only a smash opening for any movie, but critical praise as well. Its estimated $135.1 million broke past its $58 million budget and easily took the top spot of the weekend, proving that an edgier superhero can not only be liked, but can turn a profit as well.
The Revenant still rides high with an estimated $6.9 million adding to what appears to be a somewhat disappointing domestic take of $159.2 million, but adding its substantial worldwide take, it is doing very well indeed. Hail, Caesar!, on the other hand, slipped from its lofty second-place perch of last week to an estimated $6.6 million, and with no foreign box office as of yet, it remains quite a ways from making back its $22 million in costs. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, meanwhile, might be falling back a bit in the top ten, but at an estimated $6.2 million on the weekend it is still piling on heavily with its $914.8 million in the bank domestically and over $2 billion in earnings worldwide.
In the final three spots, The Choice remains decidedly unpopular, the romantic drama and its estimated $5.3 million giving it the dubious honor of lowest earning film currently in the top ten (with $13.3 million earned domestically). Ride Along 2 may not have been the smash hit that the first film was, but an estimated $4.1 million allowed it break even and prove a mild success on top of that, counting worldwide gross. And finally, The Boy, while not winning critic awards anytime soon, proved a success on its own means with an estimated $2.9 million bringing in $30.8 million on a $10 million budget.
Weekend Box Office (February 12th – February 14th)
- Deadpool…$135.1 million
- Kung Fu Panda 3…$19.7 million
- How to Be Single…$18.8 million
- Zoolander 2…$15.7 million
- The Revenant…$6.9 million
- Hail, Caesar!…$6.6 million
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens…$6.2 million
- The Choice…$5.3 million
- Ride Along 2…$4.1 million
- The Boy…$2.9 million
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