‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Becomes Biggest R-Rated Movie Ever Worldwide As It Snatches Crown From ‘Joker’

Nancy Tartaglione

Fri, August 16, 2024 at 4:09 PM UTC

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"Deadpool & Wolverine" has become the highest-grossing U.S. R-rated movie globally, with a total of $1.086 billion in box office revenue.
The film reached the $1 billion mark faster than "Joker," becoming the second U.S. R-rated movie to achieve this milestone.
"Deadpool & Wolverine" is the second biggest movie of the year and has surpassed the total gross of both "Deadpool" and "Deadpool 2" domestically, internationally, and worldwide.

Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine has added to its list of records , now becoming the highest-grossing U.S. R-rated movie ever on a global basis. Through Thursday, the Merc with a Mouth and the adamantium-clawed X-Man have grossed $1,085.6 million(or $1.086 billion) worldwide. The breakdown is $516.8Mfrom the domestic box office and $568.8Mfrom international.

Back in October 2019 , when Joker was crowned the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, it did so by surpassing 2016’s Deadpool final of $783M ( Deadpool 2 ’s $785M global gross includes $47M from its PG-13 holiday cut). Either way, there’s a bit of turning tables going on here.

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The Ryan Reynolds- and Hugh Jackman-fronted threequel passed the $1B global mark last weekend , making it only the second U.S. R-rated movie ever to the milestone ( Joker being the other one).

Deadpool & Wolverine reached $1B faster than Joker , though the latter film did not have a China release. D&W is also the second biggest movie of the year, after Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 , and the only other $1B+ grosser of 2024.

Yesterday, D&W added $11.9M globally ($4.5M from domestic and $7.4M offshore). The top 10 overseas markets through Thursday on the Shawn Levy-directed phenom are: UK($58.7M), China($57.1M), Mexico($39.6M), Australia($33.2M), Germany($27.3M), France($26.6M), Brazil($22.9M), Spain($20.6M), India($18.4M) and Italy($16.5M).

Overall, Deadpool & Wolverine has been on an absolute tear since it shredded expectations with a $444M global debut at the end of July and is well above the the final totals of both Deadpool and Deadpool 2 domestically, internationally and worldwide.

Reynolds also shared the news of the R-rated milestone on social media:

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