It’s the long weekend, and there’s no better way to beat the heat than to sit in a movie theater and watch something that’s been out for weeks.
A return to the top
Saturday, August 31: After six weeks in theaters, Deadpool & Wolverine has returned to the top of the box office and is estimated to earn about $19 million this weekend over four days. It’ll surpass the $600 million milestone for its domestic earnings in a few days’ time. The Ryan Reynolds-led film didn’t have much competition this weekend. Dennis Quaid’s Reagan and Blumhouse’s Afraid were both debuting this weekend. Still, they didn’t even make the top three— Reagan is estimated to earn about $9 million at no. 4, Afraid about $4 million at no. 9. Alien: Romulus (no. 2), It Ends With Us (no. 3), and Blink Twice (no.5) round out the rest of the top five. However, the holiday break will be over next week as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is going to probably bring in a ton of ticket sales. Everyone loves an early Halloween.
Broken records
Monday, September 2: Deadpool did it. Over the holiday weekend, the Marvel flick passed $600 million domestically and became the 16th film to accomplish that, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As for the other films in the top five, Alien: Romulus held steady at no. 2 with $11.5 million, and the final three films (It Ends With Us, Reagan, and Twisters) are neck and neck for their spot as the box office is still totaling up Monday’s earnings— Twisters was an unexpected but sort of expected addition, replacing Blink Twice from Saturday. People loved Twisters but it didn’t have as strong of a hold as Deadpool did. The 4DX experience remains firm for the stand-alone sequel as it returned to theaters this weekend. Can Regal just keep Twisters 4DX around? Rocky Horror or The Room style?
