Marvel’s latest, which grossed $1 billion at the box office, is already the franchise’s most successful production in recent years
One month after its release in North American theaters, Deadpool & Wolverinethe new film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is already one of the most successful productions in the franchise. But will the new film, starring Ryan Reynolds (Imaginary Friends) and Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman), is Marvel’s biggest box office hit to date?
Despite being on track to become one of Marvel’s biggest box office hits to date, Deadpool & Wolverinestill has a long way to go to surpass the franchise’s biggest hit, Avengers: Endgame, which grossed $2.7 billion worldwide in 2019. Below, check out Marvel’s Top 10 box office hits:
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) – US$ 2.7 billion
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – US$ 2 billion
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) – US$ 1.9 billion
- The Avengers (2012) – US$ 1.5 billion
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) – US$ 1.4 billion
- Black Panther (2018) – US$ 1.3 billion
- Iron Man 3 (2013) – US$ 1.215 billion
- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) – US$ 1.211 billion
- Captain America: Civil War (2016) – US$ 1.155 billion
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) – US$ 1.132 billion
What is the story of Deadpool & Wolverine?
In Deadpool & Wolverineafter a great disappointment in his life, Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) decided to retire Deadpool and chose to continue as a simple — and impatient — car salesman.
However, when the Chatty Mercenary is kidnapped by the Time Variance Authority, the AVT, he discovers that his reality is at risk of being extinguished, along with the love of his life, Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), and his friends.
At the agency, Deadpool also discovers that he needs his arch-enemy, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), to try to reverse the situation. Annoyed, he goes after the hero, but when he thinks he has everything in hand to solve the problem, the duo’s path crosses with that of Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin, The Crown), the professor’s evil twin sister Charles Xavier.
Who else is in the cast of the new feature?
Deadpool & Wolverine still counts on the returns of Stefan Kapicic as Colossus, Brianna Hildebrand as Megasonic Teenage Missile, Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio, Rob Delaney as Peter, Karan Soni as Dopinder, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al and Lewis Tan as Shatterstar.
Completing the cast Aaron Stanfordof X-Men 2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2007), which returns as Pyro; Daphne Keenof Logan (2017), which returns to life Laura/X-23; and Matthew Macfadyen from the series Succession (2018-2023), which plays the Mr. Paradoxan AVT agent.
Deadpool & Wolverine is directed by Shawn Levy (Free Guy: Taking Control) based on the filmmaker’s own script in collaboration with Ryan Reynolds and Rhett Reeseof Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). Watch the trailer:
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Source: Rollingstone
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