The latest Marvel sequel from Disney, featuring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as their iconic comic book characters, has amassed $1.029 billion globally, with $494.3 million from North America and $535.1 million from international markets. This achievement makes it the second film of 2024 to cross the billion-dollar threshold, following Pixar’s hit “Inside Out 2,” which earned $1.558 billion.
Soon, it will surpass 2019’s “Joker,” which grossed $1.07 billion and currently holds the record for the highest-grossing R-rated film. “Deadpool & Wolverine” becomes the 31st Disney film and the 11th Marvel Cinematic Universe entry to reach this milestone.
This success is an outstanding boost for the MCU, which has recently struggled with films like “Eternals,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” and “The Marvels.” While recent post-pandemic films such as “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($956 million), “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” ($859 million), and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” ($846 million) approached the $1 billion mark, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is only the second MCU film to exceed this benchmark since “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019. Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was the first to achieve this with $1.9 billion in 2021.
Directed by Shawn Levy, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is remarkable as the first MCU film featuring characters formerly under 20th Century Fox’s license. Reynolds and Levy brought together a lineup of Fox-era heroes, including Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Chris Evans as the Human Torch from “Fantastic Four,” and Wesley Snipes as Blade, to join Deadpool and Wolverine on a mission to fix the timeline.