‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Achieves $1 Billion Worldwide at the Box Office

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ (Marvel)

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.

With $494.3 million from North America and $535.1 million internationally, “Deadpool & Wolverine” continues its global domination (Marvel)

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.

Joseph Palaz